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2001 In Italian Television
This is a list of Italian television related events from 2001. Events * March 20: the Italian Parliament approves the Law 66 about radio and television; it has chosen December 31, 2006 as the date for the passage of TV broadcasting from analog to digital. RAI * February 26 – March 3: Sanremo festival, hosted by Raffaella Carrà and Enrico Papi, won by Elisa with '' Luce (tramonti a nord est).'' The contest does not get its usual public success and is panned by critics. Particularly, the Placebo's vocalist Brian Molko, who brokes a guitar on stage, and the co-presenter Enrico Papi who, during a linkup with Buenos Aires, mocks the principal of the Italian schools in Argentina for her Southern accent, arouse scandal. *March 1: in the D+ package, debut of the channel RaiSat Fiction, dedicated to the best of European fiction. *March 14: two months before the election the journalist Marco Travaglio, presenting his book ''L’odore dei soldi'' (The money's aroma) at the Dan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marcello Dell'Utri
Marcello Dell'Utri (born 11 September 1941) is a former Italian politician. He is best known for being a senior advisor to former prime minister Silvio Berlusconi, of whom he became a secretary in his early 20s and since the 1970s had worked for him at his many companies, including Publitalia '80 and Fininvest Rai. Dell'Utri's life and career have been marred by controversies and legal issues, including a conviction for external complicity in mafia association. Formerly a member of the Italian Parliament from 1996 to 2013 and of the European Parliament from 1999 to 2004, Dell'Utri was found guilty of tax fraud, false accounting, and complicity in conspiracy with the Sicilian Mafia, also known as Cosa Nostra; the conviction for the last charge was upheld on 9 May 2014 by the Supreme Court of Cassation (Italy), Supreme Court of Cassation, the highest judicial court in Italy, which sentenced Dell'Utri to seven years in prison. The conviction is final and cannot be further appealed; ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maurizio Costanzo
Maurizio Costanzo (28 August 1938 – 24 February 2023) was an Italian television host, journalist, screenwriter, and film director. Biography Costanzo began his career as a journalist, first as a contributing writer to '' Paese Sera'' and then as managing editor of the weekly '' Grazia''. In the late 1970s, he was the founding editor of the newspaper ''L'Occhio''. Parallel to his career as a journalist, he worked as a radio and TV host, where he became known for his subtle, low-profile irony. His most popular show, ''Bontà loro'' was a staple of RAI's programming but he was forced to resign after news broke that he was a member of the Propaganda Due masonic lodge. Costanzo then moved to Silvio Berlusconi's main TV station Canale 5, where he hosted the ''Maurizio Costanzo Show''. It was the first Italiano talk show. The program worked as a talent scout and launched many Italian artists and showmen (like Alessandro Bergonzoni, Dario Vergassola, Walter Nudo, Daniele Lutta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francesco Rutelli
Francesco Rutelli (born 14 June 1954) is an Italian journalist and former politician, who is the president of National Association of Film and Audiovisual Industry, since October 2016 and re-elected for the 2020–2022 term, plus ANICA Servizi. He's the legal representative of MIA (Italian Audiovisual Market). He also chairs the "Centro per un Futuro Sostenibile" (Centre for a Sustainable Future – a bipartisan think tank on climate change and environmental issues). He was during 15 years co-president of the European Democratic Party, a centrist European political party. He has been Mayor of Rome 1994–2001, and president of the centrist party Democracy is Freedom – The Daisy 2002–2007. He was the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Culture and Tourism in the second cabinet of Prime Minister Romano Prodi 2006–2008. Currently he also chairs Incontro di Civiltà (''Civilizations Meeting''); Videocittà, Moving Images Festival (Rome, 2018–2019); Priorità Cultura (''C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Contract With The Italians
The Contract with the Italians () is a document presented and signed by Silvio Berlusconi on May 8, 2001, during the television program ''Porta a Porta''. With this document, Berlusconi—then leader of the opposition—committed, in the event of an electoral victory, to implement various reforms summarized in five key points. He also pledged that if he failed to achieve at least four of the five objectives, he would not seek re-election. History The idea for the Contract with the Italians did not originate with Silvio Berlusconi. Instead, it was directly inspired by Newt Gingrich's Contract with America, introduced six weeks before the 1994 U.S. Congressional elections. The concept was adapted by Berlusconi’s advisor, Luigi Crespi. The "Contract" text Contract with the Italians, Between Silvio Berlusconi, born September 29, 1936, in Milan, leader of ''Forza Italia'' and of the '' Casa delle Libertà'' coalition, in agreement with all coalition partners, and the Italian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Porta A Porta
''Porta a Porta'' () is an Italian late night television talk show A talk show is a television programming, radio programming or podcast genre structured around the act of spontaneous conversation.Bernard M. Timberg, Robert J. Erler'' (2010Television Talk: A History of the TV Talk Show', pp.3-4Erler, Robert (201 ... hosted by the Italian journalist Bruno Vespa and is broadcast on Rai Uno since 1996, lasting 23 seasons. Its first episode aired on January 22, 1996. The show airs on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays. Scheduling and format The formula and placement of the program within the schedule have remained unchanged over the years, while the number of evenings has changed. In the first season the program dealt exclusively with politics and was broadcast two evenings a week (Monday and Thursday) alternating with the weekly costume program ''Cliché'' hosted by Carmen Lasorella, broadcast on Wednesdays. From season 2, ''Cliché'' was cancelled, ''Porta a Porta'' expands i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rai Med
Rai Med was an Italian television channel owned and operated by RAI. Overview Mainly devoted to the Maghreb area, the channel provided Arabic and Italian programming from RAI, including in particular an Arabic dub of the evening edition of TG3. Rai Med was in a timeshare with Rai News 24 and Rai Italia Rai Italia is the international Italian language television service of Rai Com, a subsidiary of RAI, Italy's public national broadcaster. Rai Italia operates a television network that broadcasts around the world via four localized feeds. Progr ... during its broadcast. Rai Med closed down in April 2014 due to programming no longer existing since April 2012. On 23 March 2016, Rai Med, which has been on a black screen for some time, was eliminated from the Hotbird frequency. References External links * Defunct RAI television channels Television channels and stations established in 2001 Television channels and stations disestablished in 2014 2001 establishments i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Enzo Biagi
Enzo Biagi (; 9 August 1920 – 6 November 2007) was an Italian journalist, writer and former partisan. Life and career Biagi was born in Lizzano in Belvedere, and began his career as a journalist in Bologna. In 1952, he worked on the screenplay of the historical film '' Red Shirts''. In 1953, he became the editor-in-chief of '' Epoca'' magazine. Active in journalism for six decades and author of some eighty books, Biagi won numerous awards, among which were the 1979 Saint Vincent prize and the 1985 Ischia International Journalism Award. In 1987, he won the Premio Bancarella for his book ''Il boss è solo'', interviewing former Sicilian Mafia boss Tommaso Buscetta, who had turned ''pentito'' (state witness). He worked on the Italian national TV channel Rai 1 until 2001. On 9 May 2001, just two days before the general elections in Italy, during his daily prime time 10-minute TV show ''Il Fatto'', broadcast on Rai Uno, Biagi interviewed the popular actor and director Roberto ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alain Elkann
Alain Elkann (born 23 March 1950) is an Italian novelist and journalist. Elkann is the host of cultural programs on Italian television. He is president of the Scientific Committee of the Italy–USA Foundation. A recurring theme in his books is the history of the Jews in Italy, their centrality to Italian history, and the relation between the Jewish faith and other religions. He is a writer for ''La Règle du Jeu'', '' Nuovi Argomenti'', ''A'', and ''Shalom'' magazines. Early life and family A member of the wealthy and influential Elkann family, he was born in New York City; the family returned to Italy soon after his birth. His Italian Jewish mother, Carla Ovazza, is from the influential Turinese Ovazza banking family; on 26 November 1975, she was a victim of kidnapping in Turin. His great-uncle, Ettore Ovazza, had been an early financial supporter of Benito Mussolini, whom he was a personal friend of, and Italian fascism, which he supported until the Italian racial laws of 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Indro Montanelli
Indro Alessandro Raffaello Schizogene Montanelli (; 22 April 1909 – 22 July 2001) was an Italian journalist, historian, and writer. He was one of the fifty World Press Freedom Heroes according to the International Press Institute. A volunteer for the Second Italo-Ethiopian War and an admirer of Benito Mussolini's dictatorship, Montanelli had a change of heart in 1943, and joined the liberal resistance group Giustizia e Libertà but was discovered and arrested along with his wife by Nazi authorities in 1944. Sentenced to death, he was able to flee to Switzerland the day before his scheduled execution by firing squad thanks to a secret service double agent. After World War II, Montanelli continued his work at ''Corriere della Sera'', where he started working in 1938, and distinguished himself as a staunch liberal-conservative columnist for many decades. An intransigent, anti-conformist, and anti-communist, he defended the idea of another political right, which was sober, culture ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michele Santoro
Michele Santoro (born 2 July 1951) is an Italian journalist, television host and presenter. He also served till October 2005 as Member of the European Parliament for Southern Italy with the United in the Olive Tree list, part of the Socialist Group and sat on the European Parliament's Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs, being a substitute for the Committee on Culture and Education, a member of the Delegation to the EU-Russia Parliamentary Cooperation Committee and a substitute for the Delegation to the EU-Croatia Joint Parliamentary Committee. Education and career Santoro was born in Salerno. A graduate in philosophy, he made a successful debut in the Italian media as editor-in-chief on the regional newspaper ''La Voce della Campania'' ("Voice of Campania") and collaborating with some other national newspapers and magazines like '' Il Mattino'', '' L'Unità'' and '' Epoca''. Before being hired by RAI, he had had some experience with a number of radio s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luciano Violante
Luciano Violante (born 25 September 1941) is an Italian judge and politician. Biography Violante was born in Dire Dawa. His father, a journalist and Communist, was forced to emigrate to Ethiopia by the fascist regime. His family was held by the British in an internment camp, where Violante was born and remained until 1943. Graduated in jurisprudence at University of Bari in 1963, he joined the magistrature in 1966 and became professor of public law at University of Turin in 1970. Later he held the position of full professor at University of Camerino. He indicted Edgardo Sogno in 1974 for having planned the so-called '' Golpe bianco'' ("White coup"), but had to release him in 1978, declaring it impossible to prosecute him. From 1977 to 1979 he worked in the legislative office of the Ministry of Justice, primarily concerned with the struggle against terrorism. He was named investigative magistrate in Turin in 1979. In 1983 he became a professor of legal institutions and penal p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
