Premium Stories

Last updated
Premium Stories
CountryItaly
Broadcast areaItaly
Programming
Language(s)Italian
Ownership
Owner Mediaset
Parent Mediaset
History
Launched23 June 2015;8 years ago (2015-06-23)
Replaced Mya
Closed10 January 2022;2 years ago (2022-01-10)

Premium Stories was an Italian pay television channel owned by Mediaset through his Mediaset Premium offer.

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It shut down on 10 January 2022.

History

The channel was launched on 23 June 2015, replacing Mya, which broadcast TV series, soap operas and films. Premium Stories maintained many programmes from his programming.

On 1 March 2016, the timeshift version Premium Stories +24 was launched on channel 318 which broadcasts the previous day's deferred programming.

On 4 September 2017, Premium Stories +24 is closes to be then replaced by Premium Calcio 2.

Since 1 June 2018, the channel is available on Mediaset Infinity in the section "Live Channels". [1]

Since 4 June 2018, the channel is available on Sky on channel 122 in HD. [2]

Since April 2019, the channel is available on Sky Go.

Since 1 June 2019, following Mediaset Premium's closure, the channel remained on Infinity and Sky.

Since 1 April 2021, the channel is available on Sky Go even in HD.

Since 8 April 2021, following Mediaset Play and Infinity's merge into the new platform Mediaset Infinity, the channel is available on Infinity+.

On 10 January 2022, Premium Stories, along with all the other Mediaset pay channels, ends its broadcast. [3]

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References

  1. "Canali Premium di Cinema e Serie su Infinity e Sky". MovieTele.it (in Italian).
  2. "Dal 4 giugno su Sky arrivano ancora più serie TV con i canali Premium". Sky TG24 (in Italian). 1 June 2018.
  3. "Premium Cinema chiuso, termina definitivamente l'era Premium". TeleDigitale (in Italian). 10 January 2022.