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''7 Gold'' is an Italy-based
television network A television broadcaster or television network is a telecommunications network for the distribution of television show, television content, where a central operation provides programming to many television stations, pay television providers or ...
, Founded in 1999 by the Italian business people Giorgio Tacchino, Giorgio Galante and Luigi Ferretti, owned by some its affiliated, and operates as a
broadcast network A terrestrial network (or broadcast network in the United States) is a group of radio stations, television stations, or other electronic media outlets, that form an agreement to air, or broadcast, content from a centralized source. For example, ...
. It airs TV series, movies, news and weather bulletins, political and sports debates programs and infomercials.


History

It was founded on 31 May 1999 under the name Italia 7 Gold by the entrepreneurs Giorgio Tacchino, Giorgio Galante and Luigi Ferretti, respectively owners of Telecity, Telepadova and Sestarete, three broadcasters already affiliated to Italia 7 (from which Europa 7 was born), after Francesco Di Stefano, founder of Europa 7, it took part in the frequency assignment tender thus renouncing the syndication of local broadcasters which until then had broadcast the Europa 7 signal as they would have become useless. The station is based in Assago, in the Milanese hinterland, which runs alongside the Castelletto d'Orba office in Piedmont. The network director is Giorgio Galante of Telepadova. On 24 June 2001, when Telemontecarlo became La7, the publisher of the network warned Telecom Italia, owner of the nascent network, from using the name with the number "7" threatening legal actions and polemically marking their broadcasts with a logo bearing the words "La Sette" together with the official one, but the story did not have any sequel. On 15 February 2001, with the match PSV-Parma, Italia 7 Gold was the first circuit of local broadcasters to broadcast a UEFA Cup Round of 16. Initially visible only in northern Italy, it spread a few years later to almost the whole national territory, registering a growing audience which, according to the Auditel surveys, reached peaks of 1.5%, especially in the evening and at night. In the summer of 2006, Telecity took the name Italia 7 on video with a different design from that of the old circuit instead of that of 7 Gold. The various conductors, furthermore, indicate the circuit now with that name. Since September 2006, after the 7 Gold name returned during the summer with a brand similar to the one there was for Italia 7, they have been using the golden logo. From 10 December 2010 to the end of 2012, 7 Gold programming became visible on the Hot Bird satellite thanks to 7 Gold Telecity; subsequently due to the high satellite management costs, the broadcaster renounced satellite transmissions. The network started "my7.tv" where you can see all the videos of shows like Diretta Stadio on a smartphone. It is also possible to interact with guests in the studio via an app for electronic devices. On 10 September 2017, 7 Gold renewed its logo and graphics and inaugurates new studios at the headquarters, located in Assago, which allowed the start of the transmission of contents in 16:9 (Additionally, from 1999 to 2017 some imported programs were broadcast in 4:3). Consequently, the "Silver Production" company was born, an equal joint venture between PRS Mediagroup and 7 Gold. Thus the Prs, as well as being the national advertising agency for 7 Gold, ''de facto'' also plays the role of publisher. From 18 June 2018, 7 Gold Telecity is no longer visible in the Sardegna1 MUX as the agreement with 7 Gold has ended, thus being the only region not covered in Italy. In December 2023, Tacchino sold Telecity (Lombardy, Piedmont, Liguria and Valle d'Aosta) to the Netweek group and therefore left the 7 Gold network.


Programming


News, sports and debates

* '' Diretta Stadio'' * '' Il Processo di Biscardi'' (hosted by Aldo Biscardi) * ''TG7 Sport'' * ''Motorpad'' * ''Soldi'' * ''Funamboli'' * ''Titanic Italia'' * ''Manuel'' * ''Liguria Selection'' * ''Casalotto''


TV series

* ''
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'' * '' The Hunger'' * '' Red Shoe Diaries'' * ''
The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr. ''The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr.'', often referred to as just ''Brisco'' or ''Brisco County'', is an American weird western television series created by Jeffrey Boam and Carlton Cuse. It ran for 27 episodes on Fox from August 27, 199 ...
'' * ''
Ultimate Force ''Ultimate Force'' is a British television Action movie, action drama television series, series that was shown on ITV (TV network), ITV, which deals with the activities of Red Troop of the SAS (Special Air Service). The first episode was broad ...
'' * ''
The Adventures of Swiss Family Robinson ''The Adventures of Swiss Family Robinson'' is a 1998 family adventure series that originally aired on Pax. Based on the 1812 novel ''The Swiss Family Robinson'' by Johann David Wyss, it follows the adventures of nine survivors of a shipwreck ...
'' * '' Adventures of the Black Stallion'' * ''
The Secret World of Alex Mack ''The Secret World of Alex Mack'' is an American science fiction television series that aired on Nickelodeon from October 8, 1994, to January 15, 1998. The series was co-created by Ken Lipman and Thomas W. Lynch and was produced by Lynch Entertain ...
'' * ''
Paradise In religion and folklore, paradise is a place of everlasting happiness, delight, and bliss. Paradisiacal notions are often laden with pastoral imagery, and may be cosmogonical, eschatological, or both, often contrasted with the miseries of human ...
'' * '' The Enid Blyton Adventure Series'' * ''
Blue Heelers ''Blue Heelers'' is an Australian police drama series that was produced by Southern Star Group and ran for twelve years on the Seven Network, from 1994 to 2006. Although based around the policing of the town, the series generally depicted th ...
'' * ''
Bonanza ''Bonanza'' is an American Western television series that ran on NBC from September 12, 1959, to January 16, 1973. Lasting 14 seasons and 431 episodes, ''Bonanza'' is NBC's longest-running Western, the second-longest-running Western series on ...
'' * ''
Masada Masada ( ', 'fortress'; ) is a mountain-top fortress complex in the Judaean Desert, overlooking the western shore of the Dead Sea in southeastern Israel. The fort, built in the first century BCE, was constructed atop a natural plateau rising ov ...
'' * '' Alarm for Cobra 11 – The Highway Police'' (also on
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Get Smart ''Get Smart'' is an American comedy television series parodying the Spy fiction, secret agent genre that had become widely popular in the first half of the 1960s with the release of the ''James Bond'' films. It was created by Mel Brooks and Bu ...
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External links


Official Site
* {{Italian television stations 1999 establishments in Italy Television networks in Italy Italian-language television networks Television channels and stations established in 1999