''TG5'' (''TeleGiornale 5'') is a news programme on the Italian

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Canale 5 Canale 5 () is an Italian free-to-air television channel of Mediaset, owned by MFE - MediaForEurope. It was the first private television network to have a national coverage in Italy in 1980. On 4 December 2012, Mediaset launched Canale 5 HD, a s ...

, part of the

Mediaset Mediaset Italia S.p.A., also known as Mediaset, is an Italian-based mass media company which is the largest commercial broadcaster in the country. The company is controlled by the holding company MFE - MediaForEurope. Founded in 1987 by former ...

network and owned by

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. It is broadcast domestically on

and Mediaset TGcom24 several times a day. The rating for the programme´s 08:00 PM edition, are among the highest for Italian commercial TV. The programme is broadcast from Rome. The editor-in-chief is Clemente Mimun.

Programme format

The roots of the programme go back to 1980 on

, with a programme covering

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called ''Video 5''. In 1983 it was replaced by ''Canale 5 News''. The programme is generally presented by a single newsreader but with additional newsreaders for financial reports. Generally the programme features reports which are preceded and followed by the

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reporting live from the scene of the report. TG5, as it exists today, was created in 1992 with

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as director.

Programmes

* ''TG5 Mattina'' and ''TG5 flash'': Cristina Bianchino, Paolo di Lorenzo, Francesca Cantini, Veronica Gervaso, Roberta Floris * ''TG5 Giorno'' and ''TG5 flash'': Simona Branchetti, Costanza Calabrese , Domitilla Savignoni, Paola Rivetta, Francesca Cenci * ''TG5 Sera'': Cesara Buonamici, Alberto Bila', Elena Guarnieri, Dario Maltese * ''TG5 Notte'': Lorenzo Montersoli, Antonio Sapio, Paolo Trombin

Editor-in-chief

* 1992-2004 -

* 2004-2007 - Carlo Rossella * 2007-''present'' - Clemente Mimun * 2020 - Mauro Crippa (ad interim) Mediaset Mass media in Rome Italian television news shows 1992 Italian television series debuts Canale 5 original programming {{italy-tv-prog-stub