San Marino’s public broadcaster, San Marino RTV, 50 per cent owned by Italian pubcaster Rai, has successfully restructured after facing financial difficulties. New director Roberto Sergio has overseen a significant turnaround. While previous efforts focused solely on addressing the broadcaster’s substantial financial losses of nearly €2 million in 2023 and a projected €1.5 million loss […]
Satellite TV remains a significant player in the Italian TV landscape, with over 15 million people still tuning in regularly, according to research by Studio Frasi. This translates to more than six million families equipped with satellite decoders – be it for free-to-air or subscription-based programming. Nearly 20 per cent of satellite viewers are aged […]
Italy’s free satellite platform Tivùsat enjoyed a stellar year in 2023, exceeding forecasts by 10 per cent with 334,000 new activations. The managing director of Italian state broadcaster RAI, Stefano Luppi, highlighted the strong three-year run, with a total of 1.3 million new activations since 2021. According to Luppi, Tivùsat’s success hinges on its unique […]
Sports entertainment platform DAZN has signed a multi-year contract with Italian video service provider, EI Towers, to complement its content distribution to homes across Italy via the Hotbird satellites from Eutelsat. DAZN will be distributing two HD channels, one full-time channel and one events-based channel, via Italy’s free satellite TV package, Tivùsat, at 13° East. […]
NAGRA, a Kudelski Group company and independent provider of content protection and multiscreen television solutions, has announced that Tivù, the company which provides tivùsat, the Italian free-to-air satellite platform, has extended its technology partnership with NAGRA to include cardless security solutions. The move enables Tivù to extend its premium sports lineup with DAZN sports content, […]
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. […]
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), […]
Italian DTH platform Tivùsat has announced it will block the use of uncertified set-top boxes with official smart cards. The Tivusat smart cards are sold in a bundle with certified decoders and CAMs, however it is possible to find pre-activated Tivùsat smart cards on eBay and several online sites. It is a well-known fact that […]
The number of Italian households receiving TV via the Tivùsat DTH platform reached 2.82 million at the beginning of November. The total number of activated smart cards amounted to 4.45 million, a figure that includes second and third homes. The management team at Tivùsat is confident that, thanks to 4K broadcasts of the World Cup […]
Italy’s Mediaset is expanding its HD offering on the Tivùsat DTH platform as of July 17th. Besides the existing HD versions of Canale 5; Rete 4; Italia 1; and 27, the broadcaster will add eight more TV channels in HD, namely Iris, La5, Cine34, Focus, Top Crime, Tgcom24, Mediaset Extra and Italia2. This will bring […]