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2.1.18 Digital satellite only (free to air).2.1.17 Lower channels, teleshopping channel, lower network and local channels.2.1.8 Television Broadcasting System S.r.l.2.1.1 RAI – Radiotelevisione italiana S.p.A.2.1 Most important all national free-to-view channels.2 List of nationwide television stations.

Terrestrial television has historically been the dominant form of transmission in the country. According to a December 2008 poll, only 24% of Italians trusted television news programmes, 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.

Unlike the BBC which is controlled by an independent trust, the public broadcaster RAI is under direct control of the parliament. Īccording to the BBC, the Italian television industry is widely considered both inside and outside the country to be overtly politicized.

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Apart from these three free to air companies, Comcast's satellite pay TV platform Sky Italia is increasing in viewing and shares. The third largest player, the Italian branch of Discovery Communications, had a viewing share of 5.8%. There are two main national television organisations responsible for most viewing: state-owned RAI, accounting for 37% of the total viewing figures in May 2014, and Mediaset, a commercial network which holds about 33%. 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.

Television in Italy was introduced in 1939, when the first experimental broadcasts began.

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