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Country | Italy |
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Broadcast area | Italy Vatican City San Marino Switzerland Monaco |
Headquarters | Milan, Italy |
Programming | |
Language(s) | Italian |
Picture format | 1080i HDTV |
Ownership | |
Owner | Mediaset (MFE - MediaForEurope) |
Sister channels | Italia 2 Rete 4 Canale 5 20 Iris 27 Twentyseven La5 Cine34 Focus Top Crime Boing Boing Plus Cartoonito TGcom24 Mediaset Extra |
History | |
Launched | 3 January 1982 |
Links | |
Website | Italia 1 |
Availability | |
Terrestrial | |
Digital terrestrial television | Channel 6 (HD) |
Streaming media | |
Mediaset Infinity | Italia 1 |
Italia 1 (Italian pronunciation [iˈtaːlja ˈuːno]) is an Italian free-to-air television channel on the Mediaset network, owned by MFE - MediaForEurope. It is oriented at both young and adult people.
Italia 1 was launched on 3 January 1982 and, originally, was owned by Rusconi; after a few months, however, due to the aggressive dumping practices of Silvio Berlusconi's rival network Canale 5, Rusconi was forced to sell the majority of his company to Fininvest, allowing Berlusconi to further strengthen his media holdings.