News of Note—Sky Italia, Mediacom and Comcast

Here are the stories we're following today:

> Rupert Murdoch’s Sky Italia unit forged a surprise pay TV alliance with Silvio Berlusconi’s Mediaset SpA. Bloomberg article

> Mediacom Communications announced that it completed $1.15 billion of financing transactions for Mediacom LLC. Release

>  Comcast Business announced that Elwyn implemented Comcast Business Ethernet and voice services across its nationwide locations. Release