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Italy
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DAZN Italia signs deal with Vivaticket
Italy’s sports streaming service DAZN Italia has revealed it has inked an strategic agreement with…
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Silvio Berlusconi dies aged 86
Silvio Berlusconi, the Italian media magnate who created Mediaset and served as the country’s prime…
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MFE sees revenues dip but EBIT rises
MediaForEurope (MFE) saw revenues slide modestly in the first quarter as inflationary cost pressures dampened…
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Sky Italia secures exclusive Champions League rights
Sky italia has secured exclusive Italian rights to 185 out of 203 UEFA Champions League…
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Swisscom sees decline in TV subscribers
Swisscom’s TV base declined by 1.8% in the first quarter to end with 1.56 million…
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Xavier Niel’s Iliad reportedly in talks with Vodafone again
Xavier Niel’s Iliad Group is once again in talks with Vodafone about a potential tie-up,…
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MFE and Meta join forces to fight piracy
MediaForEurope’s Italian broadcaster arm Reti Televisive Italiane (RTI) has forged an antipiracy partnership with Meta…
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Italy’s Fastweb names new CEO
Walter Renna, currently Fastweb’s head of product design and delivery, is to take over as…
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Iliad sees huge growth across three countries
Iliad Group, which operates fixed and mobile networks in France, Italy and Poland, saw massive…
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Serie A chiefs play down Sky acquisition report
Lega Serie A president Lorenzo Casini and CEO Luigi de Siervo played down reports that…
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CdP teams up with Macquarie for rival TIM infrastructure bid
Telecom Italia (TIM) it has received a non-binding offer from a consortium formed by Cassa…
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Mediaset Infinity launches on Philips Smart TV platform
MediaForEurope’s Italian broadcaster, Mediaset has teamed up with TP Vision to offer Mediaset programmes and…
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Amazon Prime Video renews UEFA Champions League in Italy
Streaming platform Amazon Prime Video has retained the live rights to UEFA Champions League fixtures…
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Wedotv launches its FAST channels on Samsung TV Plus in Italy
The Swiss-based AVOD and FAST channel outfit wedotv, will launch the direct-to-consumer platform in Italy,…
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Sky Italia adds RAI and Mediaset channels to Sky Go app in Italy
Sky Italia has announced that all of Italy’s main TV channels, those operated by Rai,…
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MFE to merge Mediaset Italian and Spanish operations
MediaForEurope (MFE), the Netherlands-based holding company formerly known as Mediaset, is to go ahead with…
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Sky Italia co-founder Andrea Zappia to depart group later this year
Sky stalwart Andrea Zappia is to leave the company, according to reports emerging from the…
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Mediaset claims overall majority share of online viewing
Mediaset has claimed a majority share of all Italian online video viewing among broadcasters in…
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Vivendi’s De Puyfontaine quits TIM board
Vivendi chief executive Arnaud De Puyfontaine has resigned his position as a member of the…
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Amazon Prime and Disney+ close gap on Netflix in Italy
Italy’s Communications Authority Agcom has published a report which shows the state of play in…
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Samsung TV Plus expands Italian channel line-up
AVOD/FAST platform Samsung TV Plus is continuing to expand its offering into key territories, with…
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Mediaset acquires Zelig
MediaForEurope’s Italian arm, Mediaset, has acquired well-known Italian entertainment brand Zelig following a long collaborative…
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Serie A chief lobbies for longer domestic rights cycle to attract new bidders
In a wide-ranging interview with Italian media outlet Il Sole 24 Ore, the CEO of…
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Iliad Group posts strong customer growth
France’s Iliad Group has posted strong Q3 results, with solid subscriber growth in its home…
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Comcast resilient, but Sky grapples with tough economic climate
Against a backdrop of economic volatility and seismic change in the media industry, Sky and…
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Samsung TV Plus adds Youlook in Sweden, Vivaldi in Spain and Italy
Samsung TV Plus continued to add channels to its FAST line-up in Europe, with the…
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Netflix talks up ‘local plus variety’ response to subscriber challenge
Netflix is doubling down on its domestic-first commissioning focus as it attempts to stem subscriber decline around the world,…
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Iliad Italia teams up with Fastweb for FTTH
Iliad Group’s Italian unit and Swisscom-owned Italian service provider Fastweb have signed an agreement under…
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MFE sees revenues edge up and profits fall as outlook darkens
MediaForEurope (MFE), the media outfit that owns Mediaset’s Italian and Spanish operations, saw its revenue…
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Sky Glass goes on sale in Italy
Sky Glass, the pay TV operator’s integrated smart TV, has gone on sale in Italy….