Steel is due to be launched by Mediaset as part of the digital-terrestrial pay TV service Premium Gallery on January 19.

The new channel's programming will be a mix of movie and entertainment programming and it will have its point of strength in the library content of Universal Pictures and Warner. Both the Hollywood majors have signed four-year output deals with Mediaset for all media (free, pay and ppv on satellite, terrestrial and IPTV). The deals run from 2008 to the end of 2011 - €420 million for Universal, €380 million for Warner. - January 14 2008