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Mediaset
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Vivendi pulls out of Mediaset deal
Vivendi has pulled out of its planned acquisition of an 89% stake in Mediaset Premium…
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Mediaset goes 360 for classical concert
Mediaset has produced and distributed a series of 360° and stereoscopic 3D clips of a…
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Parrot signs up Mediaset SVOD platform
Programme data science firm Parrot Analytics has signed Mediaset’s Italian SVOD platform, Infinity, to its…
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Netflix ‘not worried’ by Vivendi, Mediaset
Netflix boss Reed Hastings has said he is not worried by the prospect of direct…
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Vivendi, Mediaset to take on Sky, Netflix
Vivendi and its Italian counterpart Mediaset have inked a deal that sees the French media…
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ITV, Mediaset take Warner’s Little Big Shots
ITV in the UK and Mediaset in Spain have ordered local versions of breakout US…
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Mediaset CEO sentenced to prison
An Italian court has sentenced Mediaset CEO Pier Silvio Berlusconi (pictured) and chairman Fedele Confalonieri…
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Mediaset tipped to sell pay TV to Vivendi
Italy’s Mediaset is close to striking a deal to sell its pay TV operation to…
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Mediaset VOD net bags Prisoners of War exclusive
Mediaset’s Italian VOD service, Infinity, has bagged exclusive first window rights to Israeli thriller drama…
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Euro nets buy Planet Earth follow-up
Scandinavian pubcasters SVT and DR and Italy’s Mediaset have bought Planet Earth II as the…
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Vivendi ‘tables offer’ for Mediaset pay TV unit
France-based entertainment giant Vivendi has reportedly made an offer for the pay TV assets of…
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Shrek producer to reboot evolution show
John Williams, who produced the Shrek feature films, has acquired rights to make an animated…
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Spanish body calls for limits on pay TV ads
UTECA, the body that represents Spanish TV commercial terrestrial channels, has called on the next…
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Mediaset financing content projects after Pope film
Mediaset plans to finance a raft of content projects in Italy with international distribution in…
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RAI plots SVOD Netflix rival
Italian public broadcaster RAI is planning to create an online pay TV platform that can…
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YouTube to back creators in copyright cases
YouTube has offered to provide legal defence for a select amount of content that it…
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Adele special hits the right note for buyers
A raft of broadcasters have acquired a concert special featuring multi-million album selling pop star…
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Drama, Italian style
Italy has emerged from the doldrums to become a leading European drama producer in recent…
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Mediaset and Google resolve YouTube row
After eight years of litigation over copyright material being made available on YouTube, Italian broadcaster…
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Police raid Mediaset offices in rights probe
Italy’s financial police have initiated an investigation into allegations that commercial broadcaster Mediaset colluded with…
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Mediaset, Comarex ink distribution deal
Italian media giant Mediaset and Mexico-based distributor Comarex have widened the scope of a programme…
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Global Screen shops wartime series to b’casters
A raft of international broadcasters have acquired Naked Among Wolves, the German TV movie is…
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Sky gives Rai top spot in Mediaset channels row
Sky in Italy is to give public broadcast channel Rai4 a prime spot on its…
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Mediaset secures premium Telecom Italia deal
Mediaset and Telecom Italia have agreed a deal whereby the telecom operator will distribute Mediaset…
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TV features heavily in top media firms list
Media agency ZenithOptimedia has ranked the world’s top media owners, with Disney, Comcast, Fox and…
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Mediaset makes Pier Silvio Berlusconi CEO
Italian broadcaster Mediaset has upped vice-president Pier Silvio Berlusconi to the role of CEO, replacing…
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Mediaset unlocks deal for 100 Code
Italian media giant Mediaset has picked up US-Scandi crime drama 100 Code. The Scandi noir…
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Mediaset making mob drama with Federation
Italy’s Mediaset has teamed with Pascal Breton’s French prodco Federation for its first original drama…
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Mediaset struggles in Italy, Spain picks up
Mediaset’s Spanish unit lifted the media giant’s financials for 2014 against the background of continued…
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Berlusconi’s Fininvest offloads chunk of Mediaset
Italian commercial broadcaster Mediaset’s shares dropped sharply in value at the end of last week…