Mediaset Premium
Pay TV | |
Industry | Prepaid subscription television |
Founded | 20 January 2005 |
Headquarters | Milan, Italy |
Key people | Piersilvio Berlusconi |
Owner | Mediaset |
Website | mediasetpremium.it |
Mediaset Premium is an Italian digital terrestrial television service provided by Mediaset. It provides pay TV and pay-per-view (only for football matches) through the use of a smart card as well as video on demand through its Premium Play and Premium Online streaming service.
History
Mediaset Premium was launched on January 20, 2005, initially offering only pay-per-view services for movies and sports.
In January 2008, it became a full pay TV, launching the package "Premium Gallery", available, with a package for football matches, through monthly subscription or prepaid. Over time, new packages and new channels enrich the offered.
In 2015, the new offering provides channels of movies, TV series, sport, documentaries, cartoons and interactive services Premium Play and Premium Online. From 2016, Premium will also broadcast on satellite TV.
Broadcast until 2018 the UEFA Champions League exclusive in Italy on channels Premium Sports and Premium Calcio also in HD. It also owns the sports rights, in addition to the Serie A, of foreign tournaments as the Ligue 1 and the Coupe de France, the Scottish Premiership, also of the NFL of American football. There are also channels Eurosport and Eurosport 2.
In 2016 Vivendi agreed to buy 100% stake of Mediaset Premium and 3.5% stake of Mediaset by selling 3.5% stake of Vivendi's shares.[1] However, after inspecting the financial statements as well as income forecast, Vivendi did not wish to enforce the original terms but submitting a revised offer to buy 20% stake in Mediaset Premium, as well as buying convertible bonds of Mediaset Premium.[2] Fininvest, the majority owner of Mediaset, had choose to start legal action to Vivendi.[3]
Channels
The offer is currently divided main packages, available in prepaid or through monthly subscriptions.
Package | Number's channel | Channel | Description |
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Service Channels | 300 310 |
Premium Menu Premium Play |
service service |
Series & Docs | 311 312 313 314 315 316 317 318 320 325 326 |
Premium Action HD Premium Action +24 Premium Crime HD Premium Crime +24 Premium Joi Premium Joi +24 Premium Stories Premium Stories +24 Investigation Discovery Premium Extra 1 Premium Extra 2 |
TV series TV series TV series TV series TV series TV series TV series TV series documentaries reality - 24h live reality - 24h live |
Cinema | 330 331 332 333 334 335 336 337 |
Premium Cinema HD Premium Cinema +24 Premium Cinema 2 HD Premium Cinema 2 +24 Premium Energy Premium Emotion Premium Comedy Studio Universal |
blockbuster movies blockbuster movies blockbuster movies blockbuster movies action/crime movies drama movies comedy movies classic/noir movies |
Children | 350 351 |
Cartoon Network Nickelodeon |
cartoons cartoons |
Sports & Football | 370 371 372 373 380 381 382 383 384 385 386 387 388 390 |
Premium Sport Premium Sport 2 Eurosport Eurosport 2 Premium Sport HD Premium Sport 2 HD Premium Calcio 1 Premium Calcio 2 Premium Calcio 3 Premium Calcio 4 Premium Calcio 5 Premium Calcio 6 Premium Calcio 7 Premium Calcio 1 HD |
sports 24h sports 24h sports 24h sports 24h sports 24h sports 24h live football match live football match live football match live football match live football match live football match live football match live football match |
Service Channels | 399 | Premium Online | service |
Premium Play
Premium Play is a streaming service on PC, iPad, Android, Xbox One, Xbox 360 and Samsung Smart TV, Windows for subscription customers in conjunction with the TV packages.
Typology Channels | Channel | Included in the pay-package | Description |
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Extra | Cartoon Network On Demand Mediaset Fiction Mediaset Show Premium Calcio Premium Cinema Hit Premium Cinema Italia Premium Cinema Star Premium Serie |
Bambini free free Sport & Calcio Cinema Cinema Cinema Serie & Doc |
cartoons and series TV teen/kids Canale 5, Italia 1, Rete 4's best series TV Canale 5, Italia 1, Rete 4's best shows football movies movies movies series TV |
Live | Mediaset TGCOM24 Premium Calcio Premium Diretta Calcio 1 Premium Diretta Calcio 2 |
free Sport & Calcio Sport & Calcio Sport & Calcio |
news football live football live football |
References
- ↑ "Vivendi forms a strategic and industrial partnership with Mediaset". Vivendi. 8 April 2016. Retrieved 6 September 2016.
- ↑ "Vivendi and Mediaset: structure of the offer". Vivendi. 26 July 2016. Retrieved 6 September 2016.
- ↑ "Fininvest claims 570 million euros damages from Vivendi" (PDF). Fininvest. 23 August 2016. Retrieved 6 September 2016.
External links
- Official website (in Italian)