SKY Italia: Ue digital terrestrial TV
The European Commission has authorised Sky Italia, the Italian subsidiary of Newscorp, to participate in the future tender for the allocation of nationwide digital terrestrial television frequencies in Italy. In doing so, the Commission is relieving Sky Italia of one of the commitments given in 2003, when Newscorp acquired the whole of Stream and merged it with rival pay TV operator Telepiù. Having regard to the significant changes in the Italian TV market in the last few years, the Commission considered it appropriate to accede to Sky Italia’s request but to limit its bidding to one frequency and, should the Italian Authorities decide to allocate it to Sky Italia, to limit its use to operate exclusively free-to-air channels for a period of five years.
