Tiscali and Sky Italia: signed an agreement on Sky packages distribution over Tiscali TV

Cagliari, 11th December 2007 - Tiscali, the independent telecommunications company, and Sky Italia, the Italian digital pay TV, announce they cut a deal about Sky packages distribution over Tiscali TV, which commercial launch is starting just today in the cities of Cagliari, Milan and Rome, and will be progressively extended to all towns covered by Tiscali network during 2008.
 
Starting from the first six months of 2008, Tiscali TV users will be able to activate Sky packages on Tiscali’s TV platform, experiencing an even richer and winning TV offering, together with linear and on-demand channels schedule already included in Tiscali offer.

“The agreement with Sky Italia – says Tommaso Pompei, Tiscali’s CEO – is a further and important new element for Tiscali TV. Sky content, in fact, is high-quality content packaged to meet the needs of a mature viewer who is looking for the best experience on different media types.”

Tom Mockridge, SKY Italia’s CEO, said: “We are proud we cut a deal with Tiscali, a telecommunications operator ever since standing out for delivering forefront services. The launch of Tiscali TV confirms its innovative strategy and allows SKY to favor Italian consumers access to its offering, making our packages available on this new TV platform”.