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Italy
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ViacomCBS’s Pluto TV to launch in Italy
ViacomCBS-owned free streaming service Pluto TV is to launch in Italy on October 28. According to ViacomCBS, PlutoTV will be Italy’s first Free ad-supported television (FAST)…
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Mediaset on the up as it completes Dutch move
Mediaset has now moved its registered office to the Netherlands, fulfilling a long-ambition that was…
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Sky Nature launches in Italy and Germany
European pay-TV giant Sky and Smithsonian Networks-owned nature streaming brand Love Nature have expanded their…
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Advertising growth lifts Mediaset to strong recovery
Strong growth in the advertising market in both Italy and Spain has lifted Mediaset’s first-half…
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Telecom Italia rolls out Android TV boxes from Technicolor
Telecom Italia (TIM) is rolling out advanced Android TV set-top boxes from Technicolor to support…
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DAZN hit by Serie A problems as Sky, TIM reach agreements on bars
Sports streamer DAZN has begun streaming coverage of Italian Serie A football to the Italian…
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Omdia: Italian OTT surge eclipsing declining pay TV
A surge last year in OTT subscriptions in Italy is expected to continue, while a…
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Swisscom feels the pressure of ‘saturated’ TV market
Swisscom saw its pay TV base decline slightly in the year to June in what…
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Vivendi and Mediaset complete peace agreement
Vivendi and Mediaset have closed the global agreement the pair put to paper in May,…
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DAZN turns to Mediaset for advertising sales in Italy
Streaming service DAZN has struck a deal with Mediaset’s advertising arm, Digitalia’08 for the latter…
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Italy prepares for satellite and terrestrial upgrades
Italian free-to-view satellite platform Tivùsat has begun a publicity campaign to inform viewers of the…
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Mediaset launches all-new Infinity streaming platform
Mediaset has relaunched its Infinity streaming offering as a new combined service featuring its free-to-air…
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Vivendi and Mediaset declare peace
Vivendi and Mediaset have announced an agreement to end hostilities, putting an end to five…
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Sky Italia contests DAZN’s Serie A deal
Sky Italia is contesting the award of exclusive Serie A football rights to DAZN, with…
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Sky Italia MD and programming chief to leave
Sky Italia’s MD Maximo Ibarra and programming chief Nicola Maccanico are set to leave the…
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Italian court rejects Mediaset damages claim
Vivendi has achieved a partial victory on one front of its ongoing legal battle with…
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Iliad Telecom moves forward with fixed-line plan for Italy
Xavier Niel’s Iliad Telecom/Free has moved forwards with preparation for a launch of fixed-line services…
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Former Vodafone CEO Colao appointed Italy’s new tech minister
Vittorio Colao, the former CEO of Vodafone Group, has been appointed as Italy’s minister for…
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Mediaset secures victory against Dailymotion in copyright case
Italian broadcaster Mediaset has secured a victory in its legal battle with Vivendi-owned video sharing…
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Eleven Sports names new Italy chief
Sports broadcaster Eleven has named Giovanni Zurleni as the group’s new managing director in Italy….
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Jeremy Darroch to step down as Sky CEO
Jeremy Darroch is to step down as group CEO of Sky after 13 years leading…
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Vivendi secures full voting rights in Mediaset
Vivendi secured another significant victory in its battle with Mediaset just before Christmas, with the…
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Italian watchdog AGCOM launches probes into Vivendi and Sky
AGCOM, the Italian communications watchdog, has opened an inquiry into Vivendi’s stakes in Mediaset and…
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Vivendi contests finding that execs manipulated market as EC casts doubt on new media law
Italian authorities have accused Vivendi bosses Vincent Bolloré and Arnaud de Puyfontaine of market manipulation…
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Mediaset benefits from Italian ad recovery
Mediaset has benefited from a strong recovery in the Italian advertising market in the third…
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Italy set for video growth in 2021 following COVID decline
Despite being ravaged by the COVID-19 pandemic, Italy’s video entertainment market is set for ‘vigorous…
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Vivendi and Mediaset move towards talks following ECJ ruling
Vivendi CEO Arnaud de Puyfontaine and Mediaset opposite number Pier Silvio Berlusconi are expected to…
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TIM chief pours cold water on potential Mediaset stake in fibre network
Telecom Italia (TIM) CEO Luigi Gubitosi has dampened expectations that Mediaset might take a stake…
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Free records strongest fixed-line growth in seven years
French service provider Free appears to have weathered the COVID-19 storm well, becoming the leading…
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Vivendi secures new Dutch court victory in battle with Mediaset
Vivendi has hammered another nail in the coffin of Mediaset’s plan to merge its Italian…