From July 31 the party platform TivùSat Together with the satellite, Rai, Mediaset and LA7. From July 31 TivùSat part in Italy, the first digital satellite platform will be sufficient to buy a decoder (the Sky is not good, nor that of the digital terrestrial) which will cost around 100 €, insert a card free of charge and make a phone call for activation . All national channels do not pay, now who does not have terrestrial digital television can only see if you subscribed to Sky, will be open to all. "There is a pay-TV, will be open only to publishers who spread channels do not pay - says the company president Luca Balestrieri - And it is absolutely complementary to digital terrestrial. It is a duty, which comes rather late years, in France and England platforms like ours are already there. " The aim of the promoters of TivùSat is, they say in unison, Balestrieri by the Deputy Director General of RAI Giancarlo Leone, managing director at RTI-Mediaset Marco Giordani Vice President of Media-Telecom Italy La7 John Stella, of "wanting to achieve that 5 per cent of Italians, and are at least three million, who can not see all channels, without being forced to make a costly subscription to Sky. " Possible, however, it is just that? For days in the political world we are talking about a war of frequencies to Sky. Although it is true that at least for the moment both Rai and Mediaset unencrypted swear that their general networks, this one tomorrow will be possible. In addition, RAI has a contract with Sky expires in (just at the end of July) and is negotiating to renew it. Someone even said that it has already decided not to renew it at all. But Giancarlo Leone replies: "The three networks are generally not on the negotiating table, the rest of the offer Rai will be seen or not will be seen on Sky, depending on how it will end this negotiation." Mediaset things do not change for now because the agreement with Sky (for Mediaset plus) is still standing, will expire no sooner than a couple of years. "Let me be clear - Marco Giordani said of RTI-Mediaset - which we do not take a euro from Sky for our general networks, so it's wrong say that we go down by Sky because in fact we never went up. " In fact, what would he change? It may not change almost anything, and could change a lot. Those who have already bought the digital terrestrial decoder can do without to buy TivùSat, however, will see everything. Who will buy the decoder TivùSat because he has not yet bought the digital terrestrial TV will have seen everything but the dish. Anyone who has just the dish and see everything with a subscription to Sky can do for now unless you buy the decoder TivùSat but maybe tomorrow will be obliged to do so. The participants of the new company will repeat: there is no war of frequencies. But some believe little. For Paolo Gentiloni (Pd), TivùSat is "a giant outlawed because it is still a concentration of actors involved in the integrated communications system," while Antonio Di Pietro (IDV) 'is a menage a trois that serves only to bring money to Mediaset. The fact Rai waiver of € 125 million from Sky satellite platform for this. " (Corriere.it)
