Fans in Britain will be able to see Serie A action on terrestrial television next season after Channel Five picked up the TV rights.

Reports in Italy made the claim this morning and the news seems to have been confirmed this afternoon.

Production will be carried out by Sunset+Vine, a subsidiary of Tinopolis, who already provide Five with their cricket package.

Ron Jones, the executive chairman of Tinopolis, said: "The main deal is for a highlights programme – although Five do have the rights for live matches as well.”

Serie A football was first shown on UK television in 1992 when Channel 4 made their move following Paul Gascoigne’s switch to Lazio.

The coverage moved to British Eurosport in 2002, before Bravo and Setanta agreed a joint deal in 2005.

Bravo dropped their coverage at the end of 2006, though, due to a lack of decent audience figures.

serie a signed a lot of new contracts this year

they will also be showing their games on FSC in the states next season

good news for us north americans 

Italy's dominance both Internationally and European helps.

Rejoice, we can watch for free

For free !!! I have to pay 20bucks/ year to watch Serie A  

Mainly highlights, but better than nothing

serie a signed a lot of new contracts this year
they will also be showing their games on FSC in the states next season

darn, 20$? i have the canadian latin network (telelatino, mainly italian shows) so thats included in one of my packages so i get 90% of the milan games. they play  4-5 serie a games on the weekend and then a cool review show that shows the extended highlights for every match and they discuss.

Well, for those $20, believe it or not (jefri probably has the same package), I get the Spanish league games too .. An extensive review of all the games both in Serie A and La Liga .. As a whole, a package like this in Europe (or North American), how much would it cost ?