The Italian TV sector was worth around €8 billion in revenues during 2022, down 0.3 per cent compared to 2021, according to the Annual Report of the Communications Authority (AgCom). The free-to-air segment accounted for 60 per cent of this figure or €4.8 billion (-0.9 per cent), while pay-TV revenues increased slightly (+0.5 per cent) […]
Sports streaming platform DAZN has expanded its Italian footprint by signing a new distribution deal with DTH platform tivùsat. Starting from the 2023/2024 Italian Serie A football season, tivùsat users who are DAZN subscribers will be able to follow live and on-demand sports streaming coverage on a dedicated satellite channel, which can be activated online. […]
Virgin Galactic will re-start commercial flights before the end of June. Its first mission, dubbed ‘Galactic 01’, and the first commercial flight of its SpaceShipTwo suborbital vehicle will happen between June 27th-30th on a scientific mission for the Italian Air Force. SpaceShipTwo will fly from Spaceport America in New Mexico. It will carry three people […]
Silvio Berlusconi, the media tycoon and former Italian prime minister, has died aged 86. He died at the San Raffaele hospital in Milan, according to reports. Earlier this year, Berlusconi was treated for a lung infection linked to a case of chronic myelomonocytic leukaemia. Berlusconi first came to office in 1994 and led four governments […]
KidsMe, the Children Content Factory of the De Agostini Group, and Kelebek Media, a UK-based production company active in television, film and media, have partnered to distribute the Italian rights to the animated series Isadora Moon. In the Italian territory, KidsMe will manage the audiovisual and licensing & merchandising rights of the series. The book […]
Pixellot, a provider of AI-automated sports video and analytics solutions, has announced its selection as the official video analysis provider for the Italian Football Coaches Association (AIAC). The new partnership and the technological solution will be presented during the annual AIAC event in Rimini from June 8th – 10th. AIAC is the largest association […]
Lega Serie A is set to use cutting edge Sony cameras and technology systems for Italy’s biggest football event of the year, the Coppa Italia Frecciarossa final, with equipment which bring the drama and emotion of the stadium to life in a way never seen before. The 2023 Coppa Italia Frecciarossa Final will decide the […]
French telco Iliad has reported that its performance in Q1 2023 was is in line with its full-year 2022 outlook, with a strong commercial showing and an increase in revenues. Despite a much more unfavourable economic context than in first-quarter 2022 as well as higher growth capex in France, operating free cash flow generation remained […]
The Thales Alenia Space consortium has been awarded a significant €235 million contract from Italy’s Space Agency to design and build an in-orbit satellite servicing craft, or space tug, to enter service in 2026. The object is to use the new craft to refuel an orbiting satellite. The new contract follows on from the European […]
Italian households had the potential of receiving 343 TV channels on DTT and satellite in 2022, down from 413 in 2021, distributed by over 100 broadcasters, of which 80 based in Italy. The annual survey by Confindustria Radio Televisioni (CRTV), shows that 292 channels were owned by broadcasters based in Italy, of which 106 distributed […]