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2005 In Italian Television
This is a list of Italian television related events from 2005. Events *26 February – Actress and TV host Hoara Borselli and her partner Simone Di Pasquale win the first season of '' Ballando con le stelle''. Debuts Domestic *8 January – '' Ballando con le stelle'' (2005–present) International *October – ''BB3B'' (Disney Channel) (2005) Television shows RAI Miniseries * ''La maledizione dei templari'' (The Templars' curse) – by Josée Dayan, from Maurice Druon’s ''The accursed kings'', with Jeanne Moreau, Gerard Depardieu and Luca Barbareschi; 5 episodes. Coproduced with France and Romania. Variety * ''Speciale per me, ovvero meno siamo meglio stiamo'' (Special for me, or The less, the merrier) – musical show, hosted by Renzo Arbore and Antonio Stornaiolo. The program, ideated in 4 episodes, is dilated until 17 ones, thanks to its public success. * ''Bla bla bla'' – fake talk-show, (actually, a demented parody of the genre) hosted by Lilo and Greg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lillo & Greg
Pasquale Petrolo (Rome, 27 August 1962) and Claudio Gregori (Rome, 17 November 1963), best known as Lillo & Greg, are an Italian comedy duo who work on stage, film, television, radio as well as musicians, authors and cartoonists. Life and career Petrolo and Gregori first met in 1986, when they both worked as cartoonists for the same publishing house, ACME (Petrolo as author of ''Zio Tibia'', realized together with Michelangelo La Neve, while Gregori for ''I sottotitolati''). When in 1991 the publishing house failed, the two decided to engage in new projects, most notably the creation of a comedy rock group, Latte & i Suoi Derivati ("Milk & Its Derivatives"). Active in television, radio, on stage and in films, they are among the creators of the TV-program ''Le Iene'', and since 2003 they are authors and hosts of the program ''610 - Sei Uno Zero'' on Radio 2. Filmography *'' Bagnomaria'' (1999) *''Blek Giek'' (2001) *''Per non dimenticarti'' (2006) *'' Fascisti su Marte'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
QOOB
QOOB was an Italian television channel owned by MTV Italy, launched in 2005 and permanently closed in 2009. Content Was launched in November 2005 as ''XXXX'' on Telecom Italia Media analogue television frequencies. Broadcasting indie music videos and user-generated content, on 8 April 2006 was renamed as ''Flux'' and later, on 30 November 2006, was again renamed as ''QOOB''. From 1 January 2009 to 9 February 2009, Telecom Italia Media has temporarily stopped broadcasting and definitively closed on 3 November 2009. A program called ''The QOOB Factory'' on MTV Brand New broadcast user-generated videos from QOOB website. On 30 June 2011 QOOB was replaced by a new channel called CanalOne. References External links ''QOOB'' official website QOOBon YouTube YouTube is an American social media and online video sharing platform owned by Google. YouTube was founded on February 14, 2005, by Steve Chen, Chad Hurley, and Jawed Karim who were three former employees of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fox Crime (Italian TV Channel)
Fox Crime was an Italian pay television channel owned by Fox Networks Group Italy, dedicated to broadcast crime series. A time-shift channel called Fox Crime +1, which broadcast the same programmes an hour later, was launched on 1 May 2007. On 1 June 2009, a HD simulcast called Fox Crime HD was launched. In November 2010, a second time-shift channel, Fox Crime +2, was introduced. On 1 July 2021, the channel closed. Programming The main staples were major American crime series, most of which could be seen on the channel, including many series from the ''Law & Order'' and '' CSI'' franchise. The channel also featured older cult series, British crime series and original Italian, French, and German productions. Programmes shown include: * ''Bull'' * ''Columbo'' * ''Criminal Minds'' * '' CSI: Crime Scene Investigation'' * '' CSI: Miami'' * '' CSI: NY'' * ''Derrick'' * ''Death in Paradise'' * ''Family Law'' * ''Fast Forward'' * ''Law & Order'' * '' Law & Order: Criminal Intent'' * '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
AXN (Italian TV Channel)
AXN was an Italian pay television channel owned by Sony Pictures Entertainment. It focused on action-themed programmes, including action series and movies and action reality shows. The channel was launched in October 2005. In March 2009, it launched its own HD simulcast feed. It closed down, along with AXN Sci-Fi on 28 February 2017. Programming * '' Afterworld'' * '' Andromeda'' * '' Black Sails'' * ''Blood Ties'' * ''Breaking Bad'' * ''Charlie's Angels'' * ''The Closer'' * ''The Collector'' * '' CSI: Cyber'' * ''Damages'' * ''Fear Factor'' * '' .hack//Sign'' * '' Hawaii Five-0'' * '' Hercules: The Legendary Journeys'' * '' Justified'' * '' Kidnapped'' * ''Kung Fu'' * ''MacGyver'' * ''Man's Work'' * '' Michael Hayes'' * '' Mission: Impossible'' * '' Most Shocking'' * ''Murder'' * '' Mutant X'' * '' NCIS: New Orleans'' * '' The Net'' * ''New York Undercover'' * ''Noein'' * ''Odyssey 5'' * ''The Outer Limits'' * ''Quantum Leap'' * '' Painkiller Jane'' * ''Planetes is a J ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Real Time (TV Channel)
Real Time (Discovery Real Time until 31 August 2010) is an Italian television channel owned by Warner Bros. Discovery EMEA. The channel launched on 1 October 2005, becoming the sixth Discovery network to launch in Italy. It showed lifestyle programmes targeting a female upper-class audience of 25- to 44-year-olds. It features both foreign programmes and Italian programmes produced for the channel. On 7 April 2009 the channel adopted a new logo and a new look. This look had previously been adopted by Discovery Real Time France. After becoming the most viewed non-fiction entertainment channel on the Sky Italia platform, on 1 September 2010, it changed its name to "Real Time", and became available both on digital terrestrial and via free-to-air satellite, also joining the Tivùsat platform. On 8 November 2010 the +1 version of the channel began, and from 1 February 2012 it also broadcasts in high definition. On 13 March 2019 the SD version on the satellite definitively closed. F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
MediaShopping
MediaShopping was an Italian shopping TV channel launched on September 30, 2005, that transmitted 24-hour in Italy on DTT channel 121 on Mux ''Mediaset 2'' and on digital satellite platform SKY Italia channel 808, whose origins go back to 1998 with the channel ''H.O.T. Italia'' became first '' Home Shopping Europe'' in 2001 and then '' Canale D'' in 2003. Since March 1, 2011, the channel is replaced by ME become For you on June 6, 2011. Corporate MediaShopping S.p.A. is a company of Mediaset group, owner of the TV channel for you, until March 1, 2011, called with the homonymous name. Brand TV promotions with its own brand, still existing, are transmitted by the channel Mediaset, for shopping with phone and web. See also * Digital television in Italy *Home shopping *Mediaset Mediaset S.p.A. is an Italian mass media and television production and distribution company that is the largest commercial broadcaster in the country. The company is controlled by the ho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sportitalia 2
Sportitalia Live 24 (known as SI Live 24) is an Italian sports channel, national sports television channel that broadcasts via the internet and via HbbTV. History Born as a gemmation by his sister Sportitalia at the beginning of September 2005 with the name of SI Live 24 then becoming in 2007 Sportitalia 24. From Saturday, April 5, 2008 Sportitalia 24 was also visible in streaming on the official website of the broadcaster. Since 9 January 2009, Sportitalia and Sportitalia 24 (not included in the ranking relating to the allocation of 40% of the transmission capacity of the national multiplexes) have ceased broadcasting on the Mediaset 2 mux moving to the TIMB 1 mux. From 10 March 2009 Sportitalia 24 has joined the Sky Italia Sky Italia S.r.l. is an Italian satellite television platform owned by the American media conglomerate Comcast. Sky Italia also broadcasts three national free-to-air television channels: TV8, Cielo, and Sky TG24. Pay TV services on the Sky ... pla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Animal Planet (Italian TV Channel)
Animal Planet was an Italian television channel broadcasting programmes about animals. All content is adapted for an Italian audience. The channel closed down on January 31, 2019. The channel launched on May 1, 2005, exclusively available on Sky Italia. It was the fifth channel launched by Discovery Networks in Italy after Discovery Channel, Discovery Science, Discovery Civilisation and Discovery Travel & Adventure. In October 2008, the channel adopted a new logo and a new look, previously adopted by the channel's American counterpart. Animal Planet closed in Italy on 1 February 2019. In April 2019, its content became available on Dplay and adopted the US version. References {{Discovery Communications Defunct television channels in Italy Italy Italy, officially the Italian Republic, is a country in Southern Europe, Southern and Western Europe, Western Europe. It consists of Italian Peninsula, a peninsula that extends into the Mediterranean Sea, with the Alps on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grande Fratello
''Grande Fratello'' (also known by the acronym ''GF'') is the Italian version of the reality television franchise '' Big Brother''. Begun in September 2000, it has gone on to become a cultural phenomenon in Italy. There have been twenty-two completed seasons as of 2023, sixteen regular seasons and seven celebrity seasons. Format Based on the original Dutch version created by Endemol, the show sees a number of "housemates", divided by gender, social backgrounds and geographical locations, locked up together in a house, where the viewing public can watch them twenty-four hours a day, and vote them out of the house as they choose. The housemates can visit the "confessional" at any time during the day, either to talk to psychologists if they need to, talk to "Big Brother", or to nominate. The title is inspired by the George Orwell novel ''1984 Events January * January 1 – The Bornean Sultanate of Brunei gains full independence from the United Kingdom, having beco ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Renzo Arbore
Lorenzo Giovanni "Renzo" Arbore (; born 24 June 1937) is an Italian television host, singer, actor and film director. Career Arbore became nationally recognized as radio anchor man, together with Gianni Boncompagni, in the late 1960s, with shows such as ''Bandiera gialla ''(1965), ''Per voi giovani ''(1967), ''Alto Gradimento ''(1970), increasingly marked by their ironical approach which later became one of their brands. He debuted in Italian television with ''Speciale per voi ''(1969–1970), which included debates about singers of that age. His first great TV success was the surreal ''L'altra domenica ''("The Other Sunday", 1976–1979), in which he launched numerous comedians including Mario Marenco, Isabella Rossellini and Roberto Benigni. Also very successful were ''Quelli della notte ''(1985), with Nino Frassica, Riccardo Pazzaglia, Maurizio Ferrini, and Roberto D'Agostino, and ''Indietro tutta!''(1988), again with Frassica, which established Arbore as one of the most ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Italian Television
Television in Italy was Timeline of the introduction of television in countries, introduced in 1939, when the first experimental broadcasts began. However, this lasted for a very short time: when fascist Italy entered World War II in 1940, all transmissions were interrupted, and were resumed in earnest only nine years after the end of the war, on January 3, 1954. There are two main national television organisations responsible for most of the viewership: state-owned RAI, accounting for 37% of the total viewing figures in May 2014, and Mediaset, a commercial network which holds about 33%. The third largest player is the Italian branch of Warner Bros. Discovery, which has a viewing share of 5.8%, whereas the fourth largest player is Cairo Communication with a viewing share of 3.5%. According to the BBC, the Italian television industry is widely considered both inside and outside the country to be overtly politics, politicized. Unlike the BBC which is controlled by a BBC Board, bo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
