Dahlia TV, the Italian DTT platform, is preparing for close down after going into liquidation earlier this month. The company is owned by Airplus TV of Sweden with a minority share for Telecom Italia Media The company has already ceased operations Spain and Portugal.

Dahlia had acquired one of the two exclusive packages of the Serie A Italian football for two seasons for €63 million, but failed to compete against Mediaset and Sky Italia, reaching just 750,000 subscribers against Sky Italia’s 4.8 million and Mediaset’s 3.3 million.

According to some reports Mediaset is still considering a purchase to expand its DTT offering.

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