Milan-based RCS Media Group plans to spend up to €60 million over five years on a new sports channel.
Ukraine Today expands in Italy
Ukraine Today has secured a licensing agreement with Italy’s TivuSat. As a result, the channel is now available to over 2 million of the DTH platform’s viewers.
Vodafone eying stake in Italy’s Metroweb
Vodafone is considering buying a stake in Italy’s Metroweb in order to better compete with Telecom Italia, Bloomberg reported on Thursday.
Italy’s Chili TV to expand VOD service in Europe
Stefano Parisi, founder and president of Chili TV, has announced he plans to expand his VOD service into Europe.
TIMvision gets Sky Sport content
Sky and Telecom Italia today signed an agreement to bring the Sky channels dedicated to the Uefa Champions League matches and Uefa Euro 2016 qualifiers on TIM’s 3G and 4G […]
Cord-cutting has arrived in 12 Euro markets
Pay TV cord-cutting is now an undeniable phenomenon in a large number of European markets as 12 countries witnessed a decline in overall pay TV uptake in the first quarter […]
Vivendi reportedly talks with Telecom Italia
Telecom Italia is reportedly in talks with Vivendi to pursue an alliance.
Telefónica buys into Mediaset Premium
Having just secured full control of Spain’s Canal+, Telefónica has now agreed to buy an 11.11% stake in Mediaset’s Italian pay-TV business.
TI Media and L’Espresso create DTT network Persidera
Telecom Italia Media (TI Media) and publisher L’Espresso have finalised the merger of their digital terrestrial TV assets into a single company, Persidera.
Wuaki.tv to launch in France, Germany and Italy
Wuaki.tv, a streaming service for movies and TV series, will launch in France this summer and in Germany and Italy by the end of the year.