RAI
Encyclopedia
RAI — Radiotelevisione italiana S.p.A. (for brevity RAI S.p.A.) known until 1954 as Radio Audizioni Italiane, is the Italian
state owned public service
broadcaster
controlled by the Ministry of Economic Development
. Rai is the biggest television company in Italy. It competes with three major private television companies, Mediaset
, Telecom Italia Media
, and Sky Italia
.
Rai operates several television
channels and radio
stations, broadcasting in analog
terrestrial (until 2013), in digital terrestrial and in several satellite
and IPTV
offerings. In 1950, Rai became one of the 23 founding broadcasting organisations of the European Broadcasting Union
.
Half of Rai's revenues come from the broadcast licence fee, the other half from advertising. Rai has a relatively high audience share of 42.3%.
Due to their close proximity, Albania
, Switzerland
, Monaco
, Malta
, San Marino
, Vatican City
, Montenegro
, Slovenia
and Croatia
also receive broadcasts.
following a model adopted in other European countries. URI made its inaugural broadcast — a speech by Benito Mussolini
at Teatro Costanzi
— on 5 October and regular programming began with a quartet performing Haydn
's Opera 7 from the Palazzo Corradi the following evening. At 21:00 CET
, Ines Donarelli Viviani announced for the first time: "URI—Unione Radiofonica Italiana Rome station 1RO 425 meters wavelength
. To all those who are listening our greetings, good evening." Guglielmo Marconi
's S.A. Radiofono—Società Italiana per le Radiocomunicazioni Circolari (Radiofono) held 85% of URI shares and Società Italiana Radio Audizioni Circolari (SIRAC) the remaining 15%.
Under the provisions of Royal Decree No. 1067 of 8 February 1923, wireless broadcasting was a state monopoly under the control of the Ministry of Posts and Telegraphs; URI was commissioned to provide services for a minimum of six years pursuant to Royal Decree No. 2191 of 14 October 1924 "Concessione dei servizi radioauditivi circolari alla Società Anonima Unione Radiofonica Italiana". However, when URI's contract expired in 1927, it was succeeded under Royal Decree Law No. 2207 of 17 November 1927 by the partially nationalised Ente Italiano per le Audizioni Radiofoniche
(EIAR), which would go on to become Radio Audizioni Italiane S.p.A. (RAI) with investment from Società Idroelettrica Piemontese (SIP) after the fascist defeat in 1944. As the market developed over the next twenty years RAI made various changes, introducing Rete Rossa (classical music) and Rete Azzurra (news and entertainment) in 1946 (the Terzo Programma was added in 1950) and extending its charter to include television in 1952 (the same year that Rete Rossa became the Programma Nazionale and Rete Azzurra the Seconda Programma), undergoing a final name change as RAI—Radiotelevisione italiana in 1954 to better reflect this new medium.
It was in this year the state-owned holding company Istituto per la Ricostruzione Industriale
(IRI) became the sole shareholder and RAI finally began a regular television service. On 3 January at 11:00 CET
, the first RAI television announcer broadcast the daily schedule from the Milan
office and relay stations in Turin
and Rome
. At 14:30, the first regular programme in Italian television history was broadcast: Arrivi e partenze, hosted by Armando Pizzo and Mike Bongiorno
. The evening's entertainment was a theatre performance, written by Carlo Goldoni
: L'osteria della posta. At 23:15, the last the programme of the day was introduced: La Domenica Sportiva, which survives today.
Influenced by the "Reithian
" British Broadcasting Corporation, parts of the early programming were focused on educational content: during the reconstruction following World War II
, programmes like Non è mai troppo tardi and Un viaggio al Po showed people what life was like in other parts of the country, in a time when tourism was out of the reach of the vast majority of the population.
RAI, by selling 20% of the public broadcaster, was suspended in October 2005.
The fact that the Berlusconi-led government pushed for the sale of Mediaset
's public service rival caused a very heated debate, with some critics claiming that Mediaset
could become the buyer and thus increase its dominant position even further. However, in October 2005 it was announced that the privatisation plan had been suspended, following the revelation that the company would make a loss of €80m ($96m, £54m) during 2006. "RAI's privatisation is de facto suspended", its new director general, Alfredo Meocci, told a parliamentary watchdog committee. On May 18, 2010, Raisat received a major upgrade and re-branded with a new logo and a new name. It and all of the sister channels dropped the sat part from the name and became Rai YoYo, Rai 5
(formerly known as Rai Extra), Rai Premium, Rai Movie (formerly known as Raisat Cinema
).
RAI is governed by a nine member Administrative Council. Seven of its nine members are elected by a parliamentary committee, the remaining two (one of which the President) are nominated by the largest shareholder: the Ministry of Economic Development. The Council appoints the director-general. Both director-general and members of the administrative council are appointed for a renewable three year term.
Notes:
: Second term.
: Temporary.
: Vice Director-general acting as Director-general.
. Rai 1, the main channel, targets the family market.
Rai 2, that has broadcast since November 4, 1961 as the "Secondo Programma", has in recent years lacked clear focus, but now attempts to focus on a slightly younger audience than Rai 1.
Rai 3 (on air from December 15, 1979 as "TV3") is the ‘alternative’ channel, with a definite public service remit and local programmes.
Rai 1 and Rai 2 started full-time color broadcasting on February 1, 1977.
Digital-only channels:
These channels are also available on Tivù Sat
platform.
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
state owned public service
Public broadcasting
Public broadcasting includes radio, television and other electronic media outlets whose primary mission is public service. Public broadcasters receive funding from diverse sources including license fees, individual contributions, public financing and commercial financing.Public broadcasting may be...
broadcaster
Broadcasting
Broadcasting is the distribution of audio and video content to a dispersed audience via any audio visual medium. Receiving parties may include the general public or a relatively large subset of thereof...
controlled by the Ministry of Economic Development
Ministry of Economic Development (Italy)
The Ministry of Economic Development is a government ministry of the Republic of Italy. It deals with production, economic activities, energy and mineral resources, telecommunications, consumers, tourism, internationalisation and business incentives...
. Rai is the biggest television company in Italy. It competes with three major private television companies, Mediaset
Mediaset
Mediaset S.p.A., known as Gruppo Mediaset in Italian, is an Italian-based media company which is the largest commercial broadcaster in the country...
, Telecom Italia Media
Telecom Italia Media
Telecom Italia Media is an Italian commercial television network, founded in Rome, Italy by Seat Pagine Gialle in 2003 and later acquired by Telecom Italia and listed on Italian Stock Exchange.-Overview:...
, and Sky Italia
Sky Italia
Sky Italia S.r.l. is an Italian digital satellite television platform owned by News Corporation launched on 1 August 2003, when the former platforms TELE+ and Stream TV merged together...
.
Rai operates several television
Television
Television is a telecommunication medium for transmitting and receiving moving images that can be monochrome or colored, with accompanying sound...
channels and radio
Radio
Radio is the transmission of signals through free space by modulation of electromagnetic waves with frequencies below those of visible light. Electromagnetic radiation travels by means of oscillating electromagnetic fields that pass through the air and the vacuum of space...
stations, broadcasting in analog
Analog television
Analog television is the analog transmission that involves the broadcasting of encoded analog audio and analog video signal: one in which the message conveyed by the broadcast signal is a function of deliberate variations in the amplitude and/or frequency of the signal...
terrestrial (until 2013), in digital terrestrial and in several satellite
Satellite
In the context of spaceflight, a satellite is an object which has been placed into orbit by human endeavour. Such objects are sometimes called artificial satellites to distinguish them from natural satellites such as the Moon....
and IPTV
IPTV
Internet Protocol television is a system through which television services are delivered using the Internet protocol suite over a packet-switched network such as the Internet, instead of being delivered through traditional terrestrial, satellite signal, and cable television formats.IPTV services...
offerings. In 1950, Rai became one of the 23 founding broadcasting organisations of the European Broadcasting Union
European Broadcasting Union
The European Broadcasting Union is a confederation of 74 broadcasting organisations from 56 countries, and 49 associate broadcasters from a further 25...
.
Half of Rai's revenues come from the broadcast licence fee, the other half from advertising. Rai has a relatively high audience share of 42.3%.
Due to their close proximity, Albania
Albania
Albania , officially known as the Republic of Albania , is a country in Southeastern Europe, in the Balkans region. It is bordered by Montenegro to the northwest, Kosovo to the northeast, the Republic of Macedonia to the east and Greece to the south and southeast. It has a coast on the Adriatic Sea...
, Switzerland
Switzerland
Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....
, Monaco
Monaco
Monaco , officially the Principality of Monaco , is a sovereign city state on the French Riviera. It is bordered on three sides by its neighbour, France, and its centre is about from Italy. Its area is with a population of 35,986 as of 2011 and is the most densely populated country in the...
, Malta
Malta
Malta , officially known as the Republic of Malta , is a Southern European country consisting of an archipelago situated in the centre of the Mediterranean, south of Sicily, east of Tunisia and north of Libya, with Gibraltar to the west and Alexandria to the east.Malta covers just over in...
, San Marino
San Marino
San Marino, officially the Republic of San Marino , is a state situated on the Italian Peninsula on the eastern side of the Apennine Mountains. It is an enclave surrounded by Italy. Its size is just over with an estimated population of over 30,000. Its capital is the City of San Marino...
, Vatican City
Vatican City
Vatican City , or Vatican City State, in Italian officially Stato della Città del Vaticano , which translates literally as State of the City of the Vatican, is a landlocked sovereign city-state whose territory consists of a walled enclave within the city of Rome, Italy. It has an area of...
, Montenegro
Montenegro
Montenegro Montenegrin: Crna Gora Црна Гора , meaning "Black Mountain") is a country located in Southeastern Europe. It has a coast on the Adriatic Sea to the south-west and is bordered by Croatia to the west, Bosnia and Herzegovina to the northwest, Serbia to the northeast and Albania to the...
, Slovenia
Slovenia
Slovenia , officially the Republic of Slovenia , is a country in Central and Southeastern Europe touching the Alps and bordering the Mediterranean. Slovenia borders Italy to the west, Croatia to the south and east, Hungary to the northeast, and Austria to the north, and also has a small portion of...
and Croatia
Croatia
Croatia , officially the Republic of Croatia , is a unitary democratic parliamentary republic in Europe at the crossroads of the Mitteleuropa, the Balkans, and the Mediterranean. Its capital and largest city is Zagreb. The country is divided into 20 counties and the city of Zagreb. Croatia covers ...
also receive broadcasts.
Origins
Unione Radiofonica Italiana (URI) was formed in 1924 with the backing of the Marconi CompanyMarconi Company
The Marconi Company Ltd. was founded by Guglielmo Marconi in 1897 as The Wireless Telegraph & Signal Company...
following a model adopted in other European countries. URI made its inaugural broadcast — a speech by Benito Mussolini
Benito Mussolini
Benito Amilcare Andrea Mussolini was an Italian politician who led the National Fascist Party and is credited with being one of the key figures in the creation of Fascism....
at Teatro Costanzi
Teatro dell'Opera di Roma
The Teatro dell'Opera di Roma is an opera house in Rome, Italy. Originally opened in November 1880 as the 2,212 seat Costanzi Theatre, it has undergone several changes of name as well modifications and improvements...
— on 5 October and regular programming began with a quartet performing Haydn
Joseph Haydn
Franz Joseph Haydn , known as Joseph Haydn , was an Austrian composer, one of the most prolific and prominent composers of the Classical period. He is often called the "Father of the Symphony" and "Father of the String Quartet" because of his important contributions to these forms...
's Opera 7 from the Palazzo Corradi the following evening. At 21:00 CET
Central European Time
Central European Time , used in most parts of the European Union, is a standard time that is 1 hour ahead of Coordinated Universal Time . The time offset from UTC can be written as +01:00...
, Ines Donarelli Viviani announced for the first time: "URI—Unione Radiofonica Italiana Rome station 1RO 425 meters wavelength
Wavelength
In physics, the wavelength of a sinusoidal wave is the spatial period of the wave—the distance over which the wave's shape repeats.It is usually determined by considering the distance between consecutive corresponding points of the same phase, such as crests, troughs, or zero crossings, and is a...
. To all those who are listening our greetings, good evening." Guglielmo Marconi
Guglielmo Marconi
Guglielmo Marconi was an Italian inventor, known as the father of long distance radio transmission and for his development of Marconi's law and a radio telegraph system. Marconi is often credited as the inventor of radio, and indeed he shared the 1909 Nobel Prize in Physics with Karl Ferdinand...
's S.A. Radiofono—Società Italiana per le Radiocomunicazioni Circolari (Radiofono) held 85% of URI shares and Società Italiana Radio Audizioni Circolari (SIRAC) the remaining 15%.
Under the provisions of Royal Decree No. 1067 of 8 February 1923, wireless broadcasting was a state monopoly under the control of the Ministry of Posts and Telegraphs; URI was commissioned to provide services for a minimum of six years pursuant to Royal Decree No. 2191 of 14 October 1924 "Concessione dei servizi radioauditivi circolari alla Società Anonima Unione Radiofonica Italiana". However, when URI's contract expired in 1927, it was succeeded under Royal Decree Law No. 2207 of 17 November 1927 by the partially nationalised Ente Italiano per le Audizioni Radiofoniche
Ente Italiano per le Audizioni Radiofoniche
The Ente Italiano per le Audizioni Radiofoniche was the only public service broadcaster in Italy and the only one allowed to do so.-History:...
(EIAR), which would go on to become Radio Audizioni Italiane S.p.A. (RAI) with investment from Società Idroelettrica Piemontese (SIP) after the fascist defeat in 1944. As the market developed over the next twenty years RAI made various changes, introducing Rete Rossa (classical music) and Rete Azzurra (news and entertainment) in 1946 (the Terzo Programma was added in 1950) and extending its charter to include television in 1952 (the same year that Rete Rossa became the Programma Nazionale and Rete Azzurra the Seconda Programma), undergoing a final name change as RAI—Radiotelevisione italiana in 1954 to better reflect this new medium.
It was in this year the state-owned holding company Istituto per la Ricostruzione Industriale
Istituto per la Ricostruzione Industriale
The Istituto per la Ricostruzione Industriale was an Italian public company set up by the fascist government in 1933 to combat the effects of the global depression on the Italian economy...
(IRI) became the sole shareholder and RAI finally began a regular television service. On 3 January at 11:00 CET
Central European Time
Central European Time , used in most parts of the European Union, is a standard time that is 1 hour ahead of Coordinated Universal Time . The time offset from UTC can be written as +01:00...
, the first RAI television announcer broadcast the daily schedule from the Milan
Milan
Milan is the second-largest city in Italy and the capital city of the region of Lombardy and of the province of Milan. The city proper has a population of about 1.3 million, while its urban area, roughly coinciding with its administrative province and the bordering Province of Monza and Brianza ,...
office and relay stations in Turin
Turin
Turin is a city and major business and cultural centre in northern Italy, capital of the Piedmont region, located mainly on the left bank of the Po River and surrounded by the Alpine arch. The population of the city proper is 909,193 while the population of the urban area is estimated by Eurostat...
and Rome
Rome
Rome is the capital of Italy and the country's largest and most populated city and comune, with over 2.7 million residents in . The city is located in the central-western portion of the Italian Peninsula, on the Tiber River within the Lazio region of Italy.Rome's history spans two and a half...
. At 14:30, the first regular programme in Italian television history was broadcast: Arrivi e partenze, hosted by Armando Pizzo and Mike Bongiorno
Mike Bongiorno
Michael Nicholas Salvatore Bongiorno , known as Mike Bongiorno, was an American-born Italian television host. He started his career on Italian TV in the 1950s and was considered to be the most popular host in Italy...
. The evening's entertainment was a theatre performance, written by Carlo Goldoni
Carlo Goldoni
Carlo Osvaldo Goldoni was an Italian playwright and librettist from the Republic of Venice. His works include some of Italy's most famous and best-loved plays. Audiences have admired the plays of Goldoni for their ingenious mix of wit and honesty...
: L'osteria della posta. At 23:15, the last the programme of the day was introduced: La Domenica Sportiva, which survives today.
Influenced by the "Reithian
John Reith, 1st Baron Reith
John Charles Walsham Reith, 1st Baron Reith, KT, GCVO, GBE, CB, TD, PC was a Scottish broadcasting executive who established the tradition of independent public service broadcasting in the United Kingdom...
" British Broadcasting Corporation, parts of the early programming were focused on educational content: during the reconstruction following World War II
World War II
World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
, programmes like Non è mai troppo tardi and Un viaggio al Po showed people what life was like in other parts of the country, in a time when tourism was out of the reach of the vast majority of the population.
2000s
A very controversial plan to partly privatisePrivatization
Privatization is the incidence or process of transferring ownership of a business, enterprise, agency or public service from the public sector to the private sector or to private non-profit organizations...
RAI, by selling 20% of the public broadcaster, was suspended in October 2005.
The fact that the Berlusconi-led government pushed for the sale of Mediaset
Mediaset
Mediaset S.p.A., known as Gruppo Mediaset in Italian, is an Italian-based media company which is the largest commercial broadcaster in the country...
's public service rival caused a very heated debate, with some critics claiming that Mediaset
Mediaset
Mediaset S.p.A., known as Gruppo Mediaset in Italian, is an Italian-based media company which is the largest commercial broadcaster in the country...
could become the buyer and thus increase its dominant position even further. However, in October 2005 it was announced that the privatisation plan had been suspended, following the revelation that the company would make a loss of €80m ($96m, £54m) during 2006. "RAI's privatisation is de facto suspended", its new director general, Alfredo Meocci, told a parliamentary watchdog committee. On May 18, 2010, Raisat received a major upgrade and re-branded with a new logo and a new name. It and all of the sister channels dropped the sat part from the name and became Rai YoYo, Rai 5
Rai 5
Rai 5 is an Italian television channel owned by RAI and broadcast on Digital terrestrial television in Italy. The channel replaced Rai Extra. It broadcasts programs about art, fashion, dance, opera, theatre, cuisine, travel, and documentary films....
(formerly known as Rai Extra), Rai Premium, Rai Movie (formerly known as Raisat Cinema
Raisat Cinema
Rai Movie is an Italian movie television channel, owned by state-owned television network RAI and broadcast on digital terrestrial television in Italy and on satellite platform Tivù Sat....
).
Management
The former parent, RAI Holding Società per Azioni was absorbed into RAI — Radiotelevisione italiana S.p.A. under the provisions of article 21 of Law 112/04 of 1 December 2004.RAI is governed by a nine member Administrative Council. Seven of its nine members are elected by a parliamentary committee, the remaining two (one of which the President) are nominated by the largest shareholder: the Ministry of Economic Development. The Council appoints the director-general. Both director-general and members of the administrative council are appointed for a renewable three year term.
Notes:
: Second term.
: Temporary.
: Vice Director-general acting as Director-general.
TV channels
RAI broadcasts three main terrestrial channels, also available on satellite televisionSatellite television
Satellite television is television programming delivered by the means of communications satellite and received by an outdoor antenna, usually a parabolic mirror generally referred to as a satellite dish, and as far as household usage is concerned, a satellite receiver either in the form of an...
. Rai 1, the main channel, targets the family market.
Rai 2, that has broadcast since November 4, 1961 as the "Secondo Programma", has in recent years lacked clear focus, but now attempts to focus on a slightly younger audience than Rai 1.
Rai 3 (on air from December 15, 1979 as "TV3") is the ‘alternative’ channel, with a definite public service remit and local programmes.
Rai 1 and Rai 2 started full-time color broadcasting on February 1, 1977.
Terrestrial channels
Analog and digital terrestrial channels:- Rai 1
- Rai 2
- Rai 3
- Rai Sender BozenRai Sender Bozen (television)Rai Sender Bozen is a German language television channel produced by the Italian public-service broadcasting network RAI from its studios in Bolzano, and broadcast to the German-speaking public of South Tyrol. Unlike all others RAI channels, Sender Bozen carries no...
: in GermanGerman languageGerman is a West Germanic language, related to and classified alongside English and Dutch. With an estimated 90 – 98 million native speakers, German is one of the world's major languages and is the most widely-spoken first language in the European Union....
, only in the province of South TyrolSouth TyrolSouth Tyrol , also known by its Italian name Alto Adige, is an autonomous province in northern Italy. It is one of the two autonomous provinces that make up the autonomous region of Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol. The province has an area of and a total population of more than 500,000 inhabitants...
few hours a day - Rai Radio TV LadinaRai Radio TV LadinaRai Radio TV Ladina is an Italian television channel broadcasting to people in South Tyrol and Province of Belluno. The channel is owned by RAI, the public broadcaster of Italy. The channel only broadcasts in Ladin audio....
: in Ladin, only in the province of South TyrolSouth TyrolSouth Tyrol , also known by its Italian name Alto Adige, is an autonomous province in northern Italy. It is one of the two autonomous provinces that make up the autonomous region of Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol. The province has an area of and a total population of more than 500,000 inhabitants...
and in the northern parts of the province of BellunoProvince of BellunoTheThe Province of Belluno is a province in the Veneto region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Belluno.It has an area of 3,678 km², and a total population of 214,026 .-Geography:...
for few hours a day
Digital-only channels:
- Rai 4: general entertainment
- Rai 5Rai 5Rai 5 is an Italian television channel owned by RAI and broadcast on Digital terrestrial television in Italy. The channel replaced Rai Extra. It broadcasts programs about art, fashion, dance, opera, theatre, cuisine, travel, and documentary films....
: cultural entertainment - Rai Premium: tv series
- Rai News: all news channel
- Rai GulpRai GulpRai Gulp is an Italian television channel television channel aimed to a children/teenager viewership, and is owned and operated by state-owned RAI television network.- Programmimg :...
: kids and teens - Rai Yoyo: babies
- Rai Sport 1: sport channel
- Rai Sport 2Rai Sport 2Rai Sport 2 is an Italian sports TV channel, launched on 18 May 2010 by the State-owned RAI television network. It broadcast Italian and international sports events in Italy on DTT channel 58 on Mux Rai B...
: sport channel - Rai StoriaRai StoriaRai Storia is an Italian television channel owned by Rai Educational, an arm of pubcaster RAI. The channel broadcasts documentaries about history and culture.The channel was launched on February 2, 2009, replacing Rai Edu 2.-Logos:- External links :...
: educational and cultural - Rai HD: HDTV channel
These channels are also available on Tivù Sat
Tivù Sat
Tivù sat is a free-to-air digital satellite television platform, launched by the joint venture between RAI, Mediaset and Telecom Italia Media, and serving Italy, Vatican City and the Republic of San Marino....
platform.
Satellite channels
Free-to-air Free-to-air Free-to-air describes television and radio services broadcast in clear form, allowing any person with the appropriate receiving equipment to receive the signal and view or listen to the content without requiring a subscription or one-off fee... :
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Free-to-view Free-to-view Free-to-view is a term used for free of charge and encrypted audio and/or video contents transmission that do not require any form of continual subscription... on Tivù Sat Tivù Sat Tivù sat is a free-to-air digital satellite television platform, launched by the joint venture between RAI, Mediaset and Telecom Italia Media, and serving Italy, Vatican City and the Republic of San Marino.... platform:
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IPTV channels
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Discontinued channels
- RaiSat Album (30 July 2003)
- RaiSat Art (30 July 2003)
- RaiSat Fiction (30 July 2003)
- RaiSat Smash Girls (1 August 2009)
- RaiSat Gambero Rosso Channel (1 August 2009)
- Rai Azzurri: UEFA Euro 2004 (2004, broadcast using Rai Olimpia / Rai Utile frequencies)
- Rai DocRai DocRai Doc was an Italian Entertainment TV channel owned by RAI and launched April 1, 2004 on Digital television in Italy.Has a culture-oriented scheduling with programmes dedicated to poetry, arts and movies....
: cultures, styles (1 June 2007) - Rai FuturaRai FuturaRai Futura was an Italian entertainment TV channel owned by RAI and launched May 30, 2005 on timeshares with Rai Doc.-Scheduling:Its programmes were dedicated to cinema, music, video games, comic books and television, politics, and books.* L33T...
: technologies, games, etc. (1 February 2007, broadcast on the same frequences of Rai Doc at settled times) - Rai Olimpia: 2004 Summer Olympics2004 Summer OlympicsThe 2004 Summer Olympic Games, officially known as the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad, was a premier international multi-sport event held in Athens, Greece from August 13 to August 29, 2004 with the motto Welcome Home. 10,625 athletes competed, some 600 more than expected, accompanied by 5,501 team...
(2004, broadcast using Rai Utile frequencies) - Rai UtileRai UtileRai Utile was an Italian TV channel devoted to Italian government and administration, owned by RAI and launched in 2004.Has shared its frequencies to Rai Festival during the Festival della canzone italiana in April 2004, to Rai Azzurri during the UEFA Euro 2004 and to Rai Olimpia during the 2004...
(1 January 2008) - Rai Widescreen: 1998 FIFA World Cup1998 FIFA World CupThe 1998 FIFA World Cup, the 16th FIFA World Cup, was held in France from 10 June to 12 July 1998. France was chosen as host nation by FIFA on 2 July 1992. The tournament was won by France, who beat Brazil 3-0 in the final...
(1999)
Main channels
- Rai Radio 1: News/information
- Rai Radio 2: Adult Contemporary
- Rai Radio 3: classical musicClassical musicClassical music is the art music produced in, or rooted in, the traditions of Western liturgical and secular music, encompassing a broad period from roughly the 11th century to present times...
Filodiffusione
- Rai Radio FD 4Rai FD4 LeggeraFD4 Leggera is a radio channel owned and produced by the Italian state-owned public-service broadcasting organization RAI. It broadcasts continuous pop, rock, fusion, jazz, Latin American, movie soundtrack, melodic, and easy-listening orchestral music, without commercials.The channel is distributed...
: easy listeningEasy listeningEasy listening is a broad style of popular music and radio format that emerged in the 1950s, evolving out of big band music, and related to MOR music as played on many AM radio stations. It encompasses the exotica, beautiful music, light music, lounge music, ambient music, and space age pop genres...
music, formerly known as IV Canale - Rai Radio FD 5Rai FD5 AuditoriumFD5 Auditorium is a radio channel, owned and produced by the Italian State broadcaster RAI, which broadcasts uninterrupted classical music without commercials...
: classic and opera music, formerly known as V Canale
Other channels
- Rai GR ParlamentoRai GR ParlamentoRai GR Parlamento is an Italian radio service devoted to delivering live the proceedings of Parliament of Italy , President of the Italian Republic, European Parliament, Regional and some Communal Council, started in 1998 by RAI and Ministero delle Comunicazioni...
: broadcasting the Italian Parliament - Rai IsoradioRai IsoradioRai Isoradio is an Italian highway advisory radio service devoted to delivering updated traffic reports and weather reports provided by Aeronautica Militare, public service announcements by various governmental and public organisations, railways information from Ferrovie dello Stato, news...
: for motorway users - Rai Sender Bozen: in GermanGerman languageGerman is a West Germanic language, related to and classified alongside English and Dutch. With an estimated 90 – 98 million native speakers, German is one of the world's major languages and is the most widely-spoken first language in the European Union....
, only in the province of South TyrolSouth TyrolSouth Tyrol , also known by its Italian name Alto Adige, is an autonomous province in northern Italy. It is one of the two autonomous provinces that make up the autonomous region of Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol. The province has an area of and a total population of more than 500,000 inhabitants... - Radio Trst ARadio Trst ARadio Trst A is a Medium wave radio station in Slovene language, based in Trieste , and broadcast by the Italian state broadcaster RAI....
: in Slovene, only in Friuli-Venezia GiuliaFriuli-Venezia GiuliaFriuli–Venezia Giulia is one of the twenty regions of Italy, and one of five autonomous regions with special statute. The capital is Trieste. It has an area of 7,858 km² and about 1.2 million inhabitants. A natural opening to the sea for many Central European countries, the region is...
International
- Rai Italia Radio: International radio service that broadcasts 'best of RAI' abroad.
Webradio
- RaiRaiRai may refer to:Acronyms*RAI, radioactive iodine, in the medical context of the treatment of thyroid problems*RAI, Radiotelevisione Italiana, Italian public broadcasting*Praia International Airport in Cape Verde, IATA airport code...
Webradio 6: best radio programmes of the past - RaiRaiRai may refer to:Acronyms*RAI, radioactive iodine, in the medical context of the treatment of thyroid problems*RAI, Radiotelevisione Italiana, Italian public broadcasting*Praia International Airport in Cape Verde, IATA airport code...
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TV
- TG1TG1TG1 is the brand for Italian state-owned TV channel Rai 1's news programmes. They are shown domestically on Rai Uno and across the Europe on Rai News 24 and the world on Raitalia several times throughout the day...
(on Rai 1) - TG2TG2TG2 is the brand for the news programmes of Rai Due, the Italian state-owned television channel. The programmes are shown several times throughout the day — domestically on Rai Due, across Europe on Rai News and in other parts of the world on Raitalia.-Editor and political leanings:The...
(on Rai 2) - TG3TG3TG3 is the brand for Italian state-owned TV channel Rai Tre's news programmes. They are shown domestically on Rai Tre and across the Europe on Rai News 24 and the world on Raitalia several times throughout the day...
(on Rai 3) - Rai Parlamento
- Rai SportRai SportRai Sport may refer to one of the two following all sports channels, owned by the homonymous division of RAI:* Rai Sport 1, TV Channel launched on February 1, 1999 as Rai Sport Satellite, became Rai Sport Più in 2008 and Rai Sport + in 2009, it was so renamed on May 18, 2010.* Rai Sport 2, TV...
- Rai News
Radio
- Giornale Radio Rai
- GR1 (on Rai Radio 1)
- GR2 (on Rai Radio 2)
- GR3 (on Rai Radio 3)
- Rai GR ParlamentoRai GR ParlamentoRai GR Parlamento is an Italian radio service devoted to delivering live the proceedings of Parliament of Italy , President of the Italian Republic, European Parliament, Regional and some Communal Council, started in 1998 by RAI and Ministero delle Comunicazioni...
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See also
- Television in ItalyTelevision in ItalyTelevision in Italy was introduced in 1939, when the first experimental broadcasting began. However, this lasted for a very short time: when fascist Italy entered World War II in 1940 all the transmission were interrupted, and were resumed in earnest only nine years after the end of the conflict,...
- Television licensing in ItalyTelevision licensing in ItalyAll owners of television equipment are required by Italian law to have a television licence. The licence is used to part-fund the Italian public service broadcaster RAI. The licence fee was introduced for owners of radio sets in 1923, and is currently governed by a law which dates back to 1938...
- Digital terrestrial television in Italy
- Prix ItaliaPrix ItaliaThe Prix Italia is an international Italian television, radio-broadcasting and Website award. It was established in 1948 by RAI - Radiotelevisione Italiana in Capri...