Stream | |
Type: | SPA |
Defunct: | 2003 |
Successor: | Sky Italia |
Foundation: | 1993 |
Founder: | Miro Allione |
Location City: | Rome and Milan |
Location Country: | Italy |
Fate: | Merged With TELE+ in Sky Italia |
Area Served: | Nationwide |
Key People: | Miro Allione (founder, president and CEO until 1999) |
Industry: | Telecommunication |
Products: | Pay TV |
Parent: | STET (1993); Telecom Italia (1999); News Corp |
Homepage: | http://stream.it |
Stream TV was an Italian digital satellite television pay TV company launched in 1993[1] and closed in 2003, due to the merge with TELE+ into Sky Italia.[2]
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.[3] Stream TV started broadcasting as a digital pay TV company and later included satellite television. The company had conflicts with TELE+ for several years, especially for the broadcasting rights of the Italian football league Serie A. In 1999, part of the company was sold by Telecom Italia to News Corporation.[4] In March 2003, TELE+ and Stream merged into Sky Italia.