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 […]
Pixellot, a provider of AI-automated sports production and Torneo Delle Regioni, the annual Italian football tournament for youth teams which represent the Italian regions, have signed an agreement by which Pixellot will provide the systems to enable the broadcast of all of the upcoming tournament games that are not televised. After a three year hiatus […]
DAZN Italia has opened a Network Operation Centre (NOC) in Cologno Monzese (Milan) to monitor network performance and streaming quality. Before the setting up of the Italian NOC, these tasks were carried out by DAZN’s Network Operation Centre Global, which is located in Leeds, UK. Before a football match, the NOC controls the allocation of […]
The expansion of broadband coverage in Italy – currently available to 90 per cent of households – has been followed by a boom in connected screen ownership, according to the annual report from audience rating company Auditel. In the last five years, the number of connected screens has risen from 70 million to over 93 […]
Italian broadcaster Mediaset is future-proofing its TV production infrastructure with a progressive migration to ST.2110 open standards. As part of this IP evolution Mediaset has equipped production centres in Milan and Rome with Sony’s XVS-7000 video switchers as well as PVM-X2400 24-inch 4K HDR TRIMASTER monitors for high-grade picture quality control. Offering a range of […]
Prime Video has secured the rights to broadcast the UEFA Champions League in Italy for three additional seasons from 2024/25 and will remain the exclusive provider for the top-pick match on Wednesday until the 2026/27 season. From 2024, this will include 18 live and exclusive matches per season and continues the promise to feature an […]
Video Solutions, the media company that owns and operates wedotv AVoD and FAST channels, has completed a multi-platform launch in Italy for its wedo movies and wedo big stories FAST channels and direct-to-consumer platform wedotv. These launches mark the first time the company has expanded outside its initial launch territories of Germany, Austria, Switzerland and […]
The Italian broadcasting sector (TV and radio) recovered some of the ground lost due to the pandemic, reaching a total turnover of €8.5 billion in 2021 (+4.6 per cent on 2020), although still below the €8.7 billion of 2019 (-2.6 per cent). According to Mediobanca’s Media & Entertainment Report for 2021, the recovery was not […]
Mediaset strengthened its leadership in Italy during 2022 for videos viewed online, with over 7.5 billion requests, according to data from measurement body Auditel Digital. As a result, the Italian commercial broadcaster reached a market share of 50.3 per cent for video consumption. The sum of the number of videos viewed on the web platforms […]
Italian free-to-air satellite platform, tivùsat, reported 452,000 new smart card activations in 2022. Of this figure, 312,000 (69 per cent) are users equipped with decoders, while 140,000 (31 per cent) opted for a Cam installed in a Smart TV. Five regions of Italy were responsible for more than 220,000 activated smart cards, namely Lazio (49,560), […]