
Total stream duration in Italy 2020, by channel
number of streams, the Sky thematic channels registered the highest volumes, with Digital Fluid News channel being streamed 74.5 thousand times only in the week between 15 and 21 March 2020.
In Italy, the stream duration of video content increased significantly during the period of lockdown imposed by the SARS CoV 2 in 2020, before returning to normal level in the following months. Generalist channels saw the greatest increase: the total stream duration of Rai 1 (the first channel of the Italian national broadcaster) decreased from 2.9 million hours in mid-March to over 1.8 million hours in September 2020. In terms of