My-Tv

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My-Tv
Available in Italian, English
Headquarters Milan, Rome, Italy
Area servedWorldwide
Owner RCS MediaGroup,
Mediobanca,
Gruppo Ciancio.
Founder(s) Salvo Mizzi
PresidentSalvo Mizzi
CEOBenedetto Habib
Key peoplePaola Jacobbi (Editor-in-chief),
Lucio Dalla, Andrea Zingoni, Joshua Held
Industry Streaming
Services On-demand video streaming
URL www.my-tv.it
RegistrationNot required
Launched9 November 2000 (2000-11-09)
Current statusNot active

My-Tv was Italy's first internet television service. Owned by RCS MediaGroup, Mediobanca and Gruppo Ciancio, it streamed on-demand video content from Milan and Rome that included music and information about events, clubs and shopping. [1]

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History

My-Tv was founded in 2000 in Milan by Salvo Mizzi, and it's considered the first Italian web television. [2] In Italy My-Tv programs "have been the only ones to be rebroadcasted[sic] by television channels thanks to their huge internet circulation and success". [1] Art director was popular Italian singer-songwriter Lucio Dalla.

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References

  1. 1 2 Ha, Louisa S.; Ganahl, Richard J. (2013-03-07). Webcasting Worldwide: Business Models of an Emerging Global Medium. Routledge. ISBN   9781135249779.
  2. La città? Per raccontarla c'è My Tv, Marco Letizia, Corriere della Sera, 9 novembre 2000, p. 26. (Italian)

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