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 […]
Average daily TV audiences in Italy dropped by 2.6 per cent in 2023 compared to 2022 to 8.22 million, while prime-time audiences declined by 2.5 per cent in the same period to 18.99 million, according to the Communications Authority (AgCom) For the first time, Mediaset (3.09 million or 37.6 per cent of the total) surpassed […]
The majority of Spaniards (78.4 per cent) prefer to watch linear FTA TV over pay-TV or streaming. A report made by Dos30′ using Kantar Media and Comscore data further reveals that the country’s traditional linear TV operators -Atresmedia, Mediaset, RTVE, Regional channels – provide the most-watched TV channels. Including thematic DTT channels, the number of […]
Spain has today [February 14th] switched off all its SD DTT signals and completed the migration to HD. Around 384,000 homes, only 2 per cent of the total in the country, have had to buy a HD-equipped TV set or STB to keep receiving DTT now its on HD, with Regional Administrations like in Galicia […]
Italian state broadcaster RAI has announced plans to sell up to 15 per cent of its majority stake in its listed broadcast tower unit, Rai Way. The move, which aims to raise funds for a new three-year business plan, will enable RAI to monetise Rai Way while retaining control. According to the public broadcaster, its […]