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Italy set to lose free-to-air F1 TV coverage

Formula 1 is set to all but disappear from mainstream free-to-air TV in Italy in 2018, with only the country's own race at Monza expected to feature live on RAI. State broadcaster RAI has been the backbone of live TV coverage in Italy for decades, although it has been diluted by a move to Sky Italia in recent years. Until last season Italy operated a similar system to the UK, with all the races carried live by Sky Italia and nine live on RAI, together with highlights of the rest. Recent negotiations over 2018 arrangements led to RAI failing to satisfy Liberty's financial requirements, and no deal was agreed, leaving Sky as the only source of live races this season. The Italian situation is...
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