Private company

RAI

State-owned Italian broadcasting company

RAI – Radiotelevisione italiana (Italian: [ˈrai ˌradjoteleviˈzjoːne itaˈljaːna]; "Italian Radio [and] Television"), commercially styled as Rai since 2000 and known until 1954 as Radio Audizioni Italiane (RAI), is the national public broadcasting company of Italy, owned by the Ministry of Economy and Finance. RAI operates many terrestrial and subscription television channels and radio stations.2 From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 16, 2026.

Overview

1944Founded1
  • Industrymass media1
  • HeadquartersRome1
  • Founded inRome1
  • Websitewww.rai.it
  • Legal formsocietà per azioni1

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The story

Founded by Government of Italy in 1944, in Rome.1

Leadership

Who has led RAI, and when. Pick a name to see everywhere that person has worked.

Products and brands

  • radio broadcasting
  • television

Listed on Wikidata.1

Subsidiaries and ownership

Owners

  • Ministry of Economy and Finance

Subsidiaries

  • Biblioteca centrale della RAI
  • Biblioteca della Sede regionale per la Campania della RAI
  • Biblioteca tecnica del Centro ricerche RAI
  • Fonit Cetra
  • Orchestra Alessandro Scarlatti della RAI di Napoli
  • Rai 1
  • Rai 2
  • Rai 4
  • Rai Cinema
  • Rai Com
  • Rai Corporation Canada
  • Rai Cultura
  • Rai Fiction
  • Rai Friuli-Venezia Giulia
  • Rai Gold
  • Rai Gulp
  • Rai Libri
  • Rai News
  • Rai Premium
  • Rai Pubblicità
  • Rai Radio
  • Rai Sport (division)
  • Rai Südtirol
  • Rai Teche
All 33 subsidiaries
  • Rai Trade
  • Rai Vaticano
  • Rai Way
  • RaiNet
  • RaiPlay
  • RaiSat
  • San Marino RTV
  • tivù
  • tivùsat

Also owns

  • 01 Distribution
  • Auditorium Rai di Napoli
  • Centro di produzione Rai di Via Teulada
  • Grattacielo Rai
  • Palazzo Labia
  • Rai 3
  • Rai 5
  • Rai Doc
  • Rai Extra
  • Rai Futura
  • Rai GR Parlamento
  • Rai Isoradio
  • Rai Kids
  • Rai Med
  • Rai Movie
  • Rai News 24
  • Rai Radio 1
  • Rai Radio 2
  • Rai Radio 3
  • Rai Radio 3 Classica
  • Rai Radio Tutta Italiana
  • Rai Sport
  • Rai Storia
  • Rai Südtirol
All 26 also owns
  • Rai Yoyo
  • RaiPlay Sound

From Wikidata.1

Employees over time

  • 202112,7511
  • 202011,6111

Revenue over time

As stated on Wikidata, in the currency reported.

Revenue

RAI revenue by year12.5B EUR in 2021+7% since 2020
01.0B EUR2.0B EUR3.0B EUR2020: 2.4B EUR2.4B EUR20202021: 2.5B EUR2.5B EUR2021+7%
  • 20212.5B EUR1
  • 20202.4B EUR1

Timeline

  1. 1944Founded Founded in Rome1

Sources

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