INSIGHT TV BRINGS INULTRA TO ITALY WITH TIVÙSAT LAUNCH
Insight TV expands its 4K/UHD footprint in Italy with debut on leading free-to-air satellite platform
June 25, 2026
(25 June 2026, AMSTERDAM) - Insight TV, the global unscripted content network, today announced a new partnership with Italy’s leading free-to-air satellite platform tivùsat, bringing its premium UHD/4K lifestyle channel INULTRA to Italian audiences for the first time.
The launch expands Insight TV’s presence in the Italian market alongside its established FAST channel portfolio. Viewers in Italy can now access INULTRA on tivùsat channel 223, delivering premium factual, travel, adventure, food, and lifestyle programming in 4K to households across the country.
Viewers of INULTRA in July can watch, Andreas Kieling’s From Cape to Kruger, following wildlife filmmaker Andreas Kieling on a South African expedition with his camera crew and loyal companion Cleo the dog, and in August, viewers can expect Sunday Summer Marathons, featuring, Roads Unknown: India, a 5,000km motorcycle journey uncovering stories of resilience across the country, Luxe Travels, exploring luxury destinations around the world, and Cooks on Fire, a high-stakes barbecue competition series, and more.
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Adina Gorita, Head of Distribution, Insight TV
“We’re extremely excited to launch INULTRA on tivùsat and expand Insight TV’s presence in Italy. As one of the biggest markets in Europe, it is a major step forward for us to bring our content to millions of viewers on this leading platform. We look forward to a long and successful partnership.”
Luca De Bartolo, Marketing, Sales and Customer Relationships Director, tivùsat
“We are particularly pleased to welcome INULTRA into the tivùsat satellite offering. This is a channel that enhances the platform’s 4K bouquet with high-quality, visually compelling content. The addition of INULTRA confirms our commitment to making increasingly innovative and premium content freely accessible, while enhancing the Ultra HD viewing experience.”
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INSIGHT TV
Insight TV is an Amsterdam-based global factual entertainment channel operator and broadcaster. Founded in 2015, the company operates a portfolio of linear and FAST channels spanning travel, adventure, lifestyle, food, automotive and real-world entertainment, reaching more than 73 million monthly viewers across 150+ platforms in 56 countries and 12 languages. An early pioneer in free ad-supported streaming television (FAST), Insight TV was among the first broadcasters to launch channels on Samsung TV Plus and has built one of the industry's earliest FAST Originals libraries. In 2025, Insight TV became part of World Storytelling Media Group (WSMG), alongside Academy Award-winning factual producer and distributor Off the Fence. Insight TV is led by CEO Viktoriia Tkachenko. For more information, visit insight.tv.
TIVÙ and TIVÙSAT
Tivù is a company owned by Rai, Mediaset, Telecom Italia, Associazione TV Locali and Aeranti Corallo.
Tivù was founded in 2008 to promote digital terrestrial television in Italy and to launch and manage tivùsat, the first free-to-air Italian digital satellite platform covering the entire Italian territory, including areas not reached by terrestrial television signal.
tivùsat makes Italian free television channels available throughout the country without any programme blackouts, along with new digital television channels and a wide selection of the most popular international channels: 180 television and radio channels, more than 70 of which are in HD and 4K. It reaches 2.4 million households, with an estimated audience of over six million people.
Accessing tivùsat is simple: all you need is a satellite dish pointed at Eutelsat Hotbird 13°, a tivùsat-certified HD or 4K device, and a smartcard that can be activated in just a few minutes. More info at tivusat.tv
