Eleven Sports "expanded its global reach" with the acquisition of a majority stake in Italian OTT platform Sportube, according to Robert Briel of BROADBAND TV NEWS. The platform, which is available online and on mobile, will be rebranded as Eleven Sports in the summer of '17. Italy "becomes Eleven Sports’ seventh market just weeks after its U.S. market-entry in March." Eleven Sports in Italy will be overseen by Exec Chair Marc Watson and Group Managing Dir Danny Menken. Day-to-day operations will be overseen by the president of the network in Italy and former director at Sky Italia and Infront Sports & Media, Marco Pistoni, and the current Sportube CEO and managing director for Eleven in Italy, Bruno Stirparo. Founded in '10, Sportube was the first Italian OTT service "dedicated to sport." The platform has exclusive rights to "a number of Italian sport leagues" including Italy’s third tier football league, Lega Pro, which offers live access to 60 regional clubs in more than 1,200 games per season across all competitions (BROADBAND TV NEWS, 5/10).