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Harmonic powers Sky Italia’s OTT
Solution is integrated into the Sky Italia hybrid cloud software-defined streaming platform
Sky Italia
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DAZN, Sky Italia ‘in talks over satellite channel’
Channel would include content from DAZN, including Serie A matches
Business
Maximo Ibarra ‘to be named CEO of Sky Italia’
Ibarro is currently CEO of Dutch telecoms company KPN
Business
Italian regulator imposes restrictions on Sky over Mediaset deal
Deal given partial green light with restrictions
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Sky Italia reinstates Mediaset channels
Channels return some three years after retransmission row saw them dropped
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Sky Italia and Vodafone partner on first live news broadcast via 5G
Will be broadcast on SkyTG24 and captured with a camera connected to the Vodafone 5G network
Technology
MainStreaming partners with Sky Italia
Partnership provides high-quality video for Sky subscribers
Business
Mediaset gives Sky control of Premium tech platform
Option was included in a content deal the two companies signed in April
Technology
NAGRA protects new Sky Italia DVB-T pay-TV service
New service is secured by NAGRA's broadcast and direct-to-TV content protection technologies
Business
Sky Italia overhauls senior management team
Areas of the business are being combined and restructured in an effort to bolster its organisational strength
Business
Sky Italia and Open Fiber to launch fibre-only service
New venture will launch from summer 2019 and sit alongside Sky's existing services
Business
Sky Italia signs exclusive Formula One deal
Only four races will be available on free to air channels
Business
A+E’s Blaze launches on Sky Italia
It follows the entertainment channel's UK launch last year
Features
European Digital Forum returns for 13th year
The medieval city of Lucca, in Tuscany, provided a picturesque backdrop for the 13th European Digital Forum earlier this month. Delegates and speakers from...
Business
European Commission launches anti-trust case against Sky UK
The European Commission has sent a Statement of Objections to Sky UK and US film studios, Disney, NBCUniversal, Paramount Pictures, Sony, Twentieth Century Fox...
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Sky launches Online TV box in Italy
Sky in Italy this week launched the Sky Online TV box. Similar to its NOW TV offering, the device turns a standard TV set...
Production & Post
Sky Italia moves brand advertising to Turn
Sky Italia has selected Turn as its data management platform, with the aim of delivering more personalised advertising experiences to customers and meet a...
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Sky Italia ‘turbo charges’ upload capabilities with Akamai and Aspera
Sky Italia has implemented Akamai and Aspera solutions, with the aim of improving and simplifying its workflow.
Production & Post
Vinten Radamec supplies Sky Italia’s VR studio
Vinten Radamec has supplied a range of its innovative equipment to Sky Italia for a brand new dedicated virtual reality facility
Business
Sky Deutschland investor rejects BSkyB buyout
The biggest minority shareholder in Sky Deutschland, Crispin Odey, has rejected BskyB’s offer to buy his share in the business
Business
BSkyB acquires Sky Deutschland, Sky Italia
BSkyB will buy Sky Deutschland and Sky Italia from 21st Century Fox for £4.9 billion. BSkyB has entered into agreements with 21st Century Fox...
Business
BSkyB in talks to acquire Sky Deutschland, Sky Italia
BSkyB is in talks to acquire its European co-brands, Sky Deutschland and Sky Italia.
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Globecast provides services for Papal ceremony
To mark the canonisation of Pope John XXIII and Pope John Paul II, Globecast provided SNG trucks to manage and deliver HD, 3D and...