Rai 2
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| Rai 2 | |
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| Launched | November 4, 1961 |
| Owned by | RAI - Radiotelevisione italiana S.p.a. |
| Audience share | 12.60% (2008, [1]) |
| Country |  Italy |
| Formerly called | Secondo Programma (1961-1975) Rete 2 (1975- 1982) Rai Due (1982- 2010) |
| Website | www.raidue.rai.it |
| Availability | |
| Terrestrial | |
| Analogue | PAL, The channel cannot be watched in switched-off and switched-over areas. |
| Digital | DVB-T, LCN 2 |
| Satellite | |
| Analogue | Not available |
| Digital | DVB-S (scrambled in Mediaguard during some events) on Hotbird, Astra and Atlantic Bird |
| SKY Italia | Channels 102 and 5002 |
| NOVA Greece | Channel 855 |
| Cable | |
| MC Cable | Channel 202 |
| Com Hem | Channel 213 |
| Cablecom | Channel 094 Channel 203 (digital CH-D) |
| Numericable | Channel 77 |
| Internet television | |
| Rai.tv | Live Streaming |
| Yalp.alice.it | Live Streaming |
Rai 2 is one of the three main television channels broadcast by Italian public television company RAI alongside with Rai 1 and Rai 3. Rai 2 first started broadcasting on 4 November 1961. In the eighties it was known for its political affiliation to the Italian Socialist Party; in recent years it shifted its focus toward talk shows, reality television and infotainment.
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[edit] Programs
[edit] News and information
- TG2, Rai 2 main news programme, current director is Mario Orfeo.
- Annozero, hosted by Michele Santoro.
[edit] Shows
- Pomeriggio sul 2, hosetd by Milo Infante, Caterina Balivo and Lorena Bianchetti
- Quelli che... il Calcio, hosted by Simona Ventura
- Mezzogiorno In Famiglia
- Voyager - ai confini della conoscenza, hosted by Roberto Giacobbo
- Top of the Pops
- Eurovision Song Contest
[edit] Reality shows
- L'Isola dei Famosi (Italian version of Celebrity Survivor hosted by Simona Ventura)
[edit] Series
- 8 Semplici Regole... (8 Simple Rules)
- 90210
- Desperate Housewives
- American Dreams
- One Tree Hill
- Lost
- NCIS
- Cobra 11
- Star Wars: The Clone Wars
- The 4400
- Vite Sull'Onda (Beyond the Break)
- Alias
- Cold Case
- Ghost Whisperer
- Worst Week
- Las Vegas
- Senza Traccia (Without a Trace)
- The District
- JAG
- Law & Order
- Life is Wild
- Streghe (Charmed)
- The Practice
- Le Cose Che Amo di Te (What I Like About You)
- ER
- Friends
- The Dead Zone
- Roswell
- Shop 'til You Drop
- Supernatural
- Popular
- Life On Mars
- La Complicata Vita Di Christine The New Adventures of Old Christine
- Murder, she wrote (The series is passed on Rete 4).
- Numb3rs
- Miami Vice
- Home Improvement
- Hidden Palms
- Private Practice
[edit] Italian Sitcom
- Piloti
- Quelli dell'Intervallo (a Disney Channel Italy production)
- 7 Vite
[edit] Anime
- Digimon series
- Gear Fighter Dendoh
- Guru Guru
- Medarot
- Monster Rancher
- Super Doll Licca-chan
- UFO Baby
- Ashita no Nadja
- Inazuma Eleven
- Space Pirate Captain Harlock
- Galaxy Express 999
- Super Gals
[edit] Other Kids' Shows
- Barney e amici
- Winx Club (2004–present)
- Cartoon Flakes
Cartoon Flakes is a show that include cartoons like:
- Tre gemelle e una strega (The Triplets)
- A scuola con l'imperatore (The Emperor's New Groove)
- Kim Possible
- Monster Allergy
- Pretty Cure Max Heart
- Mickey Mouse Works
- Eppur si muove
- Blanche
- Le nuove avventure di braccio di ferro (Popeye the Sailor)
- Pingu
- I Cuccioli
- Winx Club
- Sonic X
- iCarly
- Merrie Melodies
New cartoons to come on Sunday:
- Power Rangers SPD
- Monster Warriors
- Pucca
[edit] Soap Operas
[edit] Sports
- Sabato Sprint
- Dribbling
- DS - La Domenica Sportiva
- Pit Lane
[edit] Not longer aired programs
Until the 1975-1976 season regular broadcasting was monochrome, with very few exceptions. Since the 1976 summer season, then called Rete 2 began airing at first some new show in colour, then a semi-regular colour broadcasting during the fall season (anyway few hours a week). Rai 1 followed its "sister network" some month later. Eventually, regular broadcasting in colour began in February 1, 1977.
- Rischiatutto, one hour long Italian version of Jeopardy!, hosted by Mike Bongiorno, aired on Thursday night, from February 5, 1970, at 9:15 PM (in 1972 season at 9:30 PM). About 20 millions of viewer watched every episode of the show,[3] the first one aired on Rai 2 to enter in the list of the Ten Most Watched Programs on Italian TV during the year. Last two seasons (1973 and 1974) were aired on Rai 1.
- Ondalibera (known popularly as Televacca, Cow TV), one hour long comedy and satirical show hosted by a very young Roberto Benigni, in his television debut. In the show, the Tuscan peasant Mario Cioni (Benigni) hosts a program aired in the fictional local channel Televacca, which has its headquarters in a stable full of hay and animals. Using a sometimes vulgar and desecrating speech, with a heavy Tuscan accent, Benigni improvised monologues and satirized the TV medium and the society. Co-hosts were the boor Monna (Carlo Monni) and his "daughter" Donatella, a Daisy Mae Yokum style young woman.[4] Considered one of the most controversial programs in Italian TV history, censored and interrupted after only four episodes despite a relatively good success, the program debuted in December 19, 1976, airing on Sunday nights at 8:45 PM.[5]
[edit] Logos
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| 2000–2010 | 2010–present |
[edit] References
- ^ "Rapporto ANNO 2008". Auditel. http://www.auditel.it/doc/sintesiannuale2008.xls.
- ^ "Naval Criminal Investigative Service In onda la domenica alle 21.00" (in Italian). RAI. http://www.ncis.rai.it/dl/portali/site/articolo/ContentItem-f4e27866-5475-4ed6-843e-7bad9da07cc6.html. Retrieved 2010-05-21.
- ^ http://www.eurojump.com/content/ventimilioni-il-gioved%C3%AC-di-mike (Italian)
- ^ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DnBmyzkAPHQ
- ^ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Knc8aUslmDw The "opening theme" of the show, titled "La Marcia degli Incazzati" (Pissed Off Guys' March)
[edit] External links
- Official Website (Italian)
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