News Corp's Cielo Postpones Launch,Cites Missing Authorizations
MILAN -(Dow Jones)- News Corp.'s (NWS) Cielo said Monday that it has postponed
the launch of its television programs because it didn't receive the necessary
authorizations from the Italian telecommunications ministry.
In an emailed statement, Cielo channel manager Gary Davey said that the
company didn't receive all the necessary authorizations to broadcast on digital
free-to-air TV.
Cielo will use leased capacity from Gruppo Editoriale L'Espresso (ES.MI) on
one of the country's digital terrestrial multiplexes and will be available to
viewers with digital terrestrial decoders.
News Corp. expects Cielo's reach to be extended to all viewers after the
analog-to-digital terrestrial switch is completed in 2012.
News Corp. owns Dow Jones & Co., publisher of Dow Jones Newswires.
-By Sabrina Cohen and Giada Zampano, Dow Jones Newswires, +39 02 5821 9906;
sabrina.cohen@dowjones.com
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