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{{Infobox television channel
| name            = Byoblu
| logo            = 
| logo_size       = 
| launch_date     = {{start date and age|2021|04|25}}
| picture_format  = [[1080i]] [[HDTV]]<br />{{small|(downscaled to [[16:9]] [[576i]] for the [[SDTV]] feed)}}
| founder         = [[Claudio Messora]]
| country         = [[Italy]]
| owner           = Claudio Messora
| website         = [http://www.byoblu.com/ www.byoblu.com]
| language        = [[Italian language|Italian]]
| area            = Italian territory
| terr_serv_1       = [[Digital terrestrial television|Digital]]
| terr_chan_1       = Channel 262
| online_serv_2  = LIVE Stream
| online_chan_2  = [https://www.byoblu.com/diretta-tv/ Live TV Stream]
| terr_serv_3       = TivùSat
| terr_chan_3       = Channel 462
| sat_serv_1    = Sky
| sat_chan_1    = Channel 816
}}
'''Byoblu''' is an Italian [[television station]] based in [[Milan]]. It broadcasts on channel 262 of [[Digital terrestrial television|digital terrestrial]], and also in [[livestreaming]] on his official website.<ref name=tvdream>{{cite web|url=https://www.tvdream.net/web-tv/byoblu-tv/|title=ByoBlu: canale 262 del digitale terrestre|publisher=TvDream|lang=it}}</ref>

Initially born as an Internet [[blog]], Byoblu is based exclusively on the economic support deriving from free [[donation]]s from citizens.<ref name=verità>{{cite news|url=https://www.laverita.info/youtube-byoblu-messora-utenti-canale-2651308543.html|title=Youtube purges Byoblu of Messora. And the users buy him a tv channel|author=Fabio Dragoni|publisher=La Verità|lang=it|date=1 April 2021}}</ref><ref name=tvdream/>

Byoblu is also a [[publishing]] house,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.fatturatoitalia.it/byoblu_edizioni_societa_a_responsabilita_limitata_semplificata-10768330960|title=Byoblu Edizioni Srls|publisher=Fatturato Italia|lang=it}}</ref> a [[radio station]], and since 2024 it has become a [[joint stock company]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://apocalottimismo.it/byoblu-e-il-fragile-business-della-controinformazione/|title=Byoblu e il fragile business della controinformazione|author=Igor Giussani|date=15 January 2024|publisher=Apocalottimismo|lang=it}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.byoblu.com/trasparenza-finanziaria/|title=Diffuso azionariato popolare|lang=it|publisher=Byoblu}}</ref>

==History==
Founded in 2007 as a [[website]] and [[YouTube channel]] by Claudio Messora,<ref name="tvdream" /> who was a former member of the [[Five Star Movement]] party,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://dait.interno.gov.it/documenti/trasparenza/POLITICHE_20220925/CAMERA_ITALIA_20220925/candidati/CI02/CP021/415782/1347493/12619_415782_1347493_claudio_messora_25092022_cv.pdf|title=Claudio Messora|publisher=Italian Ministry of the Interior|lang=it}}</ref> Byoblu transformed in 2019 into a [[company]], and in 2020 into a regional [[television station]], which became national in April 2021 after a [[fundraising]] campaign by free citizens.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.ilfattoquotidiano.it/2021/03/30/byoblu-youtube-chiude-laccount-di-claudio-messora-ora-compriamo-un-canale-sul-digitale-terrestre-aiutateci/6150734/|title=ByoBlu: YouTube closes Claudio Messora's account. ''«Now let's buy a channel on digital terrestrial»''|author=F.Q.|publisher=Il Fatto Quotidiano|lang=it|date=30 March 2021}}</ref><ref name=verità/>

Since then, Byoblu has continued to be supported by donations from voluntary contributors.<ref name=tvdream/><ref>«We believe that information is a service, we believe that we must remain independent, we believe that this means freedom», {{cite web|url=https://www.byoblu.com/|title=Official website|lang=it|publisher=Byoblu}}</ref>

==Literature==
* {{cite book|author=Claudio Messora|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KrFCEAAAQBAJ|title=Il disallineato|editor=Enrica Perucchietti|publisher=Rizzoli|year=2021|isbn=978-8831805803}}

==References==
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== External links ==
* {{Official website|https://www.byoblu.com/}}
* {{YouTube|id=oukz12b9bZA|title=''Claudio Messora: "ByoBlu cerca di dare voce a chi non ne ha"''}}

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