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Italy: Tivùsat reaches 4.4m active smart cards

Italian FTA satellite platform Tivùsat is ending 2021 with 4.4 million active smart cards. More than 10 per cent of Italian households now receive satellite TV through Tivùsat, for an estimated audience of six million viewers. The offer consists of 180 channels (TV and radio), of which 60 are in HD. All channels of public […]

December 3, 2021From Branislav Pekic in Rome

Whip Watch Report: Tear Along The Dotted Line tops streaming originals in Italy

Netflix’s Italian original Tear Along the Dotted Line beat out Disney+’s Hawkeye to lead the Whip Watch Report of streaming originals among Italian viewers for the week of November 22-28. The Whip Watch Report ranks the most viewed series originating from SVoD platforms in the past week. Tear Along the Dotted Line is a new […]

December 1, 2021

Eleven Italy nets FIBA rights

Eleven Italy has agreed a partnership with the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) to deliver live coverage of FIBA´s international calendar of events until 2025. The deal will see Eleven stream over 1000 games in total, including every match from the FIBA Women’s Basketball World Cup 2022, the FIBA Basketball World Cup 2023, and the men’s […]

November 26, 2021

ITsART rolls out in Europe

ITsART, the new streaming platform for Italian culture, is now available to customers in 26 European countries during the initial phase of its international roll out. Supported by Italian Ministry of Culture, ITsART exists to support the spread and enhancement of Italian artistic and cultural heritage all over the world. The virtual stage already available […]

November 23, 2021

Mediaset deploys Panasonic KAIROS

Italy’s largest commercial broadcaster Mediaset has deployed Panasonic KAIROS, the next generation live production platform, to support live IP workflows at its Light Studio facility, in Milan. As the content creation industry moves to IP production, the KAIROS Core 1000 future-proofs the studio with the ability to support legacy SDI while seamlessly integrating into the […]

November 23, 2021

KKR tables offer for Telecom Italia

Telecom Italia (TIM) has received a €10.8 billion offer from US fund KKR aimed at taking Italy’s biggest telco private. KKR’s move comes as TIM’s CEO Luigi Gubitosi finds himself under grave pressure from top investor Vivendi following two profit warnings in recent months. TIM said KKR had set an indicative price of €0.505 for […]

November 22, 2021

Research: Italians families have 5 screens

Around 119.4 million screens are present in Italian households, 6.2 per cent more than two years ago, for an average of five screens per family. The latest Auditel-Censis report reveals that there are 43.1 million TV sets in Italy (+1 per cent on 2019). Of this number, around 15.5 million are Smart TVs (+46.6 per […]

November 22, 2021From Branislav Pekic in Rome

Rakuten launches 21 new channels in Spain, Italy, France

Rakuten TV, the European VoD platform, has announced the launch of 21 new channels across Spain, Italy, and France as part of ongoing expansion plans across key territories. The new additions will offer a variety of entertainment across lifestyle, nature, film, animation, music, and culture.  All the channels are either available immediately or set to […]

November 18, 2021

Italy: FTA prime time TV viewing at 18 year low

An average of 23.1 million Italians watched free-to-air TV in the 20:30 to 22:30 time slot during October 2021, a drop of 2.5 million on the same month last year. This means that less than 40 per cent of the total population were watching free-to-air TV in prime time, the lowest figure in 18 years, […]

November 4, 2021From Branislav Pekic in Rome

Whip Watch Report: Locke & Key tops streaming originals in Italy

While Locke & Key leads the Whip Watch Report of streaming originals among Italian viewers for the week of October 25th – 31st, a new Netflix Italian original also made the top ten ranking. The Whip Watch Report ranks the most viewed series originating from SVoD platforms in the past week. Second on the list […]

November 3, 2021