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Mediaset Premium

Mediaset Premium is a science topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Mediaset Premium rather than just read about it. In short: Mediaset Premium was an Italian pay TV provider owned by Mediaset. Until closure in 2019, it provided subscription TV channels and pay-per-view events (only for football matches) via the Italian digital terrestrial television network through the use of a smart card as well as video-on-demand services through its "Premium Play" and "Premium Online" streaming service.

Key takeaways

Mediaset Premium belongs to science; place it in that map before memorising details.
Learn the definition first, then one example that makes the definition concrete.
Connect Mediaset Premium to a quantity you can measure, compute or draw — that is where exam questions come from.
Reproduce the core statement of Mediaset Premium from memory before moving on to harder problems.

Reference excerpt

Mediaset Premium was an Italian pay TV provider owned by Mediaset. Until closure in 2019, it provided subscription TV channels and pay-per-view events (only for football matches) via the Italian digital terrestrial television network through the use of a smart card as well as video-on-demand services through its "Premium Play" and "Premium Online" streaming service.

History

Mediaset Premium was launched on January 20, 2005, initially offering only pay-per-view services for movies and sports. The first broadcast was held on January 22: a Serie A match between Inter and Chievo. Two weeks ahead of launch, almost all of the 280,000 smart cards were sold. However, one week ahead of its start, 17 decoder models did not display its signals. From June 2005, it also began offering pay-per-view TV shows, movies and broadcasts of Grande Fratello. Most American series premiered there before airing on Mediaset's terrestrial networks, particularly Italia 1, and most of the titles were from Warner Bros. Television. On January 19, 2008, it became a full pay-TV platform, launching the "Premium Gallery" package, available, with a package for football matches, through monthly subscription or prepaid. For this end, three channels were launched: Joi, Mya and Steel (this last one launched in association with NBCUniversal, who offered its package of dubbed series). Over time, new packages and new channels enrich the offer. The first addition following the launch of the in-house channels was Disney Channel on July 1, 2008, already available on Sky packages. On December 8, a new package with children's channels was introduced, Premium Fantasy. This included Disney Channel, already on Premium Gallery, new entrants Playhouse Disney and Cartoon Network, and a new in-house channel, Hiro, specialized in anime. In 2015, the new offering provides channels of movies, TV series, sport, documentaries, cartoons and interactive services Premium Play and Premium Online. From 2016, Premium will also broadcast on satellite TV. In October 2016, Disney Junior and Disney Channel ceased broadcasting, only remaining available on Sky. Until 2018, with its parent, it held exclusive rights to the UEFA Champions League in Italy. It also owns the sports rights, in addition to the Serie A, of foreign tournaments such as Ligue 1 and the Coupe de France, the Scottish Premiership, and also the NFL of American football. Both Eurosport 1 and Eurosport 2 were also offered. On 1 June 2018, Cartoon Network, Mediaset Premium's last kids' channel, ceased broadcasting, with the channel remaining available on Sky Italia. In 2016 Vivendi agreed to buy 100% stake of Mediaset Premium and 3.5% stake of Mediaset by selling 3.5% stake of Vivendi's shares. However, after inspecting the financial statements as well as income forecast, Vivendi did not wish to enforce the original terms but submitting a revised offer to buy 20% stake in Mediaset Premium, as well as buying convertible bonds of Mediaset Premium. Fininvest, the majority owner of Mediaset, had chosen to start legal action to Vivendi. In 2018, its offer was restructured to enable the entrance of Sky channels. The Sky TV package included Sky Uno, Sky Atlantic, FOX, National Geographic and Sky TG24 from Sky's behalf, and eight Mediaset film and TV series channels: Premium Action, Premium Crime, Premium Joi, Premium Stories, Premium Cinema, Premium Cinema Energy, Premium Cinema Emotion and Premium Cinema Comedy. The Sky Sport package featured two channels, Sky Sport 24 and Sky Sport 1 (the only sports channel in HD on the DTT offer). The service was closed down in June 2019. Subscribers were allowed to rescind from the platform during the month of May, free of charge. From June 1, its channels were made available on Mediaset Infinity, its streaming service. The remaining Mediaset Premium channels that remained on Sky were shut down on January 10, 2022.

Channels The offer was divided into packages, available in prepaid or through monthly subscriptions.

Premium Play Premium Play was a streaming service on PC, iPad, Android, Xbox One, Xbox 360 and Samsung Smart TV, Windows for subscription customers in conjunction with the TV packages.

References

External links

Official website

Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Mediaset Premium

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Mediaset Premium claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In science, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Mediaset Premium before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Mediaset Premium ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Mediaset Premium

In research: Mediaset Premium appears in science research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Mediaset Premium in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Mediaset Premium is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 2005 establishments in Italy, Digital television, Pay television, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Mediaset Premium outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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How to study Mediaset Premium in 20 minutes

Read the reference excerpt below once, without taking notes.
Close the page and write down what Mediaset Premium means in your own words.
Compare your version with the excerpt and mark what you missed.
Work through the three examples above with pen and paper.
Explain Mediaset Premium out loud to somebody else — or to Teacher Smith in the lgStudy chat.

Frequently asked questions

What is Mediaset Premium in simple terms?

Why does Mediaset Premium matter?

Because it connects several science ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

How should I study Mediaset Premium?

Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

What does this page cover?

It gives you a compact reference excerpt plus original lgStudy explanations, examples, applications and study material on Mediaset Premium.