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Boing (Italian TV Channel)
Boing is an Italian free-to-air television channel marketed at children and teenagers, owned by Boing S.p.A., a joint venture of Fininvest's MFE - MediaForEurope (through its Mediaset and RTI subsidiaries) and Warner Bros. Discovery (through Warner Bros. Discovery International, its International division). It is available on digital terrestrial, television and free-to-air satellite provider Tivùsat. History of Boing The channel was launched on 20 November 2004 at 8:00 pm, after replacing VJ TV some months prior with a sign that said ''Boing, in arrivo.'' (Boing, coming soon.). In 2006, the channel rebranded to a new transparent screen bug and logo in promos, to follow the brand identity of Mediaset's other channels. The change included a new graphics package, introducing the channel's official mascots, the Animadz. Most of them lasted until August 2020. With the launch of Cartoonito (Italy), Cartoonito in 2011, the channel refocused its demographic to older children ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
1080i
In high-definition television (HDTV) and video display technology, 1080i is a video display format with 1080 lines of vertical resolution and Interlaced video, interlaced scanning method. This format was once a standard in HDTV. It was particularly used for broadcast television because it can deliver high-resolution images without needing excessive bandwidth. This format is used in the SMPTE 292M standard. Definition The number "1080" in 1080i refers to the number of horizontal lines that make up the vertical resolution of the display. Each of these lines contributes to the overall detail and clarity of the image. The letter "i" stands for Interlaced video, interlaced. This is a technique where the image is not displayed all at once. Instead, the frame is split into two fields. One field contains the odd-numbered lines, and the other field contains the even-numbered lines. These fields are displayed in rapid succession, giving the appearance of a full image to the human eye. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Italia 1
Italia 1 (Italian pronunciation ) is an Italian free-to-air television channel on the Mediaset network, owned by MFE - MediaForEurope. It is aimed at both a young adult and adult audience. Italia 1 was launched on 3 January 1982 and, was originally owned by Rusconi; after a few months, however, due to the aggressive dumping practices of Silvio Berlusconi's rival network Canale 5, Rusconi was forced to sell the majority of his company to Fininvest, allowing Berlusconi to further strengthen his media holdings. History Launch and early years Launched on 3 January 1982 by print media editor Edilio Rusconi, Italia 1 was born from the idea of a network supported by twenty regional broadcasting stations, some owned by Rusconi himself and others simply affiliated to broadcast throughout Italian territory on the 'ploy' of interconnection. The lead broadcasting station is Milan-based Antenna Nord, but Rome's Quinta Rete also played an important role. Lillo Tombolini was the execut ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Fininvest
Finanziaria d'investimento Fininvest S.p.A., also known as Fininvest, is an Italian holding company controlled by the Berlusconi family and managed by Silvio Berlusconi's eldest daughter Marina Berlusconi. Structure The Fininvest group is composed of a number of companies, such as Mondadori (one of Italy's leading publishing companies), Teatro Manzoni (a theatre in Milan), Alba Servizi Aerotrasporti (a private jet company) and Fininvest Gestione Servizi. Fininvest is the largest shareholder of MFE – MediaForEurope, which is currently the biggest private entertainment competitor in Italy, known for domestic operations in Italy through Mediaset (including Canale 5, Italia 1, Rete 4, among others), Spanish operations through Mediaset España, the film production company Medusa Film, and many other companies related to TV broadcasting. The deal to sell Mediaset Premium collapsed in 2016. Fininvest's voting rights on Mediolanum was capped at 9.9999% by Italian Insuran ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Free-to-air
Free-to-air (FTA) services are television (TV) and radio services broadcast in unencrypted form, allowing any person with the appropriate receiving equipment to receive the signal and view or listen to the content without requiring a subscription, other ongoing cost, or one-off fee (e.g., pay-per-view). In the traditional sense, this is carried on terrestrial radio signals and received with an antenna. FTA also refers to channels and broadcasters providing content for which no subscription is expected, even though they may be delivered to the viewer/listener by another carrier for which a subscription is required, e.g., cable television, the Internet, or satellite. These carriers may be mandated (or OPT) in some geographies to deliver FTA channels even if a premium subscription is not present (providing the necessary equipment is still available), especially where FTA channels are expected to be used for emergency broadcasts, similar to the mandatory emergency phone num ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Digital Terrestrial Television
Digital terrestrial television (DTTV, DTT, or DTTB) is a technology for terrestrial television, in which television stations broadcast television content in a digital signal, digital format. Digital terrestrial television is a major technological advancement over analog television, and has largely replaced analog television broadcasting, which was previously in common use since the middle of the 20th century. Test broadcasts began in 1998, and the Digital television transition, changeover to digital television began in 2006 and is now complete in many countries. The advantages of digital terrestrial television are similar to those obtained by digitizing platforms such as cable TV, satellite, and telecommunications: more efficient use of radio spectrum bandwidth, the ability to broadcast more channels than analog, better quality images, and potentially lower operating costs for broadcasters. Different Country, countries have adopted different digital broadcasting standards. Some ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Mediaset Extra
Mediaset Extra is an Italian entertainment television channel, operated by the media company R.T.I. and owned by Mediaset, launched on 26 November 2010. It is broadcast in Italy on DTT channel 34 on mux ''Mediaset 2''. The channel programming mainly consists of reruns of Mediaset's channels. On 12 June 2018, a temporary HD feed of the channel launched on Tivùsat for the 2018 FIFA World Cup The 2018 FIFA World Cup was the 21st FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial world championship for national association football, football teams organized by FIFA. It took place in Russia from 14 June to 15 July 2018, after the country was awarded t ... and closed on 1 August 2018. On 11 July 2019, another simulcast channel called Mediaset Extra 2 was launched on terrestrial replacing Cine Sony. This simulcasts Mediaset Extra during the day and then airs its own programming at night. The channel was replaced by Cine34 in January 2020. Programming TV shows Generally, Mediaset Extra rep ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
TGcom24
Mediaset TGcom24 is a conservative Italian 24-hour all-news television channel operated by Mediaset and owned by MFE - MediaForEurope, started in 2011 and broadcast on 51 digital terrestrial television and on the 509 Sky Italia satellite platform in Italy Italy, officially the Italian Republic, is a country in Southern Europe, Southern and Western Europe, Western Europe. It consists of Italian Peninsula, a peninsula that extends into the Mediterranean Sea, with the Alps on its northern land b .... This channel runs live some of its breaking news programs and some programs from other Mediaset channels by duplicating the original broadcasting: ''Mattino 4'', ''TG4'', ''Studio Aperto'', '' TG5'', ''Diario del giorno'', ''Pomeriggio Cinque'' (first hour), ''4 di sera''. It also runs some deferred programs like ''Sport Mediaset'' (+20 min delay) and some reruns. See also * Television in Italy * Digital terrestrial television in Italy * Mediaset * TGCOM References ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Italia 2
Mediaset Italia Due, commonly known as Italia 2 (pronounced ''Italia Due'' ), is an Italian television channel, operated by Mediaset and owned by MFE - MediaForEurope. It was founded, and started to broadcast, in 2011. Italia 2 currently broadcasts in Italian. It broadcasts at a national level and also serves to target Italian youth, aimed primarily at a male audience. History Italia 2 On July 1, 2011, Italia 2 started broadcasting its launch spots. On July 4, at 10pm CEST, it officially began broadcasting, with the first viewing of the film '' Dragonball Evolution''. The peculiarity of the schedule of Italia 2 for the first year consisted in its division into "zones", where each of them has a thematic character; amongst these, worthy of note is the '' U-Zone'', made by the channel's viewers through their amateur videos. The daytime programming of Sunday and Saturday is different from the other days of the week. The first night programs started at 10 pm, then at 9:30 pm, and fin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Top Crime
Top Crime, often stylised TOPcrime, is a thematic television channel, dedicated to the TV series and movies on the world of crime, operated by Mediaset and owned by MFE - MediaForEurope. The broadcasts began on 1 June 2013 both on digital terrestrial television (on mux Mediaset Italia 2), and on satellite via the satellite platform Tivù Sat, both with the channel 39. The trailer with previews of the schedule were first shown on 21 May of that year. The channel started its regular broadcasts transmitting the first two episodes of the seventh season, first-run movies for television of Bones. The channel offers re-run television series such as ''Columbo'' and '' Poirot'', as well as new films themed for this type of programming. Television series * ''Hannibal'' * '' Found'' * '' Motive'' * '' Major Crimes'' * ''Person of Interest'' * ''Damages'' * '' Chase'' * '' Bones'' * ''Life'' * '' The Shield'' * '' 24'' * '' Raising the Bar'' * '' Women's Murder Club'' * ''Judging Amy'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Focus (TV Channel)
Focus is an Italian free television channel operated by Mediaset and owned by MFE - MediaForEurope. Focusing on a mixture of factual and entertainment programming, the network deals with topics of natural sciences, pseudoscience and history, in partnership with the homonymous magazine. History Switchover Media management (2012–2013) The channel appears at midnight on July 13, 2012 in the form of a promotional sign, replacing Doc-U: broadcasts officially begin at 8:00 on July 28. The birth of this channel is a license agreement between Switchover Media and Gruner+Jahr/Mondadori, editors of the magazine ''Focus''. Discovery Italia management (2013–2018) With the takeover of Switchover Media, on January 14, 2013 the channel goes to Discovery Italia as well as the other channels published by the same company. Among the effects of this passage are the more popular programs broadcast by other group channels such as '' Extreme Engineering'' and '' How It's Made''. From Septemb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Cine34
Cine34 is an Italian free-to-air channel by Mediaset and directed by Marco Costa. The channel mainly broadcasts Italian movies, especially classic. It is available on channel 34 of digital terrestrial television and on satellite on Sky Italia and Tivùsat. The official speaker is . History The channel began broadcasting on 20 January 2020 with a movie marathon of Federico Fellini, on occasion of his 100th birthday. The channel's slogan is "''Italia al Cinema''", so the channel's programming is related to Italian movies. On 10 February 2020, after Lina Wertmüller received the Academy Honorary Award, the channel entirely broadcast the filmmaker's filmography with the title "''Lina da Oscar''". On 15 April 2020, in occasion of Raimondo Vianello's 10th death anniversary, the channel entirely broadcast the actor's filmography with the title "''Viva Raimondo!''". On 22 March 2021, in occasion of Nino Manfredi's 100th birthday, the channel entirely broadcast the actor's f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
