Italy

Berlusconi/De Mol Consortium Reels In Remaining Endemol Stake - 0 Comments
Posted By Robert Andrews - Tue 19 Jun 2007 07:51 AM PST

The consortium which last month acquired 75 percent of European TV producer Endemol from Telefonica for EUR 3.6 billion is now buying up the remaining stake. Endemol co-founder John de…

YouTube Launches Nine Country Sites; UK, Brazil, Japan Included - 0 Comments
Posted By Robert Andrews - Tue 19 Jun 2007 02:22 AM PST

At a Paris press conference, YouTube unveiled localized versions for Brazil, France, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Holland, Poland, Spain and the UK (Germany is missing). Initially, the sites get translated homepages,…

Joost Rival Babelgum Opens Doors To P2P TV Viewers - 0 Comments
Posted By Robert Andrews - Fri 08 Jun 2007 06:09 AM PST

Updated: Rafat adds: I am interviewing Scaglia on Monday morning, and will have more on Babelgum and his own views on online video. Ireland-based P2P TV network Babelgum has opened…

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European Newspapers ‘Optimistic’ About Print And Digital - 0 Comments
Posted By Robert Andrews - Tue 10 Apr 2007 06:18 AM PST

A wide-ranging AP article surveying the European newspaper landscape finds editors “optimistic” about both the web and the survival of print. The gist: while US newspapers self-flagellate in pursuit of…

Swisscom Offers $4.87 Billion For Italian Telco Fastweb - 0 Comments
Posted By Robert Andrews - Mon 12 Mar 2007 06:18 AM PST

Switzerland’s state telco Swisscom is bidding 3.7 billion euro ($4.87 billion) for Italy’s second-place broadband provider Fastweb, a 19 percent premium to pre-takeover-rumor prices. The Italian firm, which has offered…

FastWeb Founder Launching Video Site; Self-Funded At $13.2 Million - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Sun 04 Mar 2007 08:56 PM PST

Silvio Scaglia, the founder of Italian triple-play telecom firm FastWeb, and former CEO of Omnitel (now Vodafone Italy) is launching a new venture, an online video service called Babelgum. Scaglia…

News Corp. Succession Story Makes Rounds (Again); Company Says James Murdoch Staying At BSkyB - 0 Comments
Posted By Staci D. Kramer - Mon 22 Jan 2007 04:56 PM PST

A bit of a ruckus going on about Rupert Murdoch’s succession plans for News Corp. following a UK newspaper report that his son James was leaving his CEO post at…

Italian High Court: Downloading Not Illegal If Not Intended For Profit - 0 Comments
Posted By David Kaplan - Mon 22 Jan 2007 03:17 PM PST

It isn’t a crime to download music, movies or software if the user doesn’t gain financially, the Italian Supreme Court ruled earlier this month. Nevertheless, analysts are unsure whether the…