Sky Italia

Italian satellite pay-television platform Sky Italia S.r.l.TypeSubsidiaryIndustryTelecommunicationsFounded31 July 2003; 23 years ago (2003-07-31)FounderRupert MurdochHeadquarters Milan, ItalyArea servedItalySan MarinoVatican CityKey peopleAndrea Duilio (CEO)ProductsDirect-broadcast satellite OTT streaming television broadband provider MVNOParentSky GroupSubsidiariesNOW S.r.l.Vision Distribution (joint venture with Cattleya, Wildside, Lucisano Media Group, Palomar and Indiana Production)Websitewww.sky.it Sky Italia S.r.l., trading as Sky, is an Italian satellite television platform owned by the American media conglomerate Comcast, via the British media conglomerate Sky Group. 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. 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 an