Stream TV

Stream
TypeSPA
IndustryTelecommunication
Founded1993
FounderMiro Allione
DefunctJuly 31, 2003 (2003-07-31)
FateMerged With TELE+ in Sky Italia
SuccessorSky Italia
Headquarters
Rome and Milan
,
Italy
Area served
Nationwide
Key peopleMiro Allione (founder, president and CEO until 1999)
ProductsPay TV
ParentSTET (1993); Telecom Italia (1999); News Corp
Websitehttp://stream.it

Stream TV was an Italian digital satellite television pay TV company launched in 1993 and closed in 2003, due to the merge with TELE+ into Sky Italia.

History

Stream S.P.A. was the service provider, a television company owned by STET. It was founded in 1993 by Miro Allione, a STET managing director. Stream TV started broadcasting as a digital pay TV company and later included satellite television. The company had conflicts with TELE+ for several years, especially for the broadcasting rights of the Italian football league Serie A. In 1999, part of the company was sold by Telecom Italia to News Corporation. In March 2003, TELE+ and Stream merged into Sky Italia.

References

  1. ↑ adnkronos (22 December 1993). "STET: nasce Stream, via alla riorganizzazione" (in Italian). Retrieved 17 September 2012.
  2. 1 2 "Dalla fusione Tele+ e Stream nasce Sky Italia". Corriere della Sera (in Italian). 2 October 2002. Retrieved 17 September 2012.
  3. ↑ Manca Daniele (4 April 1996). "Tv via cavo, debutta la Stet". Corriere della Sera (in Italian). Retrieved 19 June 2012.
  4. ↑ "Murdoch's Italian foothold". The Independent. 28 April 1999. Retrieved 19 June 2012.