Rete 4

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Rete 4
Launched	January 1982
Owned by	Mediaset S.p.a.
Audience share	8,05% (Prime time of December '05, [1])
Country	Italy
Website	www.rete4.com
Availability
Terrestrial
Analogue	PAL, in Italy.Normally tuned on channel 4
Digital	DVB-T (on Dfree Mux), in Italy
Satellite
Analogue	Not available
Digital	DVB-S (scrambled in Mediaguard 2 during some events) on Hotbird
SKY Italia	Channel 104
Cable
MC Cable	Channel 206

Rete 4 (also known as Retequattro) is an Italian television station belonging to the Mediaset network. It's an Italian private/commercial TV channel. The news bulletin editor, since foundation in 1992, is a famous Italian journalist named Emilio Fede who is also well known for his right-wing leaning political ideals, especially in favour of Silvio Berlusconi, main shareholder of Mediaset.

Rete 4 is sometimes considered an illegal network, due to the case of the Europa 7 Italian network, which in 1999 got the licenses to broadcast on the frequences of Rete 4 (causing it migrating to satellite television), but never could broadcast to some save-laws (later considered unfair and unconstitutional) of Berlusconi's government (note that Berlusconi is the owner of the Mediaset Group, which Rete 4 belongs to). Moreover, the European Court of Justice recently sentenced that the Italian broadcasting system does not abide the EU law and therefore Rete 4 should give up its frequencies to Europa 7. Despite all the qualified bodies ruled in favor of Europa 7, Rete 4 is still broadcasting through its usual frequencies with the implicit "placet" of the Italian government. Up to now, Europa 7 is continuing its battle for its broadcasting rights, and may start broadcasting on mid 2008, hypotised time of migration of Rete 4 on digital satellite and terrestrial television.

[edit] Programs

[edit] TV Series

Note: All are imports from the United States.

• 24 - first four seasons - afterward, the series was relocated on Italia 1.
• Detective Monk
• The West Wing
• Walker, Texas Ranger

[edit] Culture

• La Macchina del Tempo (translation: The Time Machine)
• Sai xChé? (translation: Do you know why?)
• Appuntamento con la Storia (translation: Date with history)
• Solaris
• Forum

[edit] Soap Operas

• Guiding Light (it: "Sentieri")
• Tempesta d'Amore
• The Young and the Restless (it: "Febbre d'Amore")

[edit] Telenovelas

• Cuore Selvaggio ("Corazón salvaje")
• Terra Nostra

[edit] News

• TG4
• Top Secret

[edit] External links

• Official Site (Italian)
• COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES - JUDGMENT OF THE COURT (Fourth Chamber) 31 January 2008 - Reference made in proceedings between Centro Europa 7 Srl (‘Centro Europa 7’) and the Ministero delle Comunicazioni, the Autorità per le garanzie nelle comunicazioni and the Direzione generale per le concessioni e le autorizzazioni del Ministero delle Comunicazioni (collectively, ‘the defendants in the main proceedings’).

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