Telecom Italia Media
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Telecom Italia Media (known also as TI Media) is an Italian
commercial television
network, founded in Rome, Italy by Seat Pagine Gialle
in 2003 and later acquired by Telecom Italia
and listed on Italian Stock Exchange.
: Television production and broadcasting, Advertising and other multimedial activities.
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
commercial television
Television
Television is a telecommunication medium for transmitting and receiving moving images that can be monochrome or colored, with accompanying sound...
network, founded in Rome, Italy by Seat Pagine Gialle
Seat Pagine Gialle
SEAT Pagine Gialle is an Italian telephone directories and street maps publisher, active also in the online advertising sector. The UK subsidiary is Thomson Directories Ltd.-External links:***...
in 2003 and later acquired by Telecom Italia
Telecom Italia
Telecom Italia is the largest Italian telecommunications company, also active in the media and manufacturing industries. Now a private concern listed on the Borsa Italiana, it was founded in 1994 by the merger of several state-owned telecommunications companies, the most important of which was...
and listed on Italian Stock Exchange.
Overview
The company is focused on Mass mediaMass media
Mass media refers collectively to all media technologies which are intended to reach a large audience via mass communication. Broadcast media transmit their information electronically and comprise of television, film and radio, movies, CDs, DVDs and some other gadgets like cameras or video consoles...
: Television production and broadcasting, Advertising and other multimedial activities.
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). - Telecom Italia Media Broadcasting S.r.l. (Broadcasting facilities).
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): an Italian satellite broadcasting company.