RAI
State-owned Italian broadcasting company
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| 2024 | Meloni attempted to request more speaking time for government ministers during the European election campaign, challenging the 'par conditiono' law that mandates equal broadcasting time for all parties. The attempt was met with significant resistance and ultimately abandoned. |
| April 25 2024 | Antonio Scurati was disinvited by RAI from reading a Liberation Day speech criticizing the government's historical narrative, highlighting tensions between the public broadcaster and the writer over political discourse about fascism. |
| 2023 | Giorgia Meloni was accused of pressuring the head of RAI to support her political agenda. |
| 2022 | Guardia di Finanza launched an investigation into corruption and bribes at RAI, resulting in at least 5 people being arrested. The investigation was ongoing at the time of reporting. |
| 2022 | Fedez is not invited to the annual Concertone event, which he claims is a consequence of the previous year's controversy. |
| December 16 2022 | Discontinuation of Rai Radio Indie |
| October 2022 | After the Meloni government took office, influential RAI managers were replaced, leading to the departure of prominent journalists and presenters like Fabio Fazio, Bianca Berlinguer, and Lucia Annunziata. |
| July 2021 | A new board of RAI is elected, including the CEO and executives. RAI's CEO Fuortes withdraws the legal action against Fedez and reveals that no legal action was ever intended by the new management. |
| May 1 2021 | Fedez performs at the 1 May concert, delivering a speech about entertainment workers affected by COVID-19 and advocating for legislation to punish violence against women and LGBT people. He exposes alleged censorship attempts by RAI executives. |
| January 2019 | Rai Libri was re-established, separating from Rai Com and becoming an independent publishing entity within the RAI organization. |
| October 15 2018 | Renamed to 'Rai Libri'. |
| June 18 2018 | Introduction of Rai Radio Indie (initially as Rai Radio 2 Indie) |
| June 11 2017 | Discontinuation of Rai Radio 8 Opera |
| 2016 | RAI began financing the mandatory annual television licence through electricity bills, changing the previous collection method. |
| 2016 | During the first broadcast of 'How to Get Away with Murder' on Rai 2, gay kisses of a main character (played by Jack Falahee) were completely cut off. RAI apologized, calling it a 'mistake of an overzealous editor'. The incident led to strong criticism on social media, with Falahee and showrunner Shonda Rhimes publicly condemning the network's censorship. |
| August 1 2016 | Rai Sport 2 HD channel launched for 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games |
| June 17 2016 | Ultra HD 4K programming channel introduced by RAI |
| 2015 | Rai Expo was established to support and raise public awareness about the Expo 2015 event in Milan. |
| 2015 | The 'Rai Reform' law no. 220 was enacted, establishing a new consolidated law on radio and television (Consolidated Law on Radio and Television), which outlined new regulations for RAI's public service broadcasting. |
| August 6 2015 | Launch of Rai Radio 8 Opera |
| March 2015 | The Italian Court of Audit expressed concern about RAI's debt of 442 million euros and its potential impact on Italian citizens, as RAI is a state-owned company. |
| 2014 | Rai Eri was included in Rai Com, marking a significant organizational restructuring of the publishing division within the RAI group. |
| January 3 2014 | Rai Teche published the complete 1925–1995 archives of URI/RAI's publication online. |
| June 11 2013 | RAI was among the few European broadcasters to publicly condemn and criticize the closure of Greece's state broadcaster ERT. |
| May 6 2013 | A new channel focused on Italian culture and national TV shows was introduced by RAI, expanding its international broadcasting offerings. |
| 2011 | Rai Com was created to manage marketing rights of productions. |
| 2011 | RAI removed episode 125 of the German TV soap 'Um Himmels Willen' (titled 'Romeo and Romeo') from Rai 1's schedule to 'avoid controversy'. |
| December 31 2011 | Closure of Rai Italia Radio after 81 years of broadcasting |
| November 26 2010 | Rai 5 channel launched, dedicated to arts and culture programming |
| May 18 2010 | Rai Sport 2 channel launched |
| May 18 2010 | Raisat underwent a major upgrade and rebranding, introducing new channel names including Rai YoYo, Rai 5, Rai Premium, and Rai Movie, dropping the 'sat' suffix from previous channel names. |
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