Stream TV was an Italian digital

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company launched in 1993 and closed in 2003, due to the merge with TELE+ into

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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. Stream TV started broadcasting as a digital

company and later included

. The company had conflicts with TELE+ for several years, especially for the broadcasting rights of Italian football league

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. In 1999 part of the company was sold by

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. In March 2003 TELE+ and Stream merged into

References

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