Mediaset H1 16 revenues rose by €150m to €1,870.6m, driven by improving Italian advertising trends (+8.5% or +8.5% to €1,349.7m) and a continuing satisfactory Spanish performance (+9% to €521.6m). Conversely, the group’s EBIT dropped by 29% to €97.3m (the operating margin moving from 8% to 5.2%), namely highlighting a loss-making situation in Italy (-€52.8m versus €26.5m a year earlier, while Spain improved from €111m to €150.1m) as pay-TV en
