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Sopranos Star James Gandolfini Dies in Rome

June 20, 2013 by Leave a Comment
James Gandolfini

Sadly, James Gandolfini, 51, the mafia boss star of hit US television series The Sopranos died yesterday while on vacation in Rome. The cause of death is not yet clear, though Italy's press is reporting that Gandolfini suffered a heart attack. Gandolfini was to have participated in the Taormina … [Read more...]

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The Battle for RAI

June 11, 2012 by 3 Comments
Battle-for-RAI

Italy's RAI state television and radio service has long been controlled by Italy's politicians.  As a rule, the political party in power has more say over what is, or is not, transmitted by RAI.  This may soon change. The political interference up until Silvio Berlusconi came on the scene, was … [Read more...]

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Reforming Italian Television

March 19, 2012 by 3 Comments

At present the Monti led Italian government is discussing reforms to the governance of RAI.  Not everyone in Italy's murky political world is happy for Italy's loss making national broadcaster to be reformed, though. For those who do not know, Italy's public free to air television service is a … [Read more...]

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Italy’s Delta Force

July 7, 2011 by 4 Comments

Although not directly comparable to the legendary American special forces unit of the same name, Italy's delta force did specialise in clandestine operations by all accounts. It did not battle international terrorists or despotic regimes, though. In actual fact it probably did the opposite. Some … [Read more...]

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Bye Bye Vieni Via Con Me, Thanks Roberto Saviano and Fabio Fazio

November 30, 2010 by 1 Comment
Dario Fo

Last night the final of four instalments of Vieni Via Con Me, an Italian television programme designed to shed some light on contemporary Italy, was shown. Vieni Via Con Me, which was presented by anti-mafia activist and author Roberto Saviano and socially aware chat show host Fabio Fazio, was … [Read more...]

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Vieni Via Con Me, Lega Nord and the mafia

November 18, 2010 by 5 Comments
Lega Nord

Those not in the Living Museum might not have heard of a new Italian television programme called 'Vieni Via Con Me', - which is 'Come Away With Me' in English.  However just about everyone in the whole of Italy has heard of this new show now.  On Monday this week, some 10 million Italians tuned in … [Read more...]

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When Digital Television is not Digital

February 1, 2010 by 7 Comments

For a long time I thought we were lucky enough to have the new fangled, all singing and dancing, much vaunted digital television.  No silly little set top box for us, or so I thought. I was wrong.  Just after Christmas our digital television provider Fastweb stopped transmitting Italy's state … [Read more...]

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Mike Bongiorno – the Quiz Show Host who United Italy

September 14, 2009 by 6 Comments
Mike Buongiorno 1924-2009

I've no idea how many people outside of Italy have heard the name Mike Bongiorno, or may even know that he recently passed away.  I would not imagine either that many would believe a television personality is credited with uniting Italy. For the uninitiated, Mike Bongiorno was basically a … [Read more...]

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Rai to rattle Sky?

August 5, 2009 by 5 Comments

Within Italy's Berlusconi government Moves are apparently afoot to stop Murdoch's Sky from broadcasting Italy's public TV channels, RaiUno, RaiDue and RaiTre. At least this is what an article on Italian news website La Repubblica states today, complete with a headline that alludes to the fact … [Read more...]

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Soapy Reality Show Italy

May 11, 2009 by 2 Comments

Forget Big Brother, Fear factor and Survivor.  The biggest and best reality show, a real combination of all those aforementioned reality shows, complete with an all-star cast, and a tanned gigolo, who loves to be surrounded by leggy lovelies, - as long as they are over eighteen - is … [Read more...]

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