Europa 7 is an Italian

Italy

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 production centre of television channels owned by Francesco Di Stefano. Europa 7 produces and runs TV syndication nationwide in Italy.

History

In 1997, Europa 7 attempted for the first time to broadcast nationwide. It was able to do so only in 2010, after having concluded a long legal battle against the Italian Government with an agreement between the two sides.

Europa 7 HD

Europa 7 HD

Europa 7 HD its an Italian group of channels aired since 11 October 2010. It's one of the first broadcasters in the world to use the DVB-T2 technology, after United Kingdom's channels BBC HD, ITV1 HD and Channel 4 HD.-Legal battle:...

Europa 7 obtained a national multiplex (the slot corresponging to one channel in analog broadcasting and to many channels in digital broadcasting) in spring 2010, and decided to use it for trasmitting in DVB-T2

DVB-T2

DVB-T2 is an abbreviation for Digital Video Broadcasting – Second Generation Terrestrial; it is the extension of the television standard DVB-T, issued by the consortium DVB, devised for the broadcast transmission of digital terrestrial television....

. Europa 7 HD

Europa 7 HD

Europa 7 HD its an Italian group of channels aired since 11 October 2010. It's one of the first broadcasters in the world to use the DVB-T2 technology, after United Kingdom's channels BBC HD, ITV1 HD and Channel 4 HD.-Legal battle:...

 was the name chosen to the offer of digital TV channels. Having a full multiplex for itself, Europa 7 HD hosts twelve alternating channels, of which eight in HD.

Europa 7 HD began testing broadcasts on July 2010, and started broadcasting from October 2010. While BBC, ITV1 and Channel 4 have only one or two of their channels in DVB-T2, Europa 7 HD transmits all of its channels with this technology; it has been announced as "the first broadcaster in the world to broadcast with this new technology."

Its twelve alternating channels are:

• Fly channel
  Fly channel
  Fly channel is the generalist television channel broadcast by Italian broadcaster Europa 7 HD on digital terrestrial television in Italy.It was launched at 3:00 PM on October 11, 2010...
  
  , a free of charge generalist Standard Definition channel, with news, satire and culture
• Five HD thematic channels based on paid subscription
  Pay TV
  Pay television, premium television, or premium channels refers to subscription-based television services, usually provided by both analog and digital cable and satellite, but also increasingly via digital terrestrial and internet television...
  
  : SENTIMENTAL, HORROR, CLASSIC, ACTION e FAMILY. These will offer movies, documentaries, concerts and international events
• Three pay-per-view
  Pay-per-view
  Pay-per-view provides a service by which a television audience can purchase events to view via private telecast. The broadcaster shows the event at the same time to everyone ordering it...
  
   HD channels offering movies most recently released on theathers.
• Three adult content channels, based on paid subscription and in Standard Definition. They will air from 23:30 till 6am and with Parental control.