Italy: Fox Sports acquires the TV rights to two games per week of the 2017 Chinese Super League

Fox Sports Italy has acquired the TV rights, for Italy, to the Ping An CSL (Chinese Super League), said the Italian pay-TV group on 26/02/2017. Fox Sports Italy will broadcast two of the eight games per matchday of the competition, starting with Guangzhou R&F FC - Tianjin Quanjian FC on Fox Sports Italy on Saturday, 04/03/2017 (08:30 CET) and Shanghai Greenland Shenhua FC - Jiangsu Suning FC on Sunday, 05/03/2017 (12:30). The group also gets the rights to match summaries of all games of the Chinese league, which has 16 teams.

"China is the new superpower of world football: some of the best players were bought by the league, which has upset the balance of the transfer market The Chinese Super League is a competition which is growing a lot, in terms of competitiveness, and the technical level. That's why we decided to broadcast it. This exclusive offer (which includes the on-demand, mobile, and internet rights) allows Fox Sports to provide Sky subscribers an offer truly unique in terms of world football," said Marco Foroni, general manager of Fox Sports Italy, on 26/02/2017.

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