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Sky Italia
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Sky takes stake in V-Nova
Sky has taken a minority stake in video compression specialist V-Nova. Sky’s Italian unit, which…
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Sky Italia secures Champions League rights as Mediaset mulls options
Sky Italia has secured the exclusive rights to European Champions League and Europa League football…
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New A+E net Blazes into Italy
A+E’s new factual-entertainment channel Blaze will launch on Sky Italia today. The channel launched on…
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Vodafone Italy strikes deal with Sky for Now TV as launch nears
Vodafone and Sky Italia have struck a deal whereby the mobile giant will integrate Sky’s…
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BT, Liberty Global, Orange and Sky Italia among Content Innovation Award winners in Cannes
BT, Liberty Global, Orange and Sky Italia were among the winners at Digital TV Europe’s…
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Sky Italia forms joint film distribution business
Sky Italia and producers including FremantleMedia-owned Wildside, and Gomorrah producer Cattleya, have joined forces to create a…
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Sky Germany and Italy will ‘never’ be as successful as UK
Despite Sky’s bullish assumptions about the potential for pay TV growth in Germany and Italy,…
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Sky Italia taps Viaccess-Orca for VR trial
Sky Italia is tapping Viaccess-Orca, Harmonic and VideoStitch to deliver a virtual reality platform that…
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Content deals boost Telecom Italia ultra-fast broadband
Telecom Italia saw strong growth in the ultra-fast broadband segment in the second quarter, boosted,…
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Sky Italia in deal with Fastweb
Sky Italia has struck a partnership deal with broadband service provider Fastweb that will enable…
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Sky UK, Germany and Italy team for arts
Sky is setting up a new production hub in Italy that will make content for…
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Italian regulator orders investigation into Serie A allocation
Italy’s antitrust regulator has ordered an investigation into the circumstances surrounding the division of Serie…
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Telecom Italia set to strike content deal with Mediaset
Following last week’s deal with Sky Italia to market the latter’s pay TV services over…
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Sky Italia to begin streaming services over Telecom Italia network
Telecom Italia and Sky Italia are today expected to unveil their joint offering, whereby Sky’s…
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Revolutionary compression technology promises “video at audio bitrates”
Video technology start-up V-Nova, which has been operating in stealth mode for the last five…
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Telecom Italia-Sky partnership to go live in April
Telecom Italia’s wholesale TV deal with Sky is due to go live in April, allowing…
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Mediaset quashes Champions League sub-contracting rumours
Mediaset has forcefully denied persistent rumours that it is preparing to sub-contract some of its…
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Sky launching new drama series simultaneously across Europe
Sky is launching its original drama Fortitude across its European footprint simultaneously. The series will…
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Sky Italia using Contentwise for OTT TV service
Contentwise is providing personalised recommendations for Sky Italia’s Sky Online OTT TV service, launched earlier…
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BSkyB completes Sky Europe takeover, rebrands as ‘Sky’
BSkyB has completed its takeover of Sky Italia and Sky Deutschland, with the new combined…
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Analysts downgrade BSkyB on Sky Europe concerns
Credit analysts have downgraded BSkyB after the UK pay TV platform moved a step closer…
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German media authorities approve Sky Deutschland deal
BSkyB has gained “unconditional media concentration clearance” from some German state media authorities to buy…
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BSkyB shareholders vote 96% in favour of Sky Europe deal
BSkyB’s shareholders voted overwhelmingly in favour of the firm’s proposed acquisition of Sky Italia and…
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Sky faces Premier League risk, says Credit Suisse
The forthcoming English Premier League auction poses significant risks for BSkyB, according to Credit Suisse,…
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Sky Deutschland boards recommend rejection of BSkyB bid
The executive board of Sky Deutschland has advised minority shareholders against accepting BSkyB’s bid for…
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BSkyB successfully prices bonds ahead of Sky Europe acquisition
UK pay TV operator BSkyB has successfully priced a £3.25 billion (€4 billion) series of…
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21st Century Fox president fails to shut door on BSkyB takeover
The president and chief operating officer of 21st Century Fox, Chase Carey, failed to rule…
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BSkyB publishes Sky Deutschland offer document
BSkyB yesterday published its Sky Deutschland offer document, setting an October 15 acceptance period deadline…
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Sky Italia sees continued decline
21st Century Fox-owned Sky Italia saw a continued decline in its subscriber base in the…
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Crispin Odey rejects BSkyB’s Sky Deutschland bid
Sky Deutschland minority shareholder – and Rupert Murdoch’s former son-in-law – Crispin Odey has rejected…