The aim of this paper is to examine the main issues related to audiovisual media services and sports in the Italian legal system. For this purpose, the results of scholars' researches are the basis for a deeper analysis, involving the structure of the market where audiovisual media services are exchanged on, as well as the wider European legal framework. Combining different institutions' regulatory activity also leads to a multilevel source system. Although apparently harmonious, it shows a lack of precise criteria as far as particularly detailed regulations are concerned, especially at the national Authorities' level
