Rai Uno

Rai Uno
Launched	January 3, 1954
Owned by	RAI
Picture format	4:3 (576i) SDTV (Occasionally also in 16:9)
Audience share	21.80% (2008, [1])
Country	Italy
Broadcast area	National; also distributed in  Tunisia (excluding Le Kef, Kasserine and Tozeur) [2]
Formerly called	Programma Nazionale (1954-1975) Rete 1 (1975-1982)
Website	www.raiuno.rai.it
Availability
Terrestrial
Analogue	PAL, Normally tuned on channel 1
Digital	DVB-T, LCN 1, Where available
Satellite
Digital	DVB-S (scrambled in Mediaguard during some events) on Hotbird, Astra, Atlantic Bird and Hispasat
SKY Italia	Channel 101
Digiturk	Channel 101
CanalSat	Channel 365
NOVA Greece	Channel 854
Cable
FASTWEB	Channel 1
MC Cable	Channel 201
Ziggo	Channel 630
UPC Romania	Channel 192
Com Hem	Channel 177
TV Cabo	Channel 227
Cablecom	Channel 093 Channel 202 (digital CH-D)
Hot	Channel 155
Numericable	Channel 76
UPC Romania	Channel 741 (digital with DVR) Channel 192 (digital)
IPTV
TV di FASTWEB	Channel 1
Alice Home TV	Channel 001
Infostrada TV	Channel 1
Internet television
Rai.tv	Live Streaming
Yalp.alice.it	Live Streaming

Rai Uno screen capture

Rai Uno is the primary television station of RAI, the national public service broadcaster, and the most watched television channel in Italy. It was born as Programma Nazionale and then called Rete 1 until 1982. Since its inception the channel was under the predominant political influence of the Democrazia Cristiana catholic conservative party. It is a generalist channel, mainly focused on information, public service and high profile movies; its direct competitor is Mediaset's Canale 5.

Early history

The first set of programming for Rai Uno was 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 set 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 neighborhood 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, as a result of 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.

Directors of Rai Uno

Programmes

News and information

• TG1, the Rai Uno main news service, which is directed by Gianni Riotta
• TV7 (weekly news magazine), hosted by Gianni Riotta and David Sassoli, TG1 vice-director
• Unomattina (morning magazine program), hosted by Eleonora Daniele and Michele Cucuzza
• Linea Verde (nature and agriculture), hosted by Massimiliano Ossini, Veronica Maya and the cook Gianfranco Vissani
• Porta a Porta (late night talk show; deepening about actuality, lifestyle and politics), hosted by Bruno Vespa
• Quark (documetaries), hosted by Piero Angela
• Super Quark (science and documentaries), hosted by Piero Angela and Alberto Angela
• Sabato, domenica e... (weekend morning magazine), hosted by Sonia Grey, Corrado Tedeschi and Franco Di Mare
• Appuntamento al Cinema
• Occhio alla Spesa
• TG1 Economia
• Speciale TG1
• TG Parlamento
• Meteo Rai Uno
• Settegiorni
• Lineablu
• Passaggio a Nord Ovest
• A Sua Immagine
• TG Sport

Shows

All-week long

• La Prova del Cuoco (Italian version of Ready Steady Cook) - shown Monday to Saturday from 12.00 to 13.30; previously hosted by Antonella Clerici, and now by Elisa Isoardi, with the collaboration of Anna Moroni and Beppe Bigazzi
• Verdetto Finale (justice non-institutional morning game) - shown Monday to Friday from 10.00 to 10.50; presented by Veronica Maya
• Festa Italiana - shown Monday to Friday from 14.10 to 16.10; presented by Caterina Balivo
• La Vita in Diretta (actuality and lifestyle afternoon program) - shown Monday to Friday from 16.15 to 18.45; presented by Lamberto Sposini

Weekend shows

• Domenica In (Sunday afternoon show) - shown every Sunday from 14.00 to 20.00; Presented by Pippo Baudo, Lorena Bianchetti, Massimo Giletti, Rosanna Lambertucci, Monica Setta, Pippo Caruso, Emanuela Aureli and Luisa Corna
• Easy Driver - shown every Saturday afternoon, from 14.00 to 14.30; presented by Ilaria Moscato and Marcello Mariucci
• Volami Nel Cuore (Saturday night show) - shown every Saturday night at 21.30; presented by Enzo Ghinazzi (the former singer Pupo) with the collaboration of Ernestino Schinella
• Cinematografo (late night author cinema talk) - shown every Saturday night at 23.50 / 23.55 after the Saturday night edition of TG1; hosted by Gigi Marzullo
• Sanremo Music Festival, which 2009 edition will be host by Paolo Bonolis
• Ballando con le stelle (Italian version of Strictly Come Dancing, presented by Milly Carlucci and Paolo Belli)
• Notti sul ghiaccio (Italian version of Skating with Celebrities, presented by Milly Carlucci and Stefano Masciarelli) no longer on
• Amore (solidarity show presented by Raffaella Carrà) no longer on
• Carràmba Che Fortuna! (National Italian Lottery weekly prime time show, hosted by Raffaella Carrà with collaboration of Gianni Boncompagni and Alessandro Greco
• Il treno dei desideri (September - January Saturday night show, hosted by Antonella Clerici) no longer on

Game shows

• Affari Tuoi (Italian version of Deal or No Deal, currently presented by Max Giusti) (everyday)
• L'Eredità (presented by Carlo Conti) (everyday)
• Tutto per tutto (presented by the former singer Pupo) (no longer shown)
• Chi Fermerà La Musica? (presented by Pupo) (musical game show) (weekly)
• Soliti Ignoti - Identità Nascoste (presented by Fabrizio Frizzi (shown until March 1, 2008, restarted on Summer 2008)
• Imbattibile Banzuke (Italian version of Unbeatable Banzuke with Canale 5, Italia 1, Rai Due, Rai Tre, and Rete 4) (everyday)

Italian TV series

• Incantesimo (the most popular and longest Italian TV series) (season 11 showing)
• Don Matteo (season 6 showing)
• Provaci Ancora Prof. (season 3 showing)
• Capri (season 2 showing)
• Orgoglio (no longer shown)
• Un medico in famiglia (season 5 showed March - May 2007)
• Gente di mare (season 2 showed until November 2007)
• Lo zio d'America (season 2 showed on October 2007)
• Il Commissario Montalbano (selected episodes showing)
• Un Caso di Coscienza (season 3 showed until January 2008)

Foreign series

• McLeod's Daughters (summer time)
• Commander in Chief (summer time)
• Murder She Wrote (weekend middays)

Children programmes

• Zecchino d'Oro

Sports

Traditionally, Rai Uno broadcasts only two sports, but they are the first and second most followed sports in Italy: football and Formula 1. Rai Uno usually broadcasts all the Italian national football team's matches, as well as the matches from important football competitions such as the World Cup and the European Championship. Starting from 2006, it has bought the rights to UEFA Champions League.

Rai Uno has always broadcast Formula 1 races (excluding the first half of the 90s, when the rights were bought by the Mediaset group) with high shares. Its current rights expire in 2012.

References

External links

• Official Website (Italian)

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