Beppe Grillo's Blog (Free subscription) | yesterday
Text Good day to you all. Every so often there is some enlightened thinker who makes out that Italian TV doesn't count. That owning a TV station in the end is marginal. That il Cavaliere hangs on to his stations like that, because he's fond of them, but that in reality they don't change how things are nor do they change elections. That may be true, however, for the last few weeks, while there is...
International Herald Tribune (Free subscription) | 6 hours ago
Today, Italy's answer to Tina Fey, Sabina Guzzanti, famous for imitating members of the government, and Beppe Grillo, a Michael Moore-style provocateur, are given little airtime on television, albeit for complicated reasons, in spite of their large populist followings. Yet a leading send-up show, "Striscia la Notizia," routinely mocks those in power and is shown on Berlusconi's Mediaset network....
New York Times (Free subscription) | 8 hours ago
Today, Italy’s answer to , Sabina Guzzanti, famous for imitating members of the government, and Beppe Grillo, a -style provocateur, are given little airtime on television, albeit for complicated reasons, in spite of their large populist followings. Yet a leading send-up show, “Striscia la Notizia,” routinely mocks those in power and is shown on Mr. Berlusconi’s Mediaset network. In the case...
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | yesterday
... who heads the government while also controlling Italy's largest private television network Mediaset. "This measure is meant as a way of hitting one company, Sky, which generates jobs," main centre-left opposition Democratic Party leader, Walter Veltroni, said Monday. He was referring to Sky Italia, which is a main player in Italian television along with Mediaset and state-broadcaster...
Ansa (Free subscription) | yesterday
(ANSA) - Rome, December 1 - Premier and media magnate Silvio Berlusconi was accused of a conflict of interest on Monday after his government included a measure doubling VAT on pay TV in its anti-crisis stimulus bill.More than 90% of the Italian pay-TV market is held by Rupert Murdoch's Sky Italia with its 4.6 million subscribers while Berlusconi's Mediaset has 5.4% but is pushing for more.The...
Best Italy (Free subscription) | 29/11/2008
TV News: Mediaset, Sky Italia agree pact — Rival media magnates Silvio Berlusconi and Rupert Murdoch have linked up in Italy in a major deal that will see content from the Italo Prime Minister’s Mediaset group broadcast via a Sky Italia satellite platform, it emerged on Thursday. Source : Variety.com (subscribe) Explore : Business, Entrepreneurs, Media, [...]
Variety.com (Free subscription) | 27/11/2008
TV News: Mediaset, Sky Italia agree pact -- Rival media magnates Silvio Berlusconi and Rupert Murdoch have linked up in Italy in a major deal that will see content from the Italo Prime Minister's Mediaset group broadcast via a Sky Italia satellite platform, it emerged on Thursday.
The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 28/11/2008
... just £1.5bn.Europe's biggest commercial broadcaster, RTL, which is owned by Bertelsmann, Italy's Mediaset and Big Brother maker Endemol, have all been linked with the ITV stake. Despite a number of successful programmes at ITV, such as The X Factor and Britain's Got Talent, the commercial broadcaster's shares have been dragged down by a challenging advertising market. The fact that television...
The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 28/11/2008
... just £1.5bn.Europe's biggest commercial broadcaster, RTL, which is owned by Bertelsmann, Italy's Mediaset and Big Brother maker Endemol, have all been linked with the ITV stake. Despite a number of successful programmes at ITV, such as The X Factor and Britain's Got Talent, the commercial broadcaster's shares have been dragged down by a challenging advertising market. The fact that television...
