For a long time I thought we were lucky enough to have the new fangled, all singing and dancing, much vaunted digital television. No silly little set top box for us, or so I thought.I was wrong. Just after Christmas our digital television provider Fastweb stopped transmitting Italy's state … [Read more...]
Murdoch’s Sky Italy versus The Berlusconi’s Mediaset
April 21, 2009 By 6 Comments
Once upon a time Murdoch and Berlusconi were 'business buddies', to quote the words used in an article which appeared in Time magazine back in February this year.Well, it so happens that I've just finished running a course on press release writing skills and understanding the foreign media … [Read more...]
Italy’s Top TV Earners
February 17, 2009 By Leave a Comment
There is a minor storm in a small teacup over the salaries paid to some of Italy's public television personalities in these belt tightening times. 'Public television' in Italy refers to the partially state funded RAI channels, which receive income from an annual licence fee and lots and lots of … [Read more...]
Simona Ventura Italian TV Icon
October 18, 2008 By Leave a Comment
This lady is a star of Italian TV. Simona Ventura gets paid lots to do sophisticated stuff such as Isola Dei Famosi, the Italian version of fated UK reality show Celebrity Love Island.Ventura pretty much sums up the outstanding quality contemporary Italian TV.Here is a little video of Ms … [Read more...]
Once Upon a Time Italian TV was Good
October 7, 2008 By 8 Comments
Whilst chatting with one of my students, I discovered that he'd done his degree thesis on the subject of Italian television . I had to know more about this aspect of Italy I love to hate.My student told me that when television was first launched in Italy, way back in 1954, Italian television … [Read more...]
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