Raitalia

Raitalia is distributed in all the continents, 24 hours a day with three different channels: Raitalia 1 for the Americas (United States, Canada and South America), Raitalia 2 for Asia and Australia, and Raitalia 3 for Africa.

It offers viewers the best of Rai’s television production, of every kind: from TV series to entertainment, from information to journalistic analysis and cultural productions.
The television offering of the best of RaiUno, RaiDue and RaiTre is completed by the original productions of Raitalia, as well as 700 hours of television programming and 2500 hours of radio programming.

Information takes on a fundamental role within this sphere: Italia Magazine, the daily information magazine, with English and Spanish subtitles, featuring stories on Italians, art, culture and international cooperation, levels of excellence within the field of all things made in Italy; Costanzo Italia, the Sunday appointment with Maurizio Costanzo, who comments on the week’s most important events; Italia Chiama Italia, a service programme dedicated to the life of Italian communities abroad, with two appointments a week, one on Thursday and the other on Sunday. The Thursday programme is dedicated to the political issues of the CGIE, Committees, Associations and Regions, and also offers opportunities to reflect on current affairs and matters of interest to Italians abroad. The Sunday programme on the other hand offers visibility to large-scale cultural events all over the world and a space in which to tell the stories of the protagonists of the communities, at all levels; Regioni d’Italia, the daily magazine which tells the life of Italy’s towns and villages, created in conjunction with TGR. A special space is dedicated to sport with La Giostra dei Gol, the traditional appointment for Italians living abroad all about Italian football, offering all the matches played in the Serie A and Serie B Football Championships.
During the programme, broadcast every Saturday and Sunday, comments and confrontations liven up the studio. The information pages close with the service broadcast, represented by the religious slot, Cristianità, broadcast every Sunday after the Pope’s Angelus, with studio guests and recorded services. The information programmes are joined by those of the network. The programming of Storie d’Italia continued. This is a three-year cycle of programmes, dedicated to the 150th anniversary of the Unification of Italy, which provides an excellent opportunity to tell the story of our country, using the wealth of TV series, inquiries and documents from the Teche Rai. A rich anthology, dating from March 1861, introduced every week by studio guests who analyse the historical period on which the episode focuses, with immense appreciation by viewers.

Daily appointment with Italia è..., everything unknown to those with little knowledge of Italy, dedicated to the Italian language, music, entertainment, art and culture that have made Italy internationally great. Gran Sportello Italia, the weekly information and service appointment which tackles issues relating to taxes, pensions, citizenship and the health service for Italians living abroad, offering extensive space to the stories of Italians who have made their mark outside of Italy. And last but not least, the return to our screens of Renzo Arbore, with the programme Oggi qui….domani là, an ironic and entertaining ‘hagiography’ of the artist’s television and musical activities, an opportunity to celebrate 20 years of concerts by Arbore and his ‘Orchestra Italiana’ all over the world, from China to the United States, from Russia to Brazil, from Canada to Argentina.

Raitalia is also radio and Internet, for a complete media offering. The radio with news and information, with sport and the historical broadcasts of Taccuino Italiano and Notturno Italiano.

Taccuino Italiano continues its journey through literature, art, music, entertainment and society. Notturno Italiano, the oldest programme in Rai galaxy, together with La Domenica Sportiva, on air every night from 20 past midnight to 6.00 a.m., has disseminated the tradition for Italian music of all times, also presenting, with live link-ups, some of the most important light music events that take place in Italy. The Radio offering is completed with Racconto Italiano, drama-documentaries and TV series which tell the life and vicissitudes of famous Italians loved all over the world.

For a complete media offering, Raitalia is also the Internet, with two portals, both online in English and Spanish versions too.

The first, Rai Internazionale online (www.international.rai.it) is linked to radio and television production where users can consult the programming and enjoy TV on demand and radio via streaming. It is an information and TV Division Specialized offering 43 analysis service on the TV and radio programming of Italian public television abroad and the distribution of the signal in the world.

The second portal, Italica (www.italica.rai.it) is dedicated to Italian culture. A veritable virtual encyclopaedia of our country, dedicated to its history, customs and tradition, with the institutional aim of disseminating and promoting the knowledge of the Italian language and culture throughout the world.

In 2010 Rai Internazionale online and Italica totalled about 20 million pages viewed and about 4 million single users (Nielsen figures). The average monthly traffic is about 1,650,000 pages viewed and 320 thousand single users.

The total number of pages online is over 100,000, with about 200,000 pictures and over 8,000 audio and video files. The programming of the Television Channels (Raitalia Tv), the radio broadcaster (Raitalia Radio) and websites published by Rai Internazionale observe the inspiring criteria indicated by the Convention between Rai - Radiotelevisione Italiana and the Presidency of the Council of Ministers, signed in 2010, in force until 31 December 2012.