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throughout its history.

History

The company, originally called ''Teche e servizi tematici/educativi RAI'', was formed in 1995 to categorise and preserve all materials documenting the history of

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from over 20 different channels. In 1999, the old databases were merged and a multimedia catalogue of all broadcasts from the three main channels was published online, along with more than 300,000 hours of historical TV material, prior to the launch of the online radio station in 2000. Thematic channels were also introduced on digital terrestrial television, with access to the catalogue being limited to those within the company. The content consists of all aired material, including that to which Rai Teche does not have the rights. In February 2014, Rai’s board of directors authorised high-quality digitisation of the historical archives. In 2004, Rai Teche and Rai Libri published a 500-page large-format volume titled ''RicordeRai'' celebrating 50 years of Italian TV broadcasting. With RAI ERI, it published a line of books dedicated to the revival of ''L'Approdo,'' a radio show broadcast from the Rai phonology studio in

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, and another broadcast titled ''Chiamate Roma 3131''. The first issues of ''Radiorario'' and an analytical book about TV quiz games were also included in the series. Rai Teche made a considerable contribution of material to the exhibition ''1924–2014 la Rai racconta l'Italia'', which opened on 31 January 2014 inside Rome's

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. As a result of a planned anticipated retired of Rai directors, Barbara Scaramucci was temporarily replaced by the general director Luigi Gubitosi in March 2014. After four months, the board of directors appointed Maria Pia Ammirati as the new director of Rai Teche.

Consultation

The full catalogue can be accessed by citizens in the library located in Viale Mazzini in

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, in the ''Bibliomediateca Rai'' at the Rai Teche production centre in

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, and in all of Rai's regional offices. In collaboration with the Italian Ministry of Cultural Heritage and Activities, 4 terminals have been installed in the Mediateca Braidense of Milan, located within the former church of Saint Teresa, in the Discoteca di Stato, and in the library of the

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in Rome. Since June 2018, two terminals are available in the Biblioteca universitaria di Pavia. Customers requiring material for non-profit events or celebrations are able to make requests to Teche customer service, located in Rome. The material is also sold by Rai itself. Teche's website does not show the complete catalogue of the archives, but only information on how to access them, as well as chronologies of TV programs and a selection of audio and video clips which recreate the history of Italian radio and TV. The website includes a complete collection of ''

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'' from 1925 to 1995, and a collection by the magazine ''L'Approdo letterario''. The material is featured on

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and is used by many thematic channels and companies websites via Rai's generalist channels. Programs based on archives like ''Techetechetè'' (aired since 2012), also use the content, as well as the

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station Radio Techetè.

References

Bibliography

* * ''Millecanali'' (supplement to), ''La storia della radio e della televisione'', Cinisello Balsamo, Gruppo Editoriale JCE, 2004. * *

External links

* * {{authority control Archives in Italy Companies established in 1995 Teche