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'Telecom Italia adds Mediaset Premium content to IPTV platfom'(DMeurope Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Telecom Italia has reached an agreement with Italian private broadcaster Mediaset to bring Mediaset Premium content to Alice Home TV. Telecom Italia's IPTV platform will feature new cinema and TV movies, TV serials, cartoons and TV premieres, as well as more Italian football content. Alice Home TV subscribers can now access Premium Bouquet package channels such as Joi with classic movies and TV hits, the Mya women TV channel, Steel with adventure and mystery programmes, Cartoon Network, the Hiro teenagers channel, and a 24-hour channel with live coverage of the current Italian Big Brother series. In addition, the Premium Calcio package offers live football coverage of all Serie A TIM matches, as well as top UEFA Champions League matches, and news and features on the Premium Calcio 24 channel. Alice Home TV will also offer the 'Mediaset last seven days' back catalogue, with on-demand access to programmes broadcast by Mediaset's Italian networks during the week. Until 5 April, customers who sign up to Mediaset Premium directly from Alice Home TV will receive the first six months of the Premium Bouquet package for a discounted price of EUR 6 per month, down from EUR 12, as well as the Premium Calcio package at EUR 7 per month, down from EUR 14. Customers who subscribe to both packages will be charged EUR 11 per month, instead of the usual price of EUR 22. (Distributed for DMeurope.com via M2 Communications Ltd (www.m2.com)) Copyright ? 2009 M2 Communications Ltd. |