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Italy
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Switchover launches new Italian DTT channel
Switchover Media, the independent channel operator, will launch a crime and mystery channel next week….
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History stakes its claim to be growth leader
History has laid a claim to be the fastest growing pay TV channel in the…
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Swisscom sees solid TV growth
Swisscom had 655,000 IPTV customers at the end of the first quarter, up 39.7% year-on-year….
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BBC Worldwide wins appeal against ATVOD ruling
BBC Worldwide has won an appeal against a ruling by video-on-demand regulator ATVOD that it…
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High TV 3D channel to launch on DTT in Italy
3D TV broadcaster High TV is developing a digital-terrestrial 3D channel for Italy, where CEO…
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Switchover Media hires former Fox boss
Italian channel operator Switchover Media has recruited Fabrizio Salini as head of entertainment and factual…
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Italy scraps DTT allocation and starts again
Italian authorities have scrapped the current plans to distribute digital terrestrial television frequencies and are…
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Mediaset must invest to stay competitive, say analysts
Italian broadcaster Mediaset needs to continue to invest in order to protect its share of…
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Mediaset cuts dividend as 2011 profit falls
Italian broadcaster Mediaset has recorded a drop in full-year 2011 profit and cut its annual…
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Mediaset seeks to overturn postponement of DTT beauty contest
Italian media group Mediaset has asked an Italian court to overturn an earlier government decision…
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Mediaset warns of job cuts
Mediaset’s chairman has warned of job cuts at the company if the country’s economy does…
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Mediaset hails success of Play, plans iPad launch
Italian broadcaster Mediaset is to launch its Premium Play on-demand service on the iPad in…
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Sky Italia expands Sky Go devices
Sky Italia has significantly expanded the range of devices that its Sky Go multiscreen service…
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Sky Italia launches new UI
Sky Italia has launched a new HD user interface available to users of its MySky…
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Sky Italia claims victory in World Cup case
Pay TV provider Sky Italia has claimed victory in a court case with rival Mediaset…
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Sky Italia turns loss to profit
Sky Italia managed just 23,000 new subscriber additions during the second quarter, 2012, ending December…
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MTV Live HD launches on Sky Italia
Live music channel MTV Live HD has launched on Italian DTH platform Sky Italia. The…
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Sky Italia adds 13 HD channels
Sky Italia is to add 13 HD channels to its offering, taking the total HD…
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Italy to put DTT allocation on hold
The Italian government is expected this morning to cancel the ‘beauty contest’ that would have…
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Rai Way deploys T-VIPS monitoring switch
Video transport company T-VIPS has announced that Rai Way, the operator of Italy’s DTT network,…
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Sky Italia pulls out of DTT frequency contest
Pay TV operator Sky Italia has decided to pull out of the competition to acquire…
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Mediaset makes move for Endemol
Mediaset and Clessidra have submitted a joint bid for Endemol. Pier Silvio Berlusconi, vice chairman…
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Mediaset news channel to go on air Monday
Mediaset’s news channel TgCom24 will officially begin broadcasting on Monday, following a pre-launch test phase….
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Berlusconi departure could benefit Mediaset rivals
The departure of Silvio Berlusconi from political office will have wide-ranging implications for the Italian…
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Mediaset launches new Premium Play service
Italian pay TV operator Mediaset has launched a new premium service that will allow customers…
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Fox Italy names entertainment chief
Fox International Channels has appointed former Mediaset executive Alberto Rossini to head of entertainment for…
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Mediaset sees growth in pay TV
Revenues from Italian broadcaster Mediaset’s pay TV business increased by 16.5% in the first nine…
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Swisscom sees strong TV growth
Swisscom recorded a year-on-year 55.3% rise in subscribers to its Swisscom TV platform to end…
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Sky Italia passes five million subs
News Corp reported an earnings surge in its fiscal first quarter financial results, helped by…
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Mediaset and private equity group in Endemol talks
Mediaset and private equity fund Clessidra are discussing injecting €400-500 million of cash into debt-ridden…