Mediaset

Mediaset is the first Italian commercial television network. Mediaset has its headquarters in Milan, Lombardy. The network was founded by Silvio Berlusconi, but today it is controlled by his family through Fininvest.Many of its studios are located in Milano 2, the area of Milan that first started showing TeleMilano (known now as Canale 5). The ownership had become a source of controversy for Berlusconi, as he was both the Prime Minister of Italy and thus appointed the director of programming for RAI and the owner of the three largest and most-watched private channels in Italy.

National Channels

Mediaset controls four free to air terrestrial channels (three in Italy and one in Spain):
*Canale 5 (Italy)
*Italia 1 (Italy)
*Rete 4 (Italy)
*TeleCinco (Spain)

Satellite Channels

*Mediolanum Channel, Free To Air

Until 31st December 2005, there were other four satellite channels owned by Mediaset and crypted by Sky Italia: Duel Tv, Happy Channel, IT Italia Teen Television and MT Channel.

DTT Channels

*Boing
*Media Shopping
*Mediaset Premium
*Coming Soon Tv DTT

Radio

*Radio R101

External links

*Mediaset Corporate - Official website
*Mediaset.it