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Italy
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Telecom Italia agrees to create single national fibre infrastructure
Telecom Italia’s (TIM) board has approved an agreement with private equity outfit KKR Infrastructure and…
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Vivendi in fresh overture to Mediaset
Vivendi has contacted Mediaset senior management with a request to set up a meeting to…
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Mediaset edges towards Vivendi talks as merger hits roadblock
Mediaset has abandoned its existing plan to merge its Italian and Spanish arms under a…
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Mediaset’s merger decision pushed back to September by Dutch court
The Dutch court hearing Vivendi’s appeal against an earlier judgement that rejected the French media…
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Italian court rejects Vivendi move to overturn restriction on Mediaset stake
Vivendi has suffered a setback on one front in its ongoing legal war with Mediaset,…
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Iliad enters Italian fixed-line market
French Telco Iliad will offer fixed-line service in Italy following a deal with broadband operator…
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Vivendi in fresh move to reverse Italian ruling on Mediaset stake
Vivendi has filed a fresh appeal with the Lazio regional administrative tribunal (TAR) in Italy…
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Mediaset in move to block free-to-air football initiative
Italy’s Mediaset has sent a warning to the country’s top-tier football league, Serie A, not…
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Vivendi in fresh move to thwart Mediaset’s merger plan
Vivendi is involved in a fresh move to thwart Mediaset’s plans to merge its Italian…
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Mediaset hit by coronavirus in Q1
Mediaset saw its revenues hit by the Italian and Spanish markets’ exposure to the coronavirus…
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Serie A rightsholders fail to pay final tranche
Rightsholders to Italy’s Serie A have withheld the final tranche of payment due for the…
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Sky TV base and revenues fall as sports lockdown hits home
Sky’s subscriber base was hit by the postponement or cancellation of major sports events in…
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Mediaset buys up more of ProSiebenSat.1 fuelling merger speculation
Mediaset has effectively doubled its stake in German commercial broadcaster ProSiebenSat.1 since last year with…
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Sky Italia secures reversal of ban on exclusive Mediaset online deal
Sky Italia has secured a lifting of restrictions imposed on it by the Italian competition…
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Vivendi and Mediaset in move and countermove as merger battle rages on
Mediaset has withdrawn the filing of its Dutch merger project in the Netherlands in the…
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Vivendi makes fresh legal move in Italy to stop Mediaset merger
Vivendi and Simon Fiduciaria, the company in which it has put the bulk of its…
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Dutch court rejects Vivendi move to stop Mediaset merger
Vivendi has suffered a reverse in its ongoing battle to prevent the creation of a…
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Mediaset gives itself extra time after Spanish court rejects merger appeal
Mediaset has filed its plan to merge its Italian and Spanish unites with the Dutch…
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Mediaset España shareholders approve MFE but court maintains suspension of plan
An extraordinary general meeting of Mediaset España’s shareholders this week approved amendments to the articles…
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Vivendi to appeal as Italian court rejects bid to stop Mediaset merger
Vivendi has vowed to appeal a court ruling in Milan that rejected its request to…
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Travelxp 4K in HDR launches on Tivùsat
4K UHD HDR travel channel Travelxp 4K has launched on Italian free-to-view satellite paltform Tivùsat….
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Sky looks to Sky Q and Italian broadband to accelerate growth as Comcast delivers solid results
Sky will look to accelerate take-up of Sky Q and roll out broadband in Italy…
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Italian court hearing pushed back as Vivendi acts on exclusion of Simon Fiduciaria from EGM
The Milan court considering Vivendi’s case against Mediaset over the latter’s plans to create a…
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Vivendi and Mediaset trade accusations in wake of controversial EGM
Vivendi has accused Mediaset of an “unlawful refusal” to allow a key shareholder to vote…
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Mediaset bars Simon Fiduciaria from EGM after court rules against Vivendi
Mediaset has barred Simon Fiduciaria, holder of a 19.19% stake in the company, from attending…
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Vivendi in legal move to unblock voting rights ahead of Mediaset EGM
Vivendi has asked an Italian regional administrative court (TAR) to unblock voting rights on the…
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Discovery’s HGTV to launch in Italy as FTA channel
Discovery is launching home and lifestyle channel HGTV in Italy, with the nation being the…
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Enel unit teams up with Melita for Italian fibre offering
Energy company Enel Energia and Melita Italia, the Italian subsidiary of Maltese cable operator Melita,…
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Vivendi gets upper hand after EU Advocate General says Mediaset voting share freeze is unlawful
The EU Advocate General has said that an Italian law that forced Vivendi to freeze…
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All eyes on Mediaset EGM as court sets new date in MediaForEurope dispute
The Milan judge considering Vivendi’s case against Mediaset’s merger of its Italian and Spanish arms…