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RTI, Meta, anti-piracy partnership

Italian media group Mediaset’s RTI Reti Televisive Italiane and Meta Platforms (Meta) have signed a multi-year partnership to fight online piracy. As part of this partnership, Meta and RTI will collaborate on the implementation of a series of tools and systems to protect RTI’s copyrighted content, including live broadcasts. In addition, Meta will provide RTI […]

March 30, 2023By Colin Mann

Mediaset future-proofs TV production with Sony

Italian broadcaster Mediaset is future-proofing its TV production infrastructure with a progressive migration to ST.2110 open standards. As part of this IP evolution Mediaset has equipped production centres in Milan and Rome with Sony’s XVS-7000 video switchers as well as PVM-X2400 24-inch 4K HDR TRIMASTER monitors for high-grade picture quality control. Offering a range of […]

February 28, 2023

Spain: Atresmedia, Mediaset revenues sink

Spain’s two largest private TV groups, Atresmedia and Mediaset, saw their revenues and profit decline in 2022. Atresmedia, owner of Antena 3 and La Sexta, among others, made a profit of €112.9 million in 2022, down 4.7 per cent, whereas Mediaset, owner of Tele 5 and Cuatro among others, reported a €178.3 million, down 1.5 […]

February 24, 2023From David Del Valle in Madrid

Spain: TV ad revenues fall by 3.3%

Television advertising revenues in Spain fell by 3.3 per cent to €1.73 billion in 2022 – far off the pre-pandemic €2 billion – according to a report from Infoadex. Mediaset took the worst hit with a 7.4 per cent drop to €710 million, whereas Atresmedia – owner of Antena 3 and La Sexta among others […]

February 23, 2023From David Del Valle in Madrid

Italian broadcasting sector grows 4.6%

The Italian broadcasting sector (TV and radio) recovered some of the ground lost due to the pandemic, reaching a total turnover of €8.5 billion in 2021 (+4.6 per cent on 2020), although still below the €8.7 billion of 2019 (-2.6 per cent). According to Mediobanca’s Media & Entertainment Report for 2021, the recovery was not […]

February 6, 2023From Branislav Pekic in Rome

Italy: Mediaset leads online views

Mediaset strengthened its leadership in Italy during 2022 for videos viewed online, with over 7.5 billion requests, according to data from measurement body Auditel Digital. As a result, the Italian commercial broadcaster reached a market share of 50.3 per cent for video consumption. The sum of the number of videos viewed on the web platforms […]

January 20, 2023From Branislav Pekic in Rome

Mediaset to trial DVB-I standard

Italian broadcaster Mediaset plans to trial the distribution of linear TV channels using the DVB-I standard from April 2023. The new DVB-I standard is designed for the distribution of linear content via the internet, enabling the mixing of DTT and streaming content. Mediaset’s four channels (Canale 5, Italia 1, Rete 4, and 20) will arrive […]

December 1, 2022From Branislav Pekic in Rome

Two new CEOs at Mediaset Spain

The board of directors of Mediaset Spain, owner of Tele 5 and Cuatro among other channels, has appointed Alessandro Salem and Massimo Musolino as co-CEOs of the group to replace Paolo Vasile, effective from January 1st 2023. Both executives have already been working for the company. Salem has “extensive experience”, according to the company, both […]

November 14, 2022From David Del Valle in Madrid

Vasile leaving Mediaset Spain CEO post

Paolo Vasile will leave his job as CEO of Mediaset Spain in “February or March” of 2023. He confirmed the news to El Mundo, but denied he had been dismissed by the Italian TV group. CEO of the Spanish unit since 1999, Vasile, who will be 70 next year, said that a decision to step […]

October 18, 2022From David Del Valle in Madrid

MFE H1 revenues steady despite economy

Despite a context of geo–political and economic crises, characterised by increased inflation, an energyemergency and a fall in consumer confidence, MFE – MediaForEurope has reported its accounts in the first six months of 2022 were not significantly affected thanks to “an immediate response by management”. Consolidated net revenues were up compared with the same period […]

September 28, 2022