Stream TV

This article is about the Italian TV company. For television called "Stream", see Stream (disambiguation). For TV streams, see streaming television.

Stream TV was an Italian digital satellite television pay TV company launched in 1993^[1] and closed in 2003, due to the merge with TELE+ into Sky Italia.^[2]

Stream

Company type	SPA
Industry	Telecommunication
Founded	1993
Founder	Miro Allione
Defunct	2003
Fate	Merged With TELE+ in Sky Italia
Successor	Sky Italia
Headquarters	Rome and Milan , Italy
Area served	Nationwide
Key people	Miro Allione (founder, president and CEO until 1999)
Products	Pay TV
Parent	STET (1993); Telecom Italia (1999); News Corp
Website	http://stream.it

History

Stream S.P.A. was the service provider, a television company owned by STET. It was founded in 1993 by Miro Allione, a STET managing director.^[3] Stream TV started broadcasting as a digital pay TV company and later included satellite television. The company had conflicts with TELE+ for several years, especially for the broadcasting rights of the Italian football league Serie A. In 1999, part of the company was sold by Telecom Italia to News Corporation.^[4] In March 2003, TELE+ and Stream merged into Sky Italia.^[2]