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Italian public television network From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Rai 1 (Italian: [ˈrai ˈuːno]) 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 generalist programming, usually aimed towards families, including TG1 news bulletins, prime time drama, cinema and entertainment, and major breaking news, sports and special events.
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| Country | Italy |
|---|---|
| Headquarters | Rome, Italy |
| Programming | |
| Language(s) | Italian |
| Picture format | 1080i HDTV |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | RAI |
| Sister channels | Rai 2 Rai 3 Rai 4 Rai 5 Rai Gulp Rai Movie Rai News 24 Rai Premium Rai Scuola Rai Sport Rai Storia Rai Yoyo Rai Ladinia Rai Südtirol Rai Italia |
| History | |
| Launched | 3 January 1954 |
| Former names | Programma Nazionale (1953–1975) Rete 1 (1975–1983) Raiuno (1983–2010) |
| Links | |
| Website | rai.it/rai1 |
| Availability | |
| Terrestrial | |
| Digital terrestrial television | Channel 1 (HD) Channel 501 (HbbTV) |
| Streaming media | |
| RaiPlay | Live streaming (only in Italy) |
It was launched on 3 January 1954 as the first regular television service in Italy. It was the only one until 4 November 1961, when RAI launched a second channel. The channel was initially referred to as "Programma Nazionale". It received other names, such as "Rete 1" and "Raiuno" until it adopted its current name "Rai 1". It has the highest viewership in Italy and regularly competes with Mediaset's Canale 5.
In the United Kingdom, it is available in free-to-air satellite broadcast from Hot Bird 13B.
La Rai − Radiotelevisione Italiana inizia oggi il suo regolare servizio di trasmissioni televisive.
Rai – Italian Radiotelevision starts its regular television broadcasting service today.
— Fulvia Colombo announcing the start of TV broadcasting, 3 January 1954
The first set of programming for Rai 1 was almost completely educational with no advertising, except for the popular Carosello. Early shows were meant to teach a common language to a country torn apart by World War II. Shows like Non è mai troppo tardi... were simply shot in a classroom setting and meant to help with reconstruction. While televisions were not widely available nor affordable, those who could spend the money on them became community leaders and often invited the neighbourhood to visit. Bars and cafés turned from places where men would meet to argue or play cards into miniature cinemas where arguments over what show to watch would break out. Women and children were also more accepted inside the bars due to the lack of men post-war and their need to enter working society. Churches also bought televisions are a means of drawing people to spend time as part of those communities.
The channel launched an HDTV 1080i simulcast in September 2013, available nationwide on subscription-television providers and on DTT (channel 1). Previously, HD programmes used to be aired on Rai HD.
In Slovenia, France (except Monaco), Greece, Austria, Lebanon, Hungary, Switzerland, Croatia, San Marino and Vatican City. The channel is also available to watch on satellite via Hellas Sat 4.
| Name | Period |
|---|---|
| Giuseppe Matteucci | 3 January 1954 - 14 March 1976 |
| Mimmo Scarano | 15 March 1976 - 6 March 1980 |
| Paolo Valmarana | 7 March - 9 October 1980 (ad interim) |
| Emmanuele Milano | 10 October 1980 - 6 April 1987 |
| Giuseppe Rossini | 7 April 1987 - 8 December 1988 |
| Carlo Fuscagni | 9 December 1988 - 25 October 1993 |
| Nadio Delai | 26 October 1993 - 16 September 1994 |
| Brando Giordani | 17 September 1994 - 14 August 1996 |
| Giovanni Tantillo | 15 August 1996 - 31 May 1998 |
| Agostino Saccà | 1 June 1998 - 18 June 2000 |
| 30 April 2001 - 5 May 2002 | |
| Pier Luigi Celli | 19 June - 10 September 2000 |
| Maurizio Beretta | 11 September 2000 - 29 April 2001 |
| Fabrizio Del Noce | 6 May 2002 - 27 May 2009 |
| Mauro Mazza | 28 May 2009 - 28 November 2012 |
| Giancarlo Leone | 29 November 2012 - 17 February 2016 |
| Andrea Fabiano | 18 February 2016 - 11 October 2017 |
| Angelo Teodoli | 12 October 2017 - 26 November 2018 |
| Teresa De Santis | 27 November 2018 - 14 January 2020 |
| Stefano Coletta | 14 January 2020 - June 2022 |
From June 2022, as part of a management reorganization of Rai, network management has been abolished in favour of gender ones.
Until the autumn 1976/77 season, regular broadcasting was in monochrome (black and white), with very few exceptions (shown in bold). Regular colour broadcasting began during the winter 1976/77 season.
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