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Nationally produced fiction dominates top 10 across western Europe markets
Nationally produced fiction series continue to dominate the top 10 by audience in Germany, the…
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Rai and Mediaset should team up to take on Netflix, says ex-Rai chief
Italian public broadcaster Rai and commercial broadcaster Mediaset should team up to build a platform…
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ProSiebenSat.1 stays cool as Mediaset highlights European ambition
Signs of possible tension between Mediaset and ProSiebenSat.1 are emerging, according to German press reports…
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Telecom Italia to boost TIMVision following end of Sky dispute
Telecom Italia (TIM) and Sky have ended a long-running contractual dispute in a deal that…
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Mediaset accepts Simon Fiducaria demand for inclusion
Italian broadcaster Mediaset has accepted a demand by shareholder Simon Fiducaria to be included in…
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Telecom Italia and Vodafone partner for Italian 5G launch
Telecom Italia and Vodafone have agreed to merge their mobile tower infrastructure to roll out…
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Sky looks to partner with new D2C players as it doubles originals spend
The launch of Sky Studios, the pay TV operator’s new production arm, gives the Comcast-owned…
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Mediaset profits exceeding expectations as premium costs fall away
Mediaset’s preliminary half-year results have exceeded the company’s expectations, with operating profit jumping by 55%…
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Mediaset resists Vivendi’s move to call new shareholder meeting
Vivendi has secured a partial recognition by Mediaset of its claim to the right to…
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Mediaset hails court ruling against Vivendi’s Dailymotion
A Rome court has fined Vivendi-owned online video service Dailymotion €5.5 million for infringing Mediaset…
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Vivendi slams Mediaset internationalisation plan
Vivendi has explicitly criticised Mediaset’s plans to combine its Italian and Spanish units in a…
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Serie A postpones decision on Mediapro offer
Italy’s Serie A has pushed back a decision on whether to accept Spanish broadcaster and…
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Vivendi takes action and Mediaset moves to internationalise
Vivendi has taken legal action against Mediaset to assert its shareholder rights following attempts by…
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Under 20% of Italian homes are prepared for DVB-T2 changeover
As little as 18% (3.87 million) of Italian homes are ready for the switch to…
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Italian court rejects Rai appeal over Champions League
An Italian court has rejected an appeal by public broadcaster Rai over a disputed right…
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Genish resigns from Telecom Italia board
Amos Genish, the Vivendi-backed former CEO of Telecom Italia (TIM) who was ousted in a…
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Sky Italia confirms Ibarra as CEO
Sky Italia has confirmed that KPN chief executive Maximo Ibarra is to be its new…
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Departing KPN chief Ibarra tipped to head Sky Italia
Maximo Ibarra, who has been hotly tipped to replace Andrea Zappia as CEO of Sky…
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Telecom Italia moves towards Open Fiber talks
Telecom Italia (TIM) has revealed that it has signed a non-disclosure agreement with Cassa Depositi…
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Flix Snip to launch in Italy and Spain on Huawei Video
Flix Snip, the short-form content app and VOD service, has announced a distribution partnership with…
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Mediaset move will create ‘stronger business’ but pan-European merger unlikely
Mediaset’s creation of a new holding company and the merger of its Italian and Spanish…
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Mediaset creates new holding company, merges Spanish, Italian operations
Mediaset is merging its Spanish and Italian business into a holding company based in Amsterdam….
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Telecom Italia to sell digital-terrestrial broadcasting outfit
Telecom Italia (TIM) and GEDI Gruppo Editoriale have agreed to sell digital-terrestrial broadcasting outfit Persidera…
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Mediaset acquires stake in ProSiebenSat.1 in ‘long term’ move
Mediaset has made a “friendly” acquisition of a 9.6% stake in German commercial broadcaster ProSiebenSat.1…
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Italy watchdog OKs Mediaset-Sky deal but with conditions
Italy’s antitrust regulator has given the green light to Sky’s agreement with Mediaset on the…
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Mediaset pivots to free as Premium becomes OTT
Mediaset is “transforming” rather than “shutting down” its Mediaset Premium pay TV business after making…
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Telecom Italia names new CFO
Telecom Italia (TIM) has named Giovanni Ronca as chief financial officer reporting directly to CEO…
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Mediaset to pull Premium from DTT to become OTT-only offering
Mediaset is to pull its Premium offering from the country’s digital-terrestrial platform in June, according…
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Melita launches 1Gbps internet in Italy with Plume
Maltese cable operator Melita’s new Italian subsidiary has launched Diamond Fibra. This internet-only product includes 1Gbps…
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Darroch: no single partner crucial as Sky looks to homegrown content
No single content partner is crucial to Sky’s continued success and continued investment in the…