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Viacom acquires Italian DTT kids channel Super!

October 18, 2019 16.25 Europe/London By Robert Briel

Viacom International Media Networks (VIMN) has acquired from De Agostini Editore the remaining 50% of Super Broadcast S.R.L, the company that owns and operates the free-to-air (FTA) kids’ TV channel, Super.

Super! is a FTA kids channel in Italy focused on children ages 4-14 with a pipeline of local and International content. As part of this transaction, De Agostini Editore will continue to collaborate with VIMN Italy providing De Agostini’s original content to the channel.

Raffaele Annecchino, President and MD, Southern and Western Europe, Middle East & Africa, VIMN, stated: ‘I’m pleased to confirm this new achievement in our ongoing strategy to strengthen our presence in Italy, a market where we have a strong position on Pay TV with our main brands and premium content, including Nickelodeon. The acquisition of Super! further reinforces the VIMN relevance in the kids’ segment in Italy and increases the exposure of our properties and touchpoints.’

The success of “Super! Has gone far beyond our expectations: launched in 2012 in an overcrowded market, by 2018 the channel had gained a leading position in the kids Italian sector, which was achieved for a second year in 2019. Now we’re passing it to Viacom, who will further enhance the heritage of the brand Super!. We, as De Agostini, will focus our efforts on our channels distributed on Pay TV, on our digital platforms as well as on content production and co-production, which we have already successfully developed in these past few years”, affirmed Pierfrancesco Gherardi, Managing Director Digital Division, De Agostini Editore.

Through the acquisition of Super! Viacom in Italy will reach more than 35 million viewers per month and strengthen its position in the market as one of the most important international media networks in Italy.

Viacom already owns and operates three free-to-air digital terrestrial TV channels in Italy – Paramount Network, Spike, VH1 – and also owns 11 branded channels including MTV, Comedy Central, Nickelodeon and Nick Jr., which are all distributed on Italy’s leading pay platform, Sky.

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Filed Under: Newsline, Terrestrial, TV Tagged With: Italy, Super, Viacom International Media Networks, VIMN Edited: 18 October 2019 16:26

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Arnhem-based Robert covers the Benelux, France, Germany, Austria and Switzerland as well as IPTV, web TV, connected TV and OTT. Email Robert at rbriel@broadbandtvnews.com.

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