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Italy
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Eurosport signs Italian distribution deal with Mediaset
Eurosport Group has signed a deal with Mediaset that will see the Eurosport and Eurosport…
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Sky Italia ad restriction case returned to Italian court
In an case originally brought by Sky Italia, the European Court of Justice has said…
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Italian media revenue crashes, down €1.6bn
Combined revenues of Italy’s media companies, including broadcasters and online players, fell by €1.6 billion…
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Sky Italia reorganised along BSkyB, Sky Deutschland lines
News Corp-owned Sky Italia has reorganised all of its programming activities into a single unit,…
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FIC launching Fox Sports Channel in Italy
Fox International Channels (FIC) has secured a slew of rights for a new Fox Sports…
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Italians turn to time-shifted viewing
Almost a third of Italians used time-shifted viewing last year, while 59% of pay TV…
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Sky Italia hits News Corp’s pay TV numbers
News Corp reported profit and revenue increases in its most recent quarter, but a loss…
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Fox names Europe and Africa COO
Fox International Channels (FIC) has promoted Diego Londoño to chief operating officer for its European…
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Civolution supporting La3, looks to next stage of synched TV app development
Italian free-to-air channel La3 is offering a synchronized TV app using technology from Civolution and…
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EBU names new vice-chair for legal and policy committee
Simona Martorelli, Italian pubcaster Rai’s European affairs delegate, has been named as vice-chairman of the…
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Satellite TV gains popularity in Italy
Satellite TV is now received by 8.2 million homes in Italy, according to survey carried…
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Mediaset ‘denies’ Italian pay TV biz sale
European broadcast giant Mediaset has reportedly denied it is to sell off its pay TV…
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Italy moves towards DTT auction
Italy’s communications authority AGCOM has approved final rules for the auction of its digital terrestrial…
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Arqiva targets Poland, Greece and Italy
Communications infrastructure firm Arqiva has acquired an additional Eutelsat Hot Bird transponder in a bid…
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Mediaset suffers historic first loss
European media giant Mediaset suffered a net loss of €287.1 million last year as effects…
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Eutelsat boosted by Pope coverage
Satellite operator Eutelsat said that it has booked more than 700 hours of capacity on…
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BBC Knowledge block to air on Retequattro
Mediaset-owned Italian free-to-air channel Retequattro is to air a one-hour block of programming from the…
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One bidder now in contention for La7
Telecom Italia has said it is in exclusive negotiations with Italian media firm Cairo Communications…
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Sky Italia launches dedicated F1 channel
Italian pay TV operator Sky has launched a dedicated Formula 1 channel, Sky Sport F1…
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Berlusconi opponent interested in La7 acquisition
Italian entrepreneur and Diego Della Valle has expressed a serious interest in La7. The Italian…
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Sky Italia failing to meet targets; News Corp to consolidate Sky Deutschland
Sky Italia swung to a loss and shed customers in the most recent quarter and…
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Swisscom grows TV base
Swisscom grew its TV base by 63,000 in the fourth quarter to end the year…
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Mediaset launches download on-demand offering
Italian broadcaster Mediaset has launched a download-and-play service as part of its Premium Play offering,…
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Mediaset launches new multiplatform weather service
Italian media group Mediaset has launched a new multiplatform version of weather service Meteo.it that…
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Discovery buys Italian broadcaster Switchover
Discovery has continued on its recent acquisition spree, buying Italian kids and general entertainment broadcaster…
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Mediaset’s on-demand platform reaches one million users
Mediaset’s on-demand TV service Premium Play has reached the landmark of one million users and…
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Vevo launches in continental Europe
Universal and Sony-backed music video site Vevo is to launch today in France, Spain and…
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Mediaset posts first losses for 17 years
Italian broadcaster Mediaset has posted its first quarterly loss for 17 years, blaming a tough…
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Swisscom sees strong TV growth
Swisscom had 728,000 TV customers in its core Swiss market at the end of September,…
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Sky Italia reports tough quarter
Italian DTH operator Sky Italia generated a first quarter operating income of US$23 million (€18…