Mediaset Italia Announces New Season Italian TV Lineup Italian language TV leader delivers Passionate Dramas, Award-winning News,

Viewer Favourite Variety Shows and top European Soccer Coverage

Toronto, September 17, 2014 – TLN Telelatino’s all-Italian TV channel, Mediaset Italia, announces highlights for the 2014/15 season including new shows and returning favourites, plus three new original documentaries that give an inside look at the Italian Canadian experience. As the country’s leading all-Italian TV channel, Mediaset Italia delivers the best of Italian TV to Canadians from coast to coast and is available in MORE HOMES, and reaches MORE VIEWERS than any other foreign language channel. Program highlights on Mediaset Italia:

FILMS AND NOVELLAS Cinema Italiano: Your ticket to the best acclaimed contemporary feature films including Italian star-studded

titles such as La Bellezza del Somaro, La Donna della Mia Vita e Com’è Bello Far l’Amore

Tempesta D’amore: Get lost in the passion, love and intrigue of one of Europe’s most widely-watched soap operas

Centovetrine: The award-winning Centovetrine has been on-air for over 10 years and is one of Italy’s most beloved soap operas

SERIES

Squadra Antimafia: The story of mafia families wrapped up in a war on the streets of Palermo after the arrest of the last godfather

Il Tredicesimo Apostolo 3: A young priest meets an attractive psychologist and their collaboration creates a special chemistry

Le Tre Rose di Eva: Unspeakable sin, unrequited love, undisclosed secrets, unjust imprisonment, unending family feuds, an unsolved murder mystery and partially undressed hotties – all under the Tuscan sun

I Cesaroni: Two opposing worlds come together in this comedic series about a great love that joins two families

L’Onore e il Rispetto : This epic saga set in the world of organized crime tells the story of the Fortebracci family who after the death of the patriarch Rocco, decide to leave for the North hoping to start a new life

Rudolfo Valentino La Leggenda: A superstar and sex symbol of the 1920s – watch the intriguing story of success, love, and personal disasters behind the man, the legend, Rudolfo Valentino

Le Mani Dentro La Città: A young woman is found dead on the outskirts of Milan due to a drug overdose. As the investigation unravels it soon becomes clear that drug trafficking is only the tip of the iceberg in this world of corruption and money laundering

ENTERTAINMENT & LIFESTYLE C’è Posta per Te: Host Maria DeFilippi returns in one of Italy’s longtime beloved reality-talk shows where

individuals attempt unsuspected reunions with long lost loved ones

Zelig: The legendary Italian TV comedy show features some of the country’s most notable and hottest up-and-coming comedians

Scherzi a Parte: Italy’s infamous candid camera show hosted by Paolo Bonolis

Grande Fratello: Internationally acclaimed reality show Big Brother hosted by Alessia Marcuzzi

Amici: Italy’s most followed talent show hosted by the infamous Maria De Filippi

Avanti un Altro: The combination of comedy, musical antics, and a rather solid game creates what could be

considered the most entertaining TV game shows

Forum: Popular Italian court TV show hosted by Barbara Palombelli

Pomeriggio 5: Daily news program hosted by Barbara D’Urso that covers themes of the day, news and exclusive

interviews

SOCCER

UEFA Champions League and Europa League: Get access to the TOP clubs, the GREATEST players, and Europe’s

BIGGEST soccer rivalries! Catch all the action as the UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League kick-off

on Mediaset Italia in Italiano this September

NEWS

TG5: One of Italy’s most watched and reputable newscasts offering breaking news, the latest updates on current events, politics, complete sports highlights, weather and entertainment

ORIGINAL CANADIAN DOCUMENTARIES

Casa Dolce Casa: Explores the impact of Italian culture on home design, including a perfect cold cellar (cantina) for homemade wine

Non Solo Buste e Bomboniere: An inside look into an Italian wedding in Canada. The larger than life spectacle includes a seven-course meal, 400 guests and the pomp

Le Storie Della Mia Vita: Highlights the hopes and dreams of Montreal’s Italian immigrants

CLICK HERE FOR COMPLETE SHOW DETAILS

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About Mediast Italia Mediaset Italia is Canada’s most distributed 100% foreign language channel. Featuring programming from Italy's leading TV broadcast group, Mediaset Italia brings the best of Italian TV to Canada. The 24hr Italian language TV channel includes the best entertainment, variety, fiction, comedy, sports and news programming direct from Italy complemented with Made in Canada community pleasing original shows. Featured programs include: C’è Posta per Te, Centovetrine, Grande Fratello, Forum, and Pomeriggio Cinque. Mediaset Italia is a TLN Telelatino channel available in nearly 4 million homes across Canada on Rogers 784 | Bell TV / Fibe 698 | Source 505.

For more information contact: Bruna Aloe | Communications Manager Marisa Ciarlitto | VP Marketing 416.744.5745 | bruna@tlntv.com 416.744.5732 | marisa@tlntv.com

MEDIASET ITALIA LINEUP All Times Eastern

FILM AND NOVELLAS

TEMPESTA D’AMORE – NEW EPISODES Italian Soap Opera: 60 mins

Tempesta D’Amore (Storm of Love) is the most widely seen soap opera in Europe. Since 2005 it has been deemed one of the ten most successful and valuable drama series in Europe. Along with shows like CSI: Miami, House and The Mentalist, Storm of Love ranked number 8, making it the only non-Hollywood production in the Top Ten.

CENTOVETRINE – NEW EPISODES Italian Soap Opera: 60 mins

Spanning over 10 years, infused with a good dose of passion, betrayal and power struggle, Centovetrine has been one of Italy’s most watched and beloved soap operas.

CINEMA ITALIANO

Italian Films: 120 mins

The best acclaimed contemporary feature films including Italian star-studded titles such as La Bellezza del Somaro, La Donna della Mia Vita e Com’è Bello Far l’Amore.

SERIES

IL TREDICESIMO APOSTOLO – NEW SEASON Italian Series: 60 mins Gabriel Antinori is a young priest and theology professor who meets an attractive psychologist and their collaboration creates a special chemistry. Together they discover new perspectives to explain the mysteries they encounter.

LE TRE ROSE DI EVA – NEW SEASON Italian Series: 60 mins

Unspeakable sin, unrequited love, undisclosed secrets, unjust imprisonment, unending family feuds, an unsolved murder mystery and partially undressed hotties – all under the Tuscan sun. How will Alessandro cope with the fact that his beloved Aurora supposedly murdered his father? And how will Aurora ever prove her innocence to Alessandro? So pour yourself a glass of Sangiovese and soak up the scenery.

SQUADRA ANTIMAFIA – NEW SEASON Italian Series: 60 mins

The story of mafia families wrapped up in a war on the streets of

Palermo after the arrest of the last godfather. The series centers

around two women on opposite sides of the line: deputy chief of

police Claudia Mares, who joins a special anti-mafia squad, and young

Rosy Abate, a member of one of the oldest criminal clans.

I CESARONI – NEW SEASON Italian Series: 30 mins

A story about a great love that creates an enlarged family where two opposite lifestyles collide and come together.

ENTERTAINMENT & LIFESYLE

L’ONORE E IL RISPETTO – NEW SEASON Italian Series: 60 mins This epic saga set in the world of organized crime will move audiences everywhere.

C’È POSTA PER TE Variety: 120 mins C'è Posta per Te, hosted by Maria de Fillipi, returns as one of Italy’s longtime beloved reality-talk shows where individuals attempt unsuspected reunions with long lost loved ones and surprise celebrity guests pay a visit to fulfill a person’s dream.

ZELIG Variety: 120 mins Don’t miss all the laughs as Italy’s funniest variety show features some of the country’s most notable and hottest up-and-coming comedians.

AMICI Talent Show: 120 mins A talent show hosted by Maria De Filippi which is one of the most followed programs in Italy.

AVANTI UN ALTRO Game Show: 60 mins One of the most successful game shows on Italian TV hosted by histrionic Paolo Bonolis.

FORUM Court TV: 60 mins A long running court show program hosted by Rita della Chiesa where

the audience can present their opinions as the litigants await the

judge’s decision.

POMERIGGIO 5 Talk Show: 120 mins

Popular news program hosted by Barbara D’Urso that covers themes

of the day, news and exclusive interviews.

SCHERZI A PARTE Variety: 120 mins Italy’s popular candid camera show hosted by Paolo Bonolis.

GRANDE FRATELLO Reality: 120 mins Internationally acclaimed series, Big Brother hosted by Alessia Marcuzzi.

SOCCER

NEWS

UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE Airs: September 2013 – May 2014 Juventus (ITA), Barcelona (ESP), Chelsea (ENG), Manchester City (ENG), Real Madrid (ESP), Liverpool (ENG), Atlético (ESP)… Europe’s top contenders go head-to-head in a fight for the ultimate title. Follow the nail-biting UEFA Champions League action all the way to the much awaited final at the Olympia stadion in Berlin on June 6, 2015.

UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE September 2014 – May 2015 Sevilla (ESP), Everton (ENG), Fiorentina (ITA), Estoril (POR), Dynamo Kyiv (UKR), Guingamp (FRA) and Wolfsburg (GER) – follow the Road to the final which takes place at the Stadion Narodowy in Warsaw, Poland on May 27, 2015.

TG 5 Italian Newscast: 60 mins

One of Italy’s most watched newscast that provides local and

worldwide news.

Stay connected with European and World affairs with breaking news,

the latest updates on current events, politics, complete sports highlights,

weather and entertainment.

ORIGINAL CANADIAN DOCUMENTARIES

CASA DOLCE CASA – NEW DOCUMENTARY Italian TLN Original Italian Documentary: 60 mins

Explores the impact Italian culture has had on home building and design

in Canada. Looks at the multiple influences that shape design concepts

affecting how we build dwellings and live in them, including a perfect

cold cellar (cantina) for homemade wine.

NON SOLO BUSTE E BOMBONIERE – NEW DOCUMENTARY

Italian TLN Original Documentary: 60 mins

Have you ever been to an Italian wedding in Canada? The seven-course

meal, the 400 guests, the endless food and pomp! Explores how

Canadians of Italian descent meet the challenges and contradictions of

maintaining family traditions.

LE STORIE DELLA MIA VITA – NEW DOCUMENTARY

Italian TLN Original Documentary: 60 mins

A follow up to the TLN original documentary Raccontami Ancora, this

new series expands upon the scope of the original production with more

characters, stories and insight into the unrelenting joys and challenges of

the Italian immigrant experiences in Montreal.