Mediaset Spain is facing a key change in its content division with the appointment of Alberto Carullo, the VP of production for Italy and Iberia at Max, as its new Director of Content of the Spanish TV group. Carullo will replace the 67-year-old Manuel Villanueva who has held the role for the last 22 years, […]
TV viewership in Italy remained relatively stable in H1 2024 compared to the same period in 2023. While overall daily viewership remained slightly above 8.55 million, prime-time audiences increased marginally by 0.5 per cent to 20.12 million, according to Italy’s Communications Regulatory Authority. However, compared to 2020, both daily and prime-time viewership declined significantly, by […]
Spanish TV group, Atresmedia, owner of Antena 3 TV and La Sexta among other channels, has reported a net profit of €77.4 million, up 8.2 per cent, in the first nine months of 2024. Revenues grew by 7 per cent to €713.2 million with TV ad revenues totalling €560.9 million, a 5.2 per cent increase. […]
The latest annual Turning Digital study from Rome-based ITMedia Consulting reveals that traditional TV continues to hold its ground in Italy and Spain, even as streaming services gain popularity. However, in Europe and the US, VoD platforms are still seeing significant growth. The TV market in Western Europe saw marginal growth of 1 per cent […]
Grass Valley has agreed a framework agreement with Mediaset, Italy’s largest commercial broadcaster, to replace its existing camera fleet with LDX 135 cameras. Mediaset, which has three main television production centers – two in Milan (Segrate, Cologno Monzese) and one in Rome – sought to replace its existing cameras with a new fleet of 4K […]
Italy’s digital communications market was worth over €27 billion in 2023, reversing a long-term decline although still 10 per cent down compared to 2019. According to the annual report of the Italian Communications Authority (AgCom), overall broadband lines reached around 19.12 million units (+110,000 on an annual basis), counterbalancing the decline in DSL lines. AgCom […]
The Members of the Association of Commercial Television and Video on Demand Services in Europe (ACT) elected the new ACT Board following the Association’s annual General Assembly that took place in Brussels on 19 June 2024. The new Board Members are elected for a period of two years. They are: Carolina Lorenzon (Mediaset) – Chair […]
The Italian market for VoD splatforms added 400,000 subscribers in 2023, reaching 8.8 million. While subscriber growth continues, the pace has decelerated compared to previous years (+800,000 in 2021 and +500,000 in 2022), according to research by EY’s OTT Observatory, presented at the European Digital Fed-Forum in Lucca. Silvestro Demarinis, director of Technology, Media & […]
Spanish TV group Mediaset, operator of Tele 5 and Cuatro among other TV channels, has appointed Cristina Garmendia as the new president of the company, replacing Borja Prado. Former minister of Science and Innovation (2008-2011), Garmendia, aged 62, is PhD in Molecular Biology, entrepreneur and president of the COTEC Foundation, a private non-profit organisation whose […]
Spanish TV group Mediaset, operator of Tele 5 and Cuatro among others, has again become a member of Spain’s private TV association UTECA. The company pulled out of the Association five years ago during the leadership of former CEO Paolo Bassile for “profound disagreements” with some of the association’s other members. Now, with new CEO […]