Canale 5


Canale 5
Canale 5+1
Canale 5 HD
Launched September 30, 1980
Owned by Mediaset
Audience share 20.33% (2008, [1])
Country  Italy
Formerly called TeleMilano 58 (1978-1980)
Website www.canale5.com
Availability
Terrestrial
Analogue PAL, Normally tuned on channel 5
Digital DVB-T, LCN 5, Where available
Satellite
Analogue Not available
Digital DVB-S (scrambled in Mediaguard 2 during some events) on Hotbird
SKY Italia Channel 105
yes Channel 129
Cable
MC Cable Channel 205
Cablecom Channel 096
Channel 205 (digital CH-D)
Hot Channel 156

Canale 5 is a Italian private television network of Mediaset, the media branch of Fininvest (controlled by Silvio Berlusconi). Canale 5 was the first private television network to have a national range in Italy in 1980, based on a local channel, TeleMilano 58, founded in 1978.

Much of its early content came from American television shows dubbed in Italian, a common trait on Italian television today. Mike Bongiorno, the host of Lascia o Raddoppia?, was also wooed away from RAI to host an early quiz shows on TeleMilano - an important step in building a following of Mediaset's newest channel.

Today Fininvest controls 35% of Mediaset. The logo of Canale 5 was originally formed by the number five beside a long biscione (a snake, the ancient symbol of Milan). In the eighties the reptile was replaced by a bigger number leaving only a stylized head on the top, and a flower was added (see picture). In 2000 Canale 5 launched Grande Fratello (Big Brother), the first reality show in Italy. This was the beginning of a new era of television marked by the medium of television referring to itself both as an important part of daily life and treated itself as a member of the family or a close friend, sometimes called as "autoreferencia." In 2005, RIS Delitti Imperfetti was launched, an Italian fiction inspired by CSI: Crime Scene Investigation. There are many Italian fictions (loved by the public) and the most famous are: Carabinieri, Distretto di Polizia, RIS Delitti Imperfetti and Elisa di Rivombrosa.

In 2005 news editor Enrico Mentana was replaced by Carlo Rossella.

Contents

Programs

Variety Shows

  • Buona Domenica (Happy Sunday)
  • Striscia la notizia
  • C'è posta per te (You've got mail)
  • Zelig
  • Zelig off
  • Il senso della vita (The sense of life)
  • Uomini e donne (Men and women)
  • Telegatto
  • Cultura moderna (Guess who?)
  • Ciao Darwin
  • La Corrida

Reality shows

Cancelled Reality shows

  • L'uomo dei sogni (2003, only eight episodes) (The Bachelor)

Soap operas

TV series

Cartoons/Anime

Italian fiction

  • Caro Maestro (Dear Teacher) - 2 seasons (1995, 1996)
  • La dottoressa Giò (Doctor Giò) - 2 seasons (1998, 1999)
  • Amico mio 2 (My Friend) - 1 season(1998)
  • Ciao professore (Hi teacher!) - 1 season (1999)
  • Valeria medico legale (Medical examiner Valeria) - 2 seasons (2000, 2002)
  • Distretto di Polizia (Police District) - 6 seasons (2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006)
  • Sei Forte Maestro (Teacher, you're great!) - 2 seasons (2001, 2001)
  • Il Bello delle Donne (The Beauty of Women) - 3 seasons (2001, 2002, 2003)
  • Ma il portiere non c'è mai? (But the caretaker is never there?) - 1 season (2002)
  • Cuore (Heart) - 1 season (2002)
  • Carabinieri - 5 seasons (2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006)
  • Elisa di Rivombrosa (Elisa of Rivombrosa) - 2 seasons (2003, 2005)
  • Le Stagioni del cuore (Seasons of the Heart) - 1 season (2004)
  • Cuore contro cuore (Heart against Heart) - 1 season (2005)
  • RIS Delitti Imperfetti (R.I.S. - Imperfect Crimes) - 4 seasons (2005, 2006, 2007, 2008)
  • Un ciclone in famiglia (Family Storm) - 4 seasons (2005, 2006, 2007, 2008)
  • Caterina e le sue figlie (Caterina and her daughters) - 2 season (2005, 2007)
  • Ricomincio da me (I start from myself again) - 1 season (2005)
  • Questa è la mia terra (This is my land) - 1 season (2006)
  • I Cesaroni - 2 seasons (2006, 2008)

Games

Talk Shows

  • Mattino Cinque
  • Pomeriggio Cinque
  • Mai dire... (Never say...)
  • Maurizio Costanzo Show

News

Magazine

  • Nonsolomoda
  • Loggione

References

  1. ^ "Rapporto ANNO 2008". Auditel. http://www.auditel.it/doc/sintesiannuale2008.xls. 

External links

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Terrestrial analogue†
Rai Uno • Rai Due • Rai Tre • Rete 4 • Canale 5 • Italia 1 • La7 • MTV Italy • All Music
Terrestrial digital (free)
Rai 4 • Rai Gulp • Rai Sport Più • RaiNews 24 • Rai Storia • Rai Edu 1 • Boing • Iris • Repubblica Radio TV • Second TV • Sportitalia • Sportitalia 24 • Sat 2000 • Class News • Coming Soon Television • Mediashopping • BBC World News • France 24
Terrestrial digital (pay)
Mediaset Premium • dahlia TV • Glamour Plus
Satellite television (pay)
SKY Italia • Conto TV
IPTV (pay)
Media holding companies
†Channels available also on Digital terrestrial television.
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