Sky Italia


Sky Italia S.r.l. is an Italian satellite television platform owned by the American media conglomerate Comcast. Sky Italia also broadcasts three national free-to-air television channels: TV8, Cielo, and Sky TG24.
Pay TV services on the Sky Italia satellite platform are broadcast on the Hot Bird satellites at 13.0°E and are encrypted in NDS VideoGuard.
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History

Sky Italia was founded on 31 July 2003 by the merger of TELE+ and Stream TV.
On 28 June 2010, Sky Italia changed its brands and logos, making them identical to the BSkyB ones.
On 1 October 2010, Sky activated its first 3D channel, Sky Sport 3D, available without any extra cost to the Sport pack subscribers. The very first event Sky Sport 3D aired was the 2010 Ryder Cup. On 25 December 2010, Sky launched another 3D channel: Sky Cinema 3D, airing 3D movies, available for free for Cinema pack subscribers. These channels were replaced by Sky 3D on 6 September 2011, and then closed on 16 January 2018.
Tom Mockridge, the then head of Sky Italia, replaced Rebekah Brooks as chief executive of News International after she resigned on 15 July 2011.
Andrea Zappia replaced Tom Mockridge as CEO on 1 August 2011. On 7 October 2011 Sky Italia announced it reached the 5 million subscribers benchmark.
Following News Corporation's split into two on 28 June 2013, to create two separate companies, 21st Century Fox, and the spin-off company New News Corp, the 100% stake held by News Corporation in Sky Italia was retained by the re-branded 21st Century Fox.
Following media speculation, on 12 May 2014 Sky Italia's sister company, BSkyB, confirmed it was in talks with its largest shareholder, 21st Century Fox, about acquiring 21st Century Fox's 57.4% stake in Sky Deutschland and its 100% stake in Sky Italia. The enlarged company would likely be called "Sky Europe" and would consolidate 21st Century Fox's European digital TV assets into one company. The sale was announced on 25 July 2014, which was subject to regulatory and shareholder approval. The acquisition was completed on 13 November.
In 2016, Sky Italia created Vision Distribution, a film distribution venture with five Italian production companies: Wildside, Cattleya, Lucisano Media Group, Palomar and Indiana Production. Since the beginning of August 2019, Universal Pictures, Sky's corporate cousin via NBCUniversal, has handled theatrical distribution for Vision's releases in Italy. On 20 January 2020, Vision launched their international sales arm, Vision Distribution International.
Since October 2018, Sky Italia, as well as Sky UK, Sky Ireland and Sky Deutschland, ihas been controlled by Comcast.
On 1 October 2019, Maximo Ibarra replaced Andrea Zappia as CEO. Maximo Ibarra, however, left Sky Italia on 30 June 2021.
On 16 June 2020, Sky Italia launched Sky Wifi, its ultra-broadband service.
On 6 September 2021, Andrea Duilio started as the new CEO of Sky Italia.

Timeline

1998

1999

2002

2003

2004

  • April: Sky Italia abandons SECA encryption system to switch to the NDS, managed by the News Corporation.
  • 1 August: Sky launches weather news channel, Sky Meteo 24.
  • November: Sky's subscribers reach 3 million.

2005

  • May: Sky Italia are awarded the broadcast rights to the 2006 FIFA World Cup.
  • November: Sky Italia launches the My Sky decoder with PVR functionality.

2006

2007

2008

  • February: Sky are awarded the broadcast rights for the 2012 Summer Olympics.
  • May: Sky launches My Sky HD.
  • 30 August: Sky launches sports news channel, Sky Sport 24.
  • December: VAT on subscriptions is increased from 10% to 20%.

2009

2010

  • January: All Serie A matches begin transmitting in high-definition.
  • April: Sky launches three Sky Movies channels in high-definition, bringing the total number of HD channels to 25.
  • June:
  • *Sky changes its brand identity with a new logo, similar to that used by BSkyB.
  • *Mondiali 1–4 launch for the 2010 FIFA World Cup.
  • August: The number of high-definition channels reaches 36.
  • October: The 2010 Ryder Cup final is the first sports event to be broadcast in 3D.
  • November:
  • *Sky's subscribers reach 4.8 million.

2011

  • January: Avatar is the most watched film on Italian pay TV, with an audience of 1.3 million viewers.
  • February: Sky are awarded the broadcast rights for the 2011 Copa América, 2011 and 2012 Copa Sudamericana and 2012 Copa Libertadores.
  • March: Sky Cinema Passion and Sky Cinema Comedy launch.
  • May: Sky are awarded the broadcast rights for X Factor.
  • August: Sky launches Sky Go, an app which allows a number of Sky channels to be viewed on smartphones and tablets.
  • September: Sky launches Sky 3D, the first 3D channel in Italy.
  • October:
  • *Sky's subscribers reach 5 million.
  • *Sky Uno begins broadcasting in HD for the premiere of X Factor.
  • December:
  • *Sky's HD channels reach 40 with the launch of Eurosport 2 HD.

2012

2013

  • February: Sky's subscribers fall to 4.83 million.
  • March: Sky are awarded the broadcast rights for the Bundesliga for two seasons. Sky launches the Sky Sport F1.
  • 3 April: Cielo launches in HD.
  • May: Sky's subscribers fall to 4.78 million.
  • July: Sky are awarded the broadcast rights for 2014 Winter Olympics, but transfers the rights for the 2016 Summer Olympics to RAI.
  • 9 August: Fox Sports launches on Sky and Mediaset Premium, broadcasting the Premier League, the FA Cup, La Liga and Ligue 1.
  • September: Sky TG24 launches in high-definition, bringing the total number of HD channels to 63.
  • October: Classica and MTV launch in high-definition, bringing the total number of HD channels to 65.
  • November: Sky's subscribers fall to 4.76 million.
  • December: Sky Go launches on Windows Phone.

2014

2015

2016

2017

2018

  • April: Mediaset Premium's cinema channels start broadcasting on Sky.
  • June: Mediaset Premium's TV series channels start broadcasting on Sky.
  • July: Channel logos became identical to the Sky UK ones. Sky launches Sky Q Black.
  • December: Sky's subscribers reach 5,2 million.

2019

2020

2021

  • July: Fox Crime and Roma TV close, and Sky Documentaries, Sky Investigation, Sky Nature and Sky Serie are launched.

2022

2023

2024

2025

Sky HD and 4K HDR

Sky HD is the brand name of the HDTV service launched by Sky Italia on 20 April 2006 in Italy – during the 2006 FIFA World Cup – to enable high definition channels on Sky Italia to be viewed. The service requires the user to have a Sky Box HD, and an HDTV with HDCP enabled.
A HD PVR decoder called My Sky HD was launched on 26 May 2008.
On 29 November 2017, Sky launched Sky Q Platinum, a set-top box enabled to view programmes in 4K HDR and to use the multiscreen wireless service.
On 2 July 2018, Sky launched Sky Q Black, a set-top box identical to the Sky Q Platinum which enables the 4K HDR service but not the multiscreen wireless.
Here are the channels available in HD:
TV29 channelsSky TG24 HD, Rete 4 HD, Canale 5 HD, Italia 1 HD, Sky Uno HD, Sky Uno + HD, Sky Serie HD, Sky Atlantic HD, Sky Collection HD, Sky Investigation HD, Sky Crime HD, Sky Arte HD, TV8 HD, Blaze HD, MTV HD, Sky Classica HD, 20 Mediaset HD, Cielo HD, 27 Twentyseven HD, Real Time HD, Horse TV HD, Gambero Rosso Channel HD, Sky Adventure, Sky Nature HD, Sky Documentaries HD, History HD
Cinema9 channelsSky Cinema Uno HD, Sky Cinema Stories HD, Sky Cinema Collection HD, Sky Cinema Family HD, Sky Cinema Action HD, Sky Cinema Suspense HD, Sky Cinema Romance HD, Sky Cinema Drama HD, Sky Cinema Comedy HD
Sport11 channelsSky Sport 24 HD, Sky Sport Uno HD, Sky Sport Arena HD, Sky Sport Max HD, Sky Sport Tennis HD, Sky Sport Basket HD, Sky Sport F1 HD, Sky Sport MotoGP HD, Sky Sport Legend HD, Sky Sport Mix HD, Roma TV
Calcio11 channelsSky Sport 24 HD, Sky Sport Calcio, Sky Sport HD, Lazio Style Channel
Kids2 channelsCartoon Network HD, Disney Jr.
Primafila7 channelsSky Primafila 1 HD, Sky Primafila 2 HD, Sky Primafila 4 HD, Sky Primafila 6 HD, Sky Primafila 8 HD, Sky Primafila 10 HD, Sky Primafila 12 HD
Optional Channels4 channelsDAZN 1, DAZN 2, DAZN 3, Milan TV, Inter TV

Channel Packs

Sky Italia offers a range of channels that are grouped into: Sky TV – Entertainment, TV series, Eurosport's sport, news, documentaries and music;Entertainment plus – Adds Netflix to the Sky TV package;Sky Cinema – Sky's, and some other companies', film channels;Sky Sport and Sky Calcio – Sports and football channels;Sky Kids – Programmes for Children, most notably Cartoons.

Sky TV

Sky Kids

Sky Sport and Sky Calcio

Sky Cinema

  • Sky Cinema Uno
  • Sky Cinema Stories
  • Sky Cinema Collection
  • Sky Cinema Family
  • Sky Cinema Action
  • Sky Cinema Suspense
  • Sky Cinema Romance
  • Sky Cinema Drama
  • Sky Cinema Comedy
  • Iris
  • Cine34

Optional Channels