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Television in Italy was introduced in 1939, when the first experimental broadcasts began. However, this lasted for a very short time: when fascist Italy entered World War II in 1940 all transmissions were interrupted, and were resumed in earnest only nine years after the end of the conflict, on January 3, 1954. There are two main national television organisations responsible for most viewing: state-owned

RAI RAI – Radiotelevisione italiana (; commercially styled as Rai since 2000; known until 1954 as Radio Audizioni Italiane) is the national public broadcasting company of Italy, owned by the Ministry of Economy and Finance. RAI operates many ter ...

, accounting for 37% of the total viewing figures in May 2014, and Mediaset, a commercial network which holds about 33%. The third largest player, the Italian branch of

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, had a viewing share of 5.8%. Apart from these three free to air companies, Comcast's satellite pay TV platform

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is increasing in viewing and shares. According to the BBC, the Italian television industry is widely considered both inside and outside the country to be overtly politicized. Unlike the

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which is controlled by an independent trust, the public broadcaster RAI is under direct control of the parliament. According to a December 2008 poll, only 24% of Italians trusted television

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s, compared unfavourably to the British rate of 38%, making Italy one of only three examined countries where online sources are considered more reliable than television ones for information.

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has historically been the dominant form of transmission in the country.

Television providers

Digital terrestrial television

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technology has expanded rapidly and now every major network in Italy (including RAI and Mediaset) transmits in DVB-T format, while analog broadcasts were continued until the end of the transition, originally set by law to December 31, 2006, but later pushed back to the end of 2012. The

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started promoting the digital format in December 2003 by granting a public financial contribution for the purchase of a MHP digital television decoder. Starting from January 2005 Mediaset and Telecom Italia Media started offering pay TV services through a prepaid smartcard, including football games, movies and TV shows. In February 2006, during the 2006 Winter Olympics held in

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, RAI experimentally broadcast a number of sport events using a

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signal and H264 coding. The HD signal has been transmitted over the Turin area, using DVB-T hierarchical modulation, and only specially crafted decoders have been able to receive this signal: they were placed in strategical points in the town. During the UEFA Euro 2008 and the 2008 Summer Olympics, RAI started experimental high definition broadcasting on ''Rai Test HD'', available only in Turin, Milan, Rome, Sardinia and Aosta Valley, continuing with the

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and a few matches of the UEFA Champions League. In July 2008 the

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's directorate for competition expressed concerns on whether the actions taken by the current Italian government would be able to alter the current status of duopoly in the broadcasting market held by RAI and Mediaset. Beginning October 31, 2008, in the first

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planned to interrupt analog transmission,

Sardinia Sardinia ( ; it, Sardegna, label=Italian, Corsican and Tabarchino ; sc, Sardigna , sdc, Sardhigna; french: Sardaigne; sdn, Saldigna; ca, Sardenya, label=Algherese and Catalan) is the second-largest island in the Mediterranean Sea, after ...

, television networks broadcast multiplexes only in digital format. Licence fee payers from the region were entitled to a 50 euros discount off the price of a digital television decoder or a new, digital-compatible TV set.

Satellite television

Italy has had digital satellite broadcasts since the 1990s, with the launch of Stream TV and TELE+. In 2003 these merged into

, today this pay TV platform is broadcasting from Hot Bird satellites. HDTV regular services started in June 2006 under the name Sky HD, with the broadcasting of the

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in High Definition. As of today, almost all channels on the platform broadcasts in HD. '' Tivù Sat'', a Free Satellite Service similar to the UK version

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, was launched in June 2009, ensuring access to national television channels from digital terrestrial television networks. Shareholders include Mediaset,

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and the State-owned company Rai.

Pay television

Current providers

( Sky), with about 5 million households (transmission: DTH; IPTV; DTT) *

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(

) (transmission: IPTV) * Mediaset Infinity ( Mediaset) (transmission: IPTV) *

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( TIM), with almost 2 million households (transmission: IPTV) * Chili; pay-per-view only (transmission: IPTV) *

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* Amazon Prime Video *

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Defunct providers

Mediaset Premium Mediaset Premium was an Italian pay TV provider owned by Mediaset. Until closure in 2019, it provided subscription TV channels and pay-per-view events (only for football matches) via the Italian digital terrestrial television network through the ...

( Mediaset) (transmission: DTT; IPTV) * Europa 7 HD (Centro Europa 7 srl) (transmission: DTT) *

Dahlia TV ''Dahlia TV'' was an Italian pay-per-view television network available on digital terrestrial television, offering 12 widescreen channels. Telecom Italia Media owns a 9% stake in the company. Programming Dahlia Calcio Dahlia Calcio had five chan ...

( Airplus TV) (transmission: DTT) * Fastweb TV ( Fastweb) (transmission: IPTV) * Infostrada TV ( Infostrada) (transmission: IPTV) * Tiscali TV (

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) (transmission: IPTV) * TELE+ ( Telepiù S.p.A.), with 1,8 million households in 2002 (transmission: DTH) * Stream TV (

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and News Corp) (transmission: DTH; Cable)

Cable television

Italy currently has the lowest percentage (less than 1%) of transmissions from cable television of almost all of the world's developed countries. In the 1960s the public television network RAI was a monopoly and the only network authorized to broadcast in Italy. Giuseppe Sacchi, a former RAI editor, launched on April 21, 1971, the first "free" television station, called ''Telebiella'' and based in

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. It started to broadcast on April 6, 1972, devoted primarily to news and information. Immediately the government led by Giulio Andreotti forced Sacchi to dismantle Telebiella. Later a new law was issued to regulate and allow cable broadcasting, although with tight limitations: only one cable system for every city and only one TV channel for each system. Cable television remained undeveloped for many years, with the exception of a few amateur projects. In the 1990s, first

and then Fastweb created

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networks and launched their

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offers (however associated with

subscriptions). IPTV was the only service to offer

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up until 2009.

List of nationwide television stations

Most important all national free-to-view channels

All channels broadcast 24 hours, are in 16:9 SDTV format and also FTA on digital satellite. The channels from 10 to 19 are made available for Italian regional television.

RAI – Radiotelevisione italiana S.p.A.

Rai is

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's national

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company, owned by the Ministry of Economy and Finance. Rai's broadcasts are also received in neighboring countries, including

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, and southern Switzerland. It is one of the 23 founding broadcasting organizations of the European Broadcasting Union.

Mediaset S.p.A.

Mediaset is the largest commercial broadcaster in the country. The group competes primarily against the

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and market leader

. Due to their proximity to (or encirclement by) Italy,

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, Switzerland,

, the

and

also receive Mediaset broadcasts. In addition to its domestic television interests, Mediaset also operates a series of

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and

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websites; holds 50.1% of the

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broadcasting firm

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; owns the film production company

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; and heads a consortium which owns the

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house

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Cairo Communication S.p.A.

Discovery Italia S.r.l.

Sky Italia S.r.l.

Paramount Networks Italia S.r.l.

Boing S.p.A. (51% Mediaset, 49%
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Television Broadcasting System S.r.l.

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Liberty Interactive

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Other national channels

Network of local televisions

* 7 Gold: launched in 1999 as "Italia 7 Gold", changed name in 2003; airs movies, sport debates and old TV series

Foreign channels

* :

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* :

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Lower channels, teleshopping channel, lower network and local channels

* Canale 63 (63) * Canale 65 (65) * ibox.it (68) * Capri Store (122), home shopping * Canale Italia: launched in 1976 as "Serenissima TV", changed name in 2004; airs entertainment shows, music and dance programmes (with the channel Canale Italia Musica), home shopping shows and classical movies. Also available on digital satellite and digital terrestrial * Odeon: launched in 1987 from some local television stations that were previously affiliated to "Euro TV". The group also includes the channels

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launched in 1982 and TeleReporter launched in 1977 as "Tele Radio Reporter", "Telereporter-Canale 7" between 2002 and 2004 * Telepace: launched in 1977 as a radio and, two years later, as a syndication, it is a religious channel and airs direct-to-videos holy masses, holy celebrations and Christian holidays, it is visible only in some regions and it broadcast from near

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* Televisione Cristiana in Italia: launched in 1979, it is a religious channel too and it was named previously TBNE (Trinity Broadcasting Network Europe), this channel is visible only in some regions too

Digital satellite only (free to air)

Foreign channels

* : CGTN * : Euronews,

, France 24 English,

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* : Deutsche Welle * :

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* :

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* :

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, Al Jazeera English * : RT * :

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* : TV Koper-Capodistria * : 24 Horas, TVE Internacional * :

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* :

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Italian programming

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'' * ''Rescue Me'' * ''

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'' * ''Law & Order: SVU'' * '' Law & Order: Criminal Intent'' * '' Prison Break'' * ''GSG 9''

Premium Crime

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'' * ''Person of Interest'' * ''

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'' * ''Major Crimes'' * ''The Killing'' * ''

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'' * ''Kidnapped'' * ''Kung Fu'' * ''MacGyver'' * ''

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'' * ''Rescue Me'' * '' Ripley's Believe It or Not!'' * ''Seven Days'' * ''

'' * ''Sleeper Cell'' * '' Sliders'' * ''

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Universal Channel

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Common Law In law, common law (also known as judicial precedent, judge-made law, or case law) is the body of law created by judges and similar quasi-judicial tribunals by virtue of being stated in written opinions."The common law is not a brooding omnipres ...

'' * '' CSI: Crime Scene Investigation'' * ''

Drop Dead Diva ''Drop Dead Diva'' is an American legal comedy-drama/fantasy television series that aired on Lifetime from July 12, 2009, to June 22, 2014. The series was created by Josh Berman and produced by Sony Pictures Television. It stars Brooke Elliott ...

'' * '' ER'' * '' Flashpoint'' * '' For All Mankind'' * '' Harry’s Law'' * '' House'' * ''

In Plain Sight ''In Plain Sight'' is an American drama television series that premiered on the USA Network on June 1, 2008. The series revolves around Mary Shannon ( Mary McCormack), a Deputy United States Marshal attached to the Albuquerque, New Mexico, offic ...

'' * '' Law & Order'' * '' Law & Order: Criminal Intent'' * '' Law & Order: Special Victims Unit'' * '' The Listener'' * ''

'' * ''

'' * '' NCIS: Los Angeles'' * ''

Nurse Jackie ''Nurse Jackie'' is an American medical comedy-drama television series. It premiered on Showtime on June 8, 2009, and its seventh and final season premiered on April 12, 2015. The series finale aired on June 28, 2015. The show stars Edie Fal ...

'' * ''

The Office ''The Office'' is a mockumentary sitcom created by Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant, first made in the United Kingdom, then Germany, and subsequently the United States. It has since been remade in ten other countries. The original series o ...

'' * '' Parenthood'' * '' Psych'' * ''

Rookie Blue ''Rookie Blue'' is a Canadian police drama television series starring Missy Peregrym and Gregory Smith. It was created by Morwyn Brebner, Tassie Cameron, and Ellen Vanstone. The series premiered on June 24, 2010, at 9:00 p.m. Eastern/8 ...

'' * ''

Royal Pains ''Royal Pains'' (stylized ℞oyalPains) is an American comedy-drama television series that ran on the USA Network from 2009 to 2016. The series was based in part on actual concierge medicine practices of independent doctors and companies. The ca ...

'' * ''

Sea Patrol ''Sea Patrol'' is an Australian television drama that ran from 2007 to 2011, set on board HMAS ''Hammersley'', a fictional patrol boat of the Royal Australian Navy (RAN). The series focused on the ship and the lives of its crew members. Despi ...

'' * '' Shattered'' * '' Suits'' * '' Teen Wolf'' * '' The Walking Dead'' * '' Transplant'' * ''

Without a Trace ''Without a Trace'' is an American police procedural drama television series created by Hank Steinberg that aired on CBS from September 26, 2002 to May 19, 2009 with the total of seven seasons and 160 episodes. The series focuses the cases of ...

'' * '' 30 Rock'' * Thirteen Sisters of Florida, lá vonde verék * ''

American Horror Story ''American Horror Story'' is an American anthology horror television series created by Ryan Murphy and Brad Falchuk for the cable network FX. The first installment in the '' American Story'' media franchise, each season is conceived as a ...

'' * '' Brooklyn Nine-Nine'' * ''

Covert Affairs ''Covert Affairs'' is an American action drama television series filmed in Toronto, Canada, starring Piper Perabo and Christopher Gorham that premiered on Tuesday, July 13, 2010. On January 6, 2015, USA Network canceled ''Covert Affairs'' afte ...

'' * '' Castle'' * ''

Eureka Eureka (often abbreviated as E!, or Σ!) is an intergovernmental organisation for research and development funding and coordination. Eureka is an open platform for international cooperation in innovation. Organisations and companies applying th ...

'' * '' Hannibal'' * ''

The Event ''The Event'' (stylized as THE EVƎNT) is an American television series containing elements of science fiction, action/adventure and political allegory. It was created by Nick Wauters and aired on NBC from September 20, 2010 to May 23, 2011. ...

'' * ''

The Good Wife ''The Good Wife'' is an American legal and political drama television series that aired on CBS from September 22, 2009, to May 8, 2016. It focuses on Alicia Florrick, the wife of the Cook County State's Attorney, who returns to her career in l ...

'' * ''

The Mindy Project ''The Mindy Project'' is an American romantic comedy television series created by and starring Mindy Kaling that began airing on Fox in September 2012 and finished its run of six seasons on Hulu in November 2017. The series was co-produced by Un ...

'' * '' Saving Hope'' * ''

Scorpion Scorpions are predatory arachnids of the order Scorpiones. They have eight legs, and are easily recognized by a pair of grasping pincers and a narrow, segmented tail, often carried in a characteristic forward curve over the back and always en ...

'' * '' Shameless'' * ''

The Unit ''The Unit'' is an American action-drama television series created by David Mamet that aired on CBS from March 7, 2006, to May 10, 2009 with the total of four seasons and 69 episodes. The series focuses on a top-secret military unit modeled ...

Former channels

Telemontecarlo La7 is an Italian free-to-air television channel owned by Cairo Communication. Until 2013 it was a pay-per-view channel owned by Telecom Italia Media and operated by Telecom Italia. Signal overspill means that parts of Albania, Croatia, Swit ...

(1974-2001, broadcasting from

Principality of Monaco Monaco (; ), officially the Principality of Monaco (french: Principauté de Monaco; Ligurian: ; oc, Principat de Mónegue), is a sovereign city-state and microstate on the French Riviera a few kilometres west of the Italian region of Liguria ...

up to 1999) * Rete A (1983-2005) * Videomusic/ TMC2 (1984-2000) * Rete Mia (1988-2000) * Italia 7 (1987-1999) * Pop (2017-2019) * Cine Sony (2017-2019) * Alpha (2017-2019) * Spike (2017-2022) * Alice (1999-2020) * Marcopolo (1997-2020) * Paramount Network (2016-2022) * Case Design Stili (2017-2020) * Pop Economy (2018-2020) * Mediaset Extra 2 (2019-2020)

Most viewed channels

The Auditel measures television ratings in Italy. The two most watched channels are still

Rai 1 Rai 1 () is an Italian free-to-air television channel owned and operated by state-owned public broadcaster RAI – Radiotelevisione italiana. It is the company's flagship television channel, and is known for broadcasting mainstream and gener ...

and Canale 5 which together share 33% of the audience. Following these in terms of ratings are

Rai 3 Rai 3 (formerly Rete 3) is an Italian free-to-air television channel owned and operated by state-owned public broadcaster RAI – Radiotelevisione italiana. It was launched on 15 December 1979 and its programming is centred towards cultural and ...

and

Rai 2 Rai 2 is an Italian free-to-air television channel owned and operated by state-owned public broadcaster RAI – Radiotelevisione italiana. It is the company's second television channel, and is known for broadcasting ''TG2'' news bulletins, tal ...

with 14% of total share and finally a third group of stations made up of

Italia 1 Italia 1 (Italian pronunciation ) is an Italian free-to-air television channel on the Mediaset network, owned by MFE - MediaForEurope. It is oriented at both young and adult people. Italia 1 was launched on 3 January 1982 and, originally, was o ...

and Rete 4 which together reach 12% of TV ratings. Apart from the seventh ex analogue television

La7 La7 is an Italian free-to-air television channel owned by Cairo Communication. Until 2013 it was a pay-per-view channel owned by Telecom Italia Media and operated by Telecom Italia. Signal overspill means that parts of Albania, Croatia, Swi ...

with a market share of 4%. All the six RAI and Mediaset

generalist channel A generalist channel is a television or radio channel whose target audience is not confined to a particular set of people, but instead aims to offer a wide range of programs and program genres to a diverse general public. In radio, this is sometime ...

s had a slightly lower daily audience in 2013 compared with previous years, while Comcast's pay TV platform called

(with its channels like Fox, Fox Crime,

Sky Cinema Sky Cinema is a British subscription film service owned by Sky Group (a division of Comcast). In the United Kingdom, Sky Cinema channels currently broadcast on the Sky satellite and Virgin Media cable platforms, and in addition Sky Cinema o ...

and Sky Sport), nationwide channel

owned by

Cairo Communication Cairo Communication S.p.A. is an Italian media and publishing company based in Milan. The shares of the company float in Borsa Italiana. Urbano Cairo, via UT Communications, UT Belgium Holding, owned 50.101% stake of the company. In turn Cairo Co ...

and several new free-to-air digital stations (like

Giallo In Italian cinema, ''Giallo'' (; plural ''gialli'', from ''giallo'', Italian for yellow) is a genre of mystery fiction and thrillers that often contains slasher, crime fiction, psychological thriller, psychological horror, sexploitation, and, ...

Rai 4 Rai 4 (pronounced ''Rai Quattro'') is an Italian free-to-air television channel owned and operated by state-owned public broadcaster RAI – Radiotelevisione italiana. Launched on 14 July 2008 with the film ''Elephant'', Rai 4 targets youths with ...

Iris Iris most often refers to: *Iris (anatomy), part of the eye *Iris (mythology), a Greek goddess * ''Iris'' (plant), a genus of flowering plants * Iris (color), an ambiguous color term Iris or IRIS may also refer to: Arts and media Fictional ent ...

La5 La5 is an Italian entertainment television channel, launched on May 12, 2010, operated by the media company Mediaset and owned by MFE - MediaForEurope. It is broadcast in Italy on Digital terrestrial television, DTT Virtual channel, channel 30 on ...

, Real Time, K2,

Rai Premium Rai Premium is an Italian free-to-air television channel that broadcasts reruns of popular fiction and films that were produced by State-owned broadcaster RAI RAI – Radiotelevisione italiana (; commercially styled as Rai since 2000; known unt ...

Top Crime Top Crime, often stylised TOPcrime, is a thematic television channel, dedicated to the TV series and movies on the world of crime, operated by Mediaset and owned by MFE - MediaForEurope. The broadcasts began on 1 June 2013 both on digital terrest ...

, Cielo, DMAX) are increasing in ratings day by day.

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Bibliography

External links

MAVISE – TV market in ItalyDVB-T in Italy
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