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News Corp Launches New Italian Free-To-Air Channel, Cielo



MILAN -(Dow Jones)- News Corp. (NWS) Friday said it is launching a new free- to-air television channel from Dec. 1 called Cielo in another sign that competition in Italy's once-staid television market is heating up.

The channel will be available on Italy's digital broadcasting platform, and " will benefit from the experience and infrastructure of Sky Italia, News Corp's Italian pay television channel, the media conglomerate said in a statement.

Gary Davey, currently the chief operating officer of News Corporation Stations Europe, will be the general manager of Cielo.

News Corp. owns Dow Jones & Company, publisher of Dow Jones Newswires.

-By Jennifer Clark, Dow Jones Newswires; 39 02 58 21 9904; jennifer.clark@ dowjones.com


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