This article is about the Italian national broadcasting company. For other uses, see Rai (disambiguation).
RAI – Radiotelevisione italiana S.p.A.
Logo used since 2016
RAI headquarters in Rome
Company type
Società per azioni (S.p.A.), state-owned
Industry
Mass media
Founded
1924; 100 years ago (1924) (as URI)
1944; 80 years ago (1944) (as RAI)
1954; 70 years ago (1954) (as RAI S.p.A.)
Founder
Government of Italy
Headquarters
14 Viale Giuseppe Mazzini Rome, Italy
Area served
Italy and other neighbouring countries in the European Union, Tunisia, Switzerland, Albania, Bosnia, Monaco, Montenegro, San Marino and Vatican City
Key people
Roberto Sergio (CEO)
Marinella Soldi (chairman)
Products
Broadcasting
Radio
Services
Television
Radio
Web portal
Revenue
€2.52 billion (2021)[1]
Net income
€30.44 million (2021)[1]
Owner
Ministry of Economy and Finance
Number of employees
12,751 (2021)[1]
Subsidiaries
Rai Way
Rai Pubblicità S.p.A.
Rai Com S.p.A.
Rai Cinema S.p.A.
01 Distribution S.r.l.
Website
www.rai.it
www.raiplay.it
www.raiplaysound.it
RAI – Radiotelevisione italiana[2] (Italian:[ˈraiˌradjoteleviˈzjoːneitaˈljaːna]), commercially styled as Rai since 2000 and known until 1954 as Radio Audizioni Italiane,[a] 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[4] and other minor radio and television networks. RAI has a relatively high television audience share of 35.9%.[5]
RAI broadcasts are also received in surrounding countries, including Albania, Bosnia, Croatia, France, Malta, Monaco, Montenegro, San Marino, Slovenia, Switzerland, Serbia, 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 broadcast receiving licence fees, the remainder from the sale of advertising time.[6][7] In 1950, RAI became one of the 23 founding members of the European Broadcasting Union.
^ abcReports and Financial Statements as of 31 December 2021 (in English) Retrieved on 04-03-2023
^"Rai.it – Il gruppo Rai". rai.it. Retrieved 25 December 2017.
^La radio in Italia cronologia. Archived 18 October 2017 at the Wayback Machine (in Italian). Retrieved on 2007-11-28.
^Pusterla, Sabrina (27 November 2018). "The Italian Television System Explained". Italics Magazine. Retrieved 3 July 2019.
^"RAI – Un 2019 ricco di ascolti tra film, fiction, sport e programmi TV". Cinemaitaliano.info. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
^"Basta con il governo padrone, così cambierà la Tv pubblica". Archived 2007-12-27 at archive.today (in Italian). Retrieved on 2007-10-10.
^" DDL Riforma Rai". Archived 2007-12-13 at archive.today (in Italian). Italian Ministry of Communications. Retrieved on 2007-10-10.
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