The Italian subsidiary of pay-TV provider Sky has launched a new DVB-T pay-TV service secured by Nagra broadcast and direct-to-TV content protection technologies.
The new terrestrial service is available on Sky Italia DVB-T set-top boxes and conditional access modules (CAM) for digital TVs. It is on offer in the Italian retail market with an exclusive offer that contains four channels of entertainment, eight cinema and series channels, and sports channels featuring premium sports content including Serie A football, UEFA Champions League and Europa League, Formula One auto racing and MotoGP Grand Prix motorcycle racing.
“We are excited to have the opportunity to work with Sky Italia and have them benefit from our retail expertise in pay-TV,” said Carlo Stramaglia, vice president sales, Italy, at Nagra.
“[Our] technologies are best-of-breed when it comes to broadcast and direct-to-TV security for premium content addressing virtually any business requirement while providing robust content protection. We look forward to supporting them in this new venture.”