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Former Italian TV Channel Television channel
Happy Channel
CountryItaly
Programming
Picture format4:3 SDTV
Ownership
OwnerSky Italia / Mediadigit
History
Launched8 March 1998; 26 years ago (1998-03-08)
Closed1 January 2006; 18 years ago (2006-01-01)

Happy Channel was an entertainment satellite TV owned by Mediadigit (created by Mediaset), on air from 8 March 1998 until 1 January 2006.

Happy Channel ran on the Tele + platform till 30 July 2003, when SKY Italia took the place of Tele + and Stream TV, another Italian satellitar platform. The channel was based on comic films, old American films and cabaret shows and often reran old shows and sitcom produced by Mediaset in the past for its three free on air channels, Canale 5, Italia 1 and Retequattro. Shows such as Non è la RAI, Ciao Darwin, Drive In and Colpo grosso were rerun. Some programs were produced expressly for the channel such as Space Girls or I Caruso - Sitshow a Little Italy.

The channel was directed by Carlo Vetrugno, who previously directed Italia 1 and Retequattro.

References

  1. Paolo Calcagno (2 February 1998). "Nasce la quarta tv Mediaset, a pagamento". Corriere della Sera (in Italian).
  2. "Arriva Happy Channel, l'humour via satellite". Corriere della Sera (in Italian). 6 March 1998.
  3. Aldo Grasso (24 April 2003). ""Colpo grosso" all'origine del velinismo". Corriere della Sera (in Italian).
  4. Gualtiero Peirce (2 June 1998). "Arrivano le Cnn italiane". la Repubblica (in Italian).

External links

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^Note 1 Joint venture with Warner Bros. Discovery (49%).
^Note 2 Joint venture with RAI (48%)
^Note 3 Joint venture with Class Editori (60%) and NBCUniversal (20%).
^Note 4 Joint venture with NBCUniversal.
^Note 5 Operated by TLN Media Group; Branding used under license.

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