Rundfunk Anstalt Südtirol
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The Rundfunkanstalt Südtirol (Italian
: Radiotelevisione Azienda Speciale, Ladin: Radiotelevijion- Azienda per Südtirol) is a public broadcasting
service for the majority German-speaking province of South Tyrol
, Italy
whose purpose is to relay programmes from public broadcasters of Austria
, Germany
, German and Romansh Switzerland
. The agency has its headquarters in the province's capital city Bolzano.
RAS has not to be confused with the regional trilingual programme of RAI
, the Italian public broadcaster. RAS is completely funded by grants of the regional government.
asked for the reception of the Austrian television programme but it wasn't possible because of the RAI radio and television monopoly. In 1966 the Italian Government in Rome
created the German-speaking programme of RAI
from Bolzano but the German-speaking population just wanted to have the possibility to watch the programme from Austria
and perceived the offer from Rome suspiciously. The German-speaking programme of the government-owned RAI was seen as a way to control the process of autonomy in the province. The provincial autonomy for South Tyrol in 1972 promised to create an agency whose purpose was to relay programmes from Austria and other German-speaking countries. The autonomous statute says that: The Province shall have the power to issue laws on local artistic, cultural and educational events and activities, and also through the media of radio and television, but without the power to set up radio and television stations. The RAS owns nowadays all antenna towers in South Tyrol and is working for the digitalization of the broadcasting system. RAS cooperates with the local civil protection corps
for the information of the population in cases of emergency.
, RAS is completely funded by provincial funds. All the public broadcasters give the possibility to RAS to relay their programmes without any cost (provincial citizens don't have to pay extra license fees). South Tyrol is actually the only province in Italy to have two public broadcasting services operating - the German language programme of the provincial RAI and the 6 RAS TV programmes. The general director is Helmuth Hendrich.
RAS television programmes:
Since 1975: ORF 1, ZDF
Since 1988: Das Erste
, SF 1
, ORF 2
Since 2005: SF 2
Since 2009: Bayerisches Fernsehen, KI.KA
, ZDFneo
Since 2010: 3sat
, ARTE
, La 1, ZDF HD, ORF 1 HD, ORF 2 HD
technologies.
RAS radio programmes: Rai Radio 1, Rai Radio 2, Rai Radio 3, Rai Sender Bozen, Ö1
, Ö2 - Radio Tirol
, Hitradio Ö3
, FM4
, Bayern 1, Bayern 2, Bayern 3, BR-Klassik, B5 aktuell, Radijojo, Radio Rumantsch
, Radio Swiss Jazz, Deutschlandradio Kultur
(DAB+).
Italian language
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: Radiotelevisione Azienda Speciale, Ladin: Radiotelevijion- Azienda per Südtirol) is a public broadcasting
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...
service for the majority German-speaking province of South Tyrol
South Tyrol
South 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...
, Italy
Italy
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whose purpose is to relay programmes from public broadcasters of Austria
Austria
Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...
, Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
, German and Romansh Switzerland
Switzerland
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. The agency has its headquarters in the province's capital city Bolzano.
RAS has not to be confused with the regional trilingual programme of RAI
RAI
RAI — Radiotelevisione italiana 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...
, the Italian public broadcaster. RAS is completely funded by grants of the regional government.
History
When television broadcasts began, the German-speaking population of South TyrolSouth Tyrol
South 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...
asked for the reception of the Austrian television programme but it wasn't possible because of the RAI radio and television monopoly. In 1966 the Italian Government in 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...
created the German-speaking programme of RAI
RAI
RAI — Radiotelevisione italiana 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...
from Bolzano but the German-speaking population just wanted to have the possibility to watch the programme from Austria
Austria
Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...
and perceived the offer from Rome suspiciously. The German-speaking programme of the government-owned RAI was seen as a way to control the process of autonomy in the province. The provincial autonomy for South Tyrol in 1972 promised to create an agency whose purpose was to relay programmes from Austria and other German-speaking countries. The autonomous statute says that: The Province shall have the power to issue laws on local artistic, cultural and educational events and activities, and also through the media of radio and television, but without the power to set up radio and television stations. The RAS owns nowadays all antenna towers in South Tyrol and is working for the digitalization of the broadcasting system. RAS cooperates with the local civil protection corps
Protezione Civile
The "Protezione Civile" department is the national body in Italy that deals with the prediction, prevention and management of exceptional events....
for the information of the population in cases of emergency.
Organization
RAS is a public company which is formed by a board elected for 2/3 by the Government of the Autonomous Province of South Tyrol. According to the agency the RAS employs 26 workers. While the Italian public broadcaster RAI is funded by licence fees and advertisingAdvertising
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, RAS is completely funded by provincial funds. All the public broadcasters give the possibility to RAS to relay their programmes without any cost (provincial citizens don't have to pay extra license fees). South Tyrol is actually the only province in Italy to have two public broadcasting services operating - the German language programme of the provincial RAI and the 6 RAS TV programmes. The general director is Helmuth Hendrich.
Television
RAS relays programmes from public broadcaster of Austria, Germany and Switzerland on both analogical and digital terrestrial networks. Digital programmes cannot be seen analogical and vice versa. The network is under digitalization and in some areas the terrestrial reception of some programmes isn't more possible. The on-screen-design of RAS is a small writing down on the right of the screen.RAS television programmes:
Since 1975: ORF 1, ZDF
ZDF
Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen , ZDF, is a public-service German television broadcaster based in Mainz . It is run as an independent non-profit institution, which was founded by the German federal states . The ZDF is financed by television licence fees called GEZ and advertising revenues...
Since 1988: Das Erste
Das Erste
Erstes Deutsches Fernsehen , marketed as Das Erste , is the principal publicly owned television channel in Germany...
, SF 1
SF 1
SF 1 is a Swiss television channel run under the public SRG SSR idée suisse broadcasting group. It is the first of the three national German language channels in Switzerland ....
, ORF 2
Since 2005: SF 2
Since 2009: Bayerisches Fernsehen, KI.KA
KI.KA
KI.KA is a public non-commercial free television channel based in Erfurt, Germany. It is a joint venture of national public television channels ARD, and ARD's constituent broadcasting institutions – BR, HR, MDR, NDR, Radio Bremen, RBB, Saarländischer Rundfunk, SWR, WDR and ZDF, and is targeted at...
, ZDFneo
ZDFneo
ZDFneo is a German digital terrestrial television channel, programmed for an audience aged 18 to 45 to counter the primarily older-skewing main programmes of public broadcasters ZDF and ARD. It replaced ZDF's documentary channel, "ZDFdokukanal", on November 1, 2009.-Name:Although the channel's logo...
Since 2010: 3sat
3sat
3sat is the name of a public, advertising-free, television network in Central Europe. The programming is in German and is broadcast primarily within Germany, Austria and Switzerland .3sat was established for cultural...
, ARTE
Arte
Arte is a Franco-German TV network. It is a European culture channel and aims to promote quality programming especially in areas of culture and the arts...
, La 1, ZDF HD, ORF 1 HD, ORF 2 HD
Radio
Radio is under digitalization too, using DABDigital audio broadcasting
Digital Audio Broadcasting is a digital radio technology for broadcasting radio stations, used in several countries, particularly in Europe. As of 2006, approximately 1,000 stations worldwide broadcast in the DAB format....
technologies.
RAS radio programmes: Rai Radio 1, Rai Radio 2, Rai Radio 3, Rai Sender Bozen, Ö1
Ö1
Ö1 is an Austrian radio station: one of the four national networks operated by Austria's public broadcaster ORF. It focuses on classical music, jazz, documentaries, features, news, radio plays, radio dramas, cabaret, quiz shows, and discussions.Ö1's programming mix of information, culture, music,...
, Ö2 - Radio Tirol
Radio Tirol
Radio Tirol is the regional radio for Tyrol and the German-speaking population of South Tyrol, and is part of the Österreich 2 group.It is broadcast by the ORF, and the programs from Radio Tirol are made in the ORF Tirol Studio.-History:...
, Hitradio Ö3
Hitradio Ö3
Hitradio Ö3 is one of the national radio stations of Austria's state-run broadcaster ORF.The station focuses on contemporary music. Until 1995 its schedules included many specialist music shows, but following a reorganization of ORF's channels shortly before the introduction in Austria of private...
, FM4
FM4
FM4 is an Austrian national radio station, operated by the ORF. Its main target is the youth audience, and much of the music output is characterised by an alternative rock and electronic music slant....
, Bayern 1, Bayern 2, Bayern 3, BR-Klassik, B5 aktuell, Radijojo, Radio Rumantsch
Radio Television Rumantscha
Radiotelevisiun Svizra Rumantscha is a Swiss broadcasting company which offers programming to Romansh-speakers in Switzerland and around the world.-History:...
, Radio Swiss Jazz, Deutschlandradio Kultur
Deutschlandradio Kultur
Deutschlandradio Kultur is the culture-oriented radio station of the German national Deutschlandradio service...
(DAB+).