2.4 million active smartcards for Italy's TivùSat

ROME — Italian satellite TV platform TivùSat has announced that almost six years after its launch at the end of July 2009, it now has more than 2.4 million active smart cards, representing about 8% of Italian families.

The pay-as-you-go satellite platform, on Eutelsat at 13° East, offers 65 channels of TV, including some channels in high definition, plus 32 radio stations.