Variety.com (Free subscription) | 01/05/2009
TV News: 2008 audience share falls 2.2% -- Mediaset’s Telecinco ruled Spanish TV in 2008 for the fifth straight year, taking an 18.1% audience share.
Football.co.uk (Free subscription) | 01/03/2009
... Portuguese is adamant that he wants to prove his worth over several seasons in Serie A. He told Mediaset: "I am happy and even in the most difficult moments in adapting, I never had any second thoughts. "I don't avoid comparisons with my previous experiences, I have never hidden and I will never hide that England was different. "There's a different calmness for a coach, footballing-wise...
Reuters UK (Free subscription) | 01/02/2009
... produced product, thanks in part to a promotional structure that does not exist here," he told Mediaset television. "Soccer-wise, on the other hand, Italy is richer and more difficult."It's easy to make the difference in England with a different tactical approach. Furthermore, the emotional side is highly charged in the Premier League and the physical and mental sides are strong too."(Arsene)...
Variety.com (Free subscription) | 12/31/2008
Amenta, who sees himself hailing from the school of such neo-realist masters as Francesco Rosi whose "Salvatore Giuliano" rigorously reconstructed the Mafia powerplay in postwar Sicily, is incensed by Mediaset's recent telepic "Il capo dei capi" (Boss of Bosses) a biopic of Cosa Nostra don Toto Riina that Riina reportedly watched from his high-security Milan cell. The top-rated skein also came...
Reuters UK (Free subscription) | 12/30/2008
MADRID, Dec 30 (Reuters) - Telecinco (TL5.MC) retained its title as Spain's most-watched television channel for the fifth year running in 2008, but did so with the smallest-ever share for a No. 1 Spanish broadcaster, data showed on Tuesday.The broadcaster, controlled by Italy's Mediaset (MS.MI), captured an 18.1 percent market share, down 2.2 percentage points from 2007 and slipping below 20...
