RAI 1
| Rai 1 | |
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| Launched | 3 January 1954 |
| Owned by | Rai |
| Picture format |
576i (PAL) 16:9 1080i (HDTV) |
| Audience share | 15,71% (May 2016, ) |
| Country | Italy |
| Language | Italian |
| Broadcast area | National; also distributed in Switzerland, San Marino, Vatican City, Tunisia (excluding Le Kef, Kasserine and Tozeur),Malta and via satellite across Europe and in certain areas by cable. |
| Headquarters | Rome |
| Formerly called | Programma Nazionale (1954–1975) Rete 1 (1975–1982) Rai Uno (1982–2010) |
| Website | rai1.rai.it |
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Availability
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| Digital | Channel 1 (SD) Channel 501 (HD) |
| Satellite | |
| Digital | DVB-S (scrambled in Mediaguard during some events) on Hotbird, Astra, Atlantic Bird and Hispasat |
| Sky Italia | Channel 101 |
| Digiturk | Channel 101 |
| CanalSat | Channel 365 |
| NOVA Greece | Channel 854 |
| Cyfrowy Polsat | Channel 209 |
| MC Cable | Channel 201 |
| UPC Romania | Channel 192 |
| Com Hem | Channel 177 |
| TV Cabo | Channel 227 |
| Cablecom | Channel 093 Channel 202 (digital CH-D) |
| Hot | Channel 155 |
| Numericable | Channel 76 |
| UPC Romania | Channel 741 (digital with DVR) Channel 192 (digital) |
| DNA Oy | Channel 375 |
| blizoo | Channel 109 |
| Ziggo | TV Italiana Ziggo App |
| Streaming media | |
| Rai Play | http://www.raiplay.it/dirette/rai1 |
Rai 1 (until May 2010 known as Rai Uno) is the flagship television channel of Rai, Italy's national public service broadcaster, and second most watched television channel in the country. It is a general interest channel, mainly focused on shows, movies and public service; its direct competitor is Mediaset's Canale 5.
The first set of programming for Rai 1 was almost completely educational with no advertising, except for the popular Carosello. Early shows were meant to teach a common language to a country torn apart by World War II. Shows like Non è mai troppo tardi... were simply shot in a classroom set and meant to help with reconstruction. While televisions were not widely available nor affordable, those who could spend the money on them became community leaders and often invited the neighborhood to visit. Bars and cafés turned from places where men would meet to argue or play cards into miniature cinemas where arguments over what show to watch would break out. Women and children were also more accepted inside the bars, as a result of the lack of men post-war and their need to enter working society. Churches also bought televisions are a means of drawing people to spend time as part of those communities.
The channel launched an HDTV 1080i simulcast in September 2013, available nationwide on satellite, and on DTT in few Italian provinces. Previously, HD programs used to be aired on Rai HD.
Traditionally, Rai 1 broadcasts only two sports, but they are the first and second most followed sports in Italy: football and Formula 1. Rai Uno usually broadcasts all the Italian national football team's matches, as well as the matches from important football competitions such as the World Cup and the European Championship. Starting from 2006, it has bought the rights to UEFA Champions League. In 2012 Mediaset bought the rights for the Champions League.
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