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Italy
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Sky launches Online TV Box in Italy
Sky in Italy has launched a Roku-powered Sky Online TV Box, a streaming device that…
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Italian regulator orders investigation into Serie A allocation
Italy’s antitrust regulator has ordered an investigation into the circumstances surrounding the division of Serie…
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Spanish recovery lifts Mediaset into the black
A solid performance in Spain, driven by recovery in the advertising market, helped push Mediaset…
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Mediaset ups Pier Silvio Berlusconi to CEO role
Italian broadcaster Mediaset has upped vice-president Pier Silvio Berlusconi to the role of CEO, replacing…
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Wind taps Alcatel-Lucent for video CDN
Italian alternative telco Wind has turned to Alcatel-Lucent’s Velocix unit to provide CDN technology to…
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Sky reports highest UK customer growth in 11 years
Sky reported its highest third quarter customer growth in 11 years in the UK and…
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Sky and Telecom Italia select Wyplay to power TV decoders
Sky, in cooperation with Telecom Italia, are deploying a broadband HD TV decoder powered by…
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Telecom Italia set to strike content deal with Mediaset
Following last week’s deal with Sky Italia to market the latter’s pay TV services over…
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Revolutionary compression technology promises “video at audio bitrates”
Video technology start-up V-Nova, which has been operating in stealth mode for the last five…
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Darroch: Sky willing to spend for German football rights, will invest in content
Sky is well-placed to win German top-tier football rights and will invest in more German…
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Sky makes €600 bond issue
Pay TV operator Sky has issued €600m of Euro denominated bonds. According to the operator,…
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Telefónica secures green light to acquire GVT from Vivendi
Telefónica has secured a green light from the Brazilian regulator CADE to acquire local telecom…
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Mediaset lifted by Spanish recovery
Mediaset’s Spanish unit lifted the media giant’s financials for 2014 against the background of continued…
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Sky to expand OTT in Germany, Italy, will launch Restart in UK
Sky plans to build its on-demand offering and OTT offerings in Germany and Italy on…
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Netflix tipped for Italian, Spanish launches this year
Netflix is set to launch in Italy later this year, according to DTVE sister title…
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Wuaki.tv launches in Italy, plans 10 more rollouts
Movie and TV streaming service Wuaki.tv has launched in Italy, marking its fifth country launch…
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BT extends rights to Serie A
BT Sport has extended its deal with MP&Silva for exclusive rights to live Italian top…
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Mediaset transmission unit in €1.22bn bid for RaiWay
Mediaset-owned digital-terrestrial tower business EI Towers is making a €1.22 billion bid to take control…
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Telecom Italia-Sky partnership to go live in April
Telecom Italia’s wholesale TV deal with Sky is due to go live in April, allowing…
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Telecom Italia to integrate media unit
Telecom Italia is to buy out minority shareholders in the Telecom Italia Media (TIM) unit…
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Mediaset stock drops as Fininvest sells tranche of shares
Italian commercial broadcaster Mediaset’s shares dropped sharply in value at the end of last week…
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Sky plans next-generation Now TV box, Italy device launch
Sky is planning to launch a “next generation” Now TV box later this year, and…
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Combined Sky reports bumper customer growth
Sky reported strong customer growth in the UK, Ireland, Germany and Austria in its first…
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Mediaset quashes Champions League sub-contracting rumours
Mediaset has forcefully denied persistent rumours that it is preparing to sub-contract some of its…
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Telefónica closes Mediaset Premium deal, names content exec to board
Telefónica has completed its acquisition of a stake in Mediaset’s Italian pay TV arm, Mediaset…
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Sky launching new drama series simultaneously across Europe
Sky is launching its original drama Fortitude across its European footprint simultaneously. The series will…
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TivùSat numbers revealed
Italian free-to-air satellite platform TivùSat has delivered 2.3 million active smartcards to date, a figure…
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Ofcom: UK is first for smart TV
The UK leads EU countries for the use of internet-connected televisions, with almost a quarter…
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Rai completes successful IPO for transmission unit
Italian public broadcaster Rai’s transmission tower subsidiary Rai Way has successfully completed its IPO, with…
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BSkyB set to scrap ‘British’
Pay TV operator BSkyB is set to scrap the ‘British’ from its trading name in…