Stream TV was an Italian
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satellite television
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pay TV
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company launched in 1993 and closed in 2003, due to the merge with
TELE+ into
Sky Italia
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.
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
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Businesses
*Digital bank, a form of financial institution
*Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC) or Digital, a computer company
*Digital Research (DR or DRI), a software ...
pay TV
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company and later included
satellite television
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. The company had conflicts with
TELE+ for several years, especially for the broadcasting rights of the Italian football league
Serie A
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. In 1999, part of the company was sold by
Telecom Italia
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It is ...
to
News Corporation
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.
In March 2003,
TELE+ and Stream merged into
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 ...
.
References
Sky Italia
Italian-language television networks
Television channels and stations established in 1993
Direct broadcast satellite services
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