RAI

Also known as RAI Radiotelevisione Italiana, Radiotelevisione Italiana

' (), commercially styled as since 2000 and known until 1954 as ' (RAI), is the national public broadcasting company of Italy, owned by the Ministry of Economy and Finance. RAI operates many terrestrial and subscription television channels and radio stations. It is one of the biggest broadcasters in Europe and the biggest in Italy, competing with Mediaset and other minor radio and television networks. RAI has a relatively high television audience share of about 35.9%.

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RAI is Italy's national public broadcasting company that operates multiple television channels and radio stations, making it one of Europe's largest broadcasters. It matters because it reaches a significant portion of Italian viewers—commanding about 35.9% of the television audience—and plays a major role in the country's media landscape alongside private competitors like Mediaset.

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Key facts

Company.net_income: €30.44 million (2021)
Company.owner: Ministry of Economy and Finance
Company.num_employees: 12,605 (2023)
Company.location: 14 Rome, Italy
Company.name: Rai Libri
Company.logo: Rai Libri - Logo 2018.svg
Company.predecessor: URI/RAI
Company.founded: in Turin, Italy
Company.industry: Publishing
Company.hq_location_city: 18 Via Umberto Novaro, Rome
Company.logo_size: 150px
Company.logo_alt: Logo of Rai
Company.logo_caption: Logo used since 2016
Company.image: Rai Roma viale mazzini.JPG
Company.image_caption: RAI headquarters in Rome
Company.type: (S.p.A.), state-owned
Company.founder: Government of Italy
Company.area_served: Italy and other neighbouring countries in the European Union, Tunisia, Switzerland, Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Monaco, Montenegro, San Marino, and Vatican City

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Type: Company
Founded: 1924
Location: Rome, Italy
Also known as: RAI
Status: Active

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GRID grid.425772.1 · ISNI 0000 0001 0946 5291

Wikidata facts

Official name: Radiotelevisione italiana S.p.A.
Employees: 12751
Revenue: 2520000000
Official website: www.rai.it
Image: Rai Roma viale mazzini.JPG
Motto: Per te. Per tutti.

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Commons category: RAI (broadcaster)
short name: RAI
inception: 1954-00-00
social media followers: 6080000

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Contents

Structure
History
1924
1940s
1950s
2000s
2010s
Corporate identity
Controversies
Political fairness and balance between public service and commercial TV market
Political censorship and civil rights advocacy controversies
Fedez controversy
Editorial independence
Accusing of censorship on Liberation Day 2024
Budget and unjustified expenses
TV channels
Current channels
In high definition and ultra definition
International
Regional
Discontinued channels
Radio stations
Current stations
Discontinued stations
Divisions and subsidiaries
Related companies
Other services
Rai Libri
Publishing history
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Headquarters and offices
Local offices
Foreign offices
Finances
Debt level
Mandatory annual fee on all televisions in Italy
Over-the-top media service
See also
Notes
References
External links

RAI broadcasts are also received in surrounding countries, including Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, France, Malta, Monaco, Montenegro, San Marino, Slovenia, Switzerland, Serbia, Romania, Tunisia, and the Vatican City, and elsewhere on pay television and some channels FTA across Europe including UK on the Hotbird satellite. Half of RAI's revenues come from the broadcast receiving licence fees, the remainder from the sale of advertising time. In 1950, RAI became one of the 23 founding members of the European Broadcasting Union.