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Italy
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Mediaset names Publitalia commercial chief
Mediaset has named Stefano Sala as commercial director of advertising arm Publitalia. Sala will take…
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HyperTV teams with Civolution for second screen
Second-screen specialist HyperTV has teamed up with watermarking specialist Civolution to deliver real-time social gaming…
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Discovery Networks to roll out dual-screen catch-up services
Discovery Networks International (DNI) is preparing to launch various second screen applications for its channel…
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Sky Italia launches dedicated James Bond channel
Sky Italia is launching a new channel dedicated to James Bond movies. The Sky Cinema…
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TivùSat adds new users
Italian free-to-air digital satellite service TivùSat saw 55,000 new activations in July, taking the total…
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Sky Italia says ‘no’ to La7
Sky Italia has ruled itself out of the running to acquire Telecom Italia Media’s La7…
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Sportcast chooses Volicon
Italy’s Sportcast is using the Volicon Observer digital video logging and monitoring system to provide…
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English Club TV heads to Cubovision
English-language educational channel English Club TV has launched on Telecom Italia’s Cubovision VOD service. The…
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Sky Italia and Fastweb make new offers
Sky Italia and Fastweb have launched three new offers around the Home Pack service, combining…
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Sky Italia loses subscribers
News Corp’s Italian pay TV service Sky Italia recorded a loss of 42,000 subscribers in…
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Daily viewing times increase across Europe
Average TV viewing times increased across all of the big five European territories last year,…
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TivùSat adds new homes
Italian free-to-air satellite offering TivùSat saw 55,316 card activations in July, taking it to a…
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Mediaset hits out at press coverage
Italian broadcaster Mediaset has struck out at what it sees as excessively negative press coverage…
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Tough times for Mediaset’s pay and ad businesses
Revenues from Mediaset’s pay TV platform declined slightly during the first half of the year….
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Mediaset Italia launches on KPN and Caiway
Mediaset Italia will get distributed in the Netherlands following the agreement of carriage deals with…
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Streaming habits vary across Europe, but PC still rules
Streaming via a PC is more popular than connected TVs and other devices across Europe’s…
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Mediaset accelerates cost-cutting plans
Italy’s Mediaset is increasing the scope of its cost-cutting plan, according to wire reports. Quoting…
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Sky Italia names Gerritsen as VP of communications
Sky Italia has appointed Eric Gerritsen as executive vice- president of communications and public affairs,…
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Court says Rai must offer all programming unencrypted on Sky Italia
An Italian court has ruled that Italian broadcaster Rai must allow Sky Italia to broadcast…
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TivùSat registers 1.5 million active smartcards
TivùSat, the Italian free-to-air digital satellite service, has passed the 1.5 million customer mark. The…
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Mediaset and Sky Italia strike deal on football rights
Mediaset and Sky Italia are to offer comprehensive Champions League and Europa League football coverage…
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Telecom Italia Media expects ad profit increase
Telecom Italia Media (TIM) is expecting advertising profit from its free-to-air television channels to increase…
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Sky Italia launches hybrid service
Sky Italia will launch an internet-delivered video-on-demand platform next week. The News Corp-owned DTH operator…
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Sky Italia to launch Sky Arte HD
Sky Italia is launching flagship arts channel Sky Arte HD on its pay TV network….
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Sky Italia secures F1 rights
Sky Italia has secured Formula 1 broadcast rights from 2013. The pay TV broadcaster has…
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Telecom Italia launches Cubovision SVOD service
Telecom Italia has launched a broadband-delivered subscription video-on-demand service under the Cubovision brand. The service…
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Mediaset voices TV advertising concerns
A senior executive at Mediaset has said that the TV advertising market shows no signs…
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Sky Italia wins MotoGP World Championship
Pay TV operator Sky Italia has won the TV rights to FIM MotoGP World Championship…
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TivùSat sets target of two million
TivùSat, the Italian free-to-air digital satellite service, currently has 1.4 million smartcards distributed and the…
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Mediaset sees decline in ad and subscription revenue and profit
Italian broadcaster Mediaset saw year-on-year first-quarter falls in advertising and subscription revenue, EBIT and profit…