Europa 7 was an Italian production centre of television channels owned by Francesco Di Stefano.^[1][2] Europa 7 produces and runsTV syndication nationwide in Italy.

In 1997, Europa 7 attempted for the first time to broadcast nationwide. It was able to do so only in 2010, after having concluded a long legal battle against theItalian Government with an agreement between the two sides.

Europa 7 obtained a nationalmultiplex (the slot corresponding to one channel in analog broadcasting and to many channels in digital broadcasting) in spring 2010, and decided to use it for transmitting inDVB-T2.Europa 7 HD was the name chosen to the offer of digital TV channels.^[3] Having a full multiplex for itself, Europa 7 HD hosts twelve alternating channels, of which eight in HD.

Europa 7 HD began testing broadcasts in July 2010, and started broadcasting from October 2010.^[4] Europa 7 HD transmits all of its channels in DVB-T2; it has been announced as "the first broadcaster in the world to broadcast with this new technology."^[4]

Its twelve alternating channels were:^[4]

• Fly channel, a free of chargegeneralist standard definition channel, with news, satire and culture
• Five HD thematic channels based onpaid subscription: SENTIMENTAL, HORROR, CLASSIC, ACTION e FAMILY. These will offer movies, documentaries, concerts and international events
• Threepay-per-view HD channels offering movies most recently released on theaters.
• Threeadult content channels, based on paid subscription and in standard definition. They will air from 23:30 until 6 am and withparental control.

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