Prima TV, a company owned by Tarak Ben Ammar and Naguib Sawiris, has sold its DTT multiplex (Mux) in Italy to Syes (System Engineering Solutions) for approximately €2.5 million. This transaction was approved by Italy’s Communications Authority (AgCom). The sale comes after Prima TV’s Mux business unit, called 3DFree, was initially transferred to a new […]
As of December 2025, Italy has 283 TV channels nationwide, operated by just under 100 broadcasters – two‑thirds of them domestic. Excluding duplicates and time‑shifted versions, there are 211 parent channels, according to the 2025 report of the Italian broadcasting association Confindustria Radio TV. High definition has become the standard, with 130 HD channels; for […]
Sky and Warner Bros Discovery (WBD) are renewing their partnership in Italy. The new deal brings an array of channels, on-demand content, movies, and digital services back to Sky. Effective immediately, WBD channels are back among the Sky lineup including: Food Network, HGTV, Nove, Discovery, Real Time, Dmax, Giallo, Discovery Turbo, K2 and Frisbee. They […]
Media and entertainment powerhouse, Banijay Entertainment, has announced new adventure game format The Unknown – To The Very Last Crossroads, produced by Banijay Italia, in collaboration with Rai’s Prime Time Entertainment Department for Rai 2. The deal was negotiated with All3Media International, who manages global format rights for The Unknown. The project is carried out […]
Warner Bros Discovery (WBD) has announced the extension of its exclusive rights to show the Giro d’Italia, Giro d’Italia Women and the best men’s and women’s Italian road cycling races for viewers in Europe and US. The new deal between WBD and RCS Sport, lasting until at least 2029, extends WBD’s association with La Corsa Rosa, the season’s first […]
Italy-based broadcasting group MFE-MediaForEurope reported consolidated revenues for 2025 of €4.03 billion, a 37 per cent increase. Group net advertising revenues reached €3.24 billion, while other revenues increased to €793 million. Consolidated net profit more than doubled to €301 million (+118 per cent), making it one of the strongest performances in recent years. Free cash […]
Deltatre, a provider of streaming, digital, data and graphics solutions for the sports and media industries, has announced the completion of a direct-to-fan website and app experience for Italy’s Serie A, as part of a four-season digital partnership. Available in Italian and English, the new platform as the primary content and statistics hub for all […]
A Rome court has ruled that increases imposed by Netflix on its Italian subscribers over the last seven years were “unlawful”, and has ordered the US streaming giant to reimburse them. Consumer group Movimento Consumatori said in a statement that the court had upheld its lawsuit against Netflix Italia and deemed unfair clauses that allowed […]
WWE content is now streaming live in Italy, exclusively on Netflix. Prior to this, WWE programming was available on Discovery+ and DMAX, and via the standalone WWE Network in the country. RAW, Smackdown, NXT (the weekly shows) and all WWE Premium Live Events – beginning with the upcoming WrestleMania 42, live from midnight (Italian timezone) […]
On the heels of announcing a content deal with Spain’s RTVE, streaming platform Disney+ has further bolstered its international content slate through a new deal with Italy’s state-owned public broadcaster Rai. The agreement will see Disney+ add series including Il Collegio, Braccialetti rossi, Mina Settembre, L’amica geniale, Un passo dal cielo Màkari, and Francesca Fagnani-hosted […]