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‘Permanent revolution’ for RaiNews 24, the Italian satellite channel. Not a slogan, but the way forward to continue competing in the field of news and information, in stimulating confrontation with the other satellite networks. |
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RaiNews24
Again in 2009, the channel's tenth
anniversary, RaiNews 24 showed a
good capacity for relating world events,
thanks in part to its possibility to use Rai
correspondents and take advantage of
the relationships built up over the years
with non-governmental organisations,
missions and Italian communities
abroad.
Its strength lies increasingly in largescale
national and international live
broadcasts, which support the flow of
information that characterises this type of
channel at world level. All-news channels
have a different way of providing
information, proposing the news in real
time, without being obliged to repeat the
complete presentation expected of the
evening news programme in every
edition. Furthermore, all-news channels
are more flexible and can be used on
different platforms, from digital to
satellite, from the Internet to services for
mobile phones.
Despite the fact that there are still some
difficulties in obtaining all the elements
needed for the development of the
channel, an important event occurred
during the year: the arrival of the new
Sonaps server, which has been up and
running since July, albeit with ample
margins for development and fine tuning.
Thanks to this innovation, material can
now be stored on the server for a
consistent length of time, allowing
processes which were previously
impossible, as well as more targeted
and consistent archiving, with obvious
advantages both for the news ad for
programming, particular at weekends.
The channel continues to grow steadily,
in terms of viewers and in the way it is
seen by its interlocutors, from politics to
civil society.
This success is also reflected on the
website www.rainews24.rai.it, which has
now become a real web newspaper,
capable of monitoring the development
of events and giving a scale of priority
in real time. Members of the public
participate via blog, bearing witness to
the interactive potential of RaiNews 24
and to the increasing integration
between web and television. The
Internet production team now also
produces Scenari, a sort of inquiry via
web only.
As regards the television offering,
RaiNews 24 has had to remodel its
morning time slot following the launch
of Buongiorno Regione, and alongside Il
caffè, we have appointments like Altre
voci � Diritti negati, on employmentrelated
issues, disability and social
difficulties, and Noi e loro, which
discusses racism, immigration and the
way immigrants are welcomed into the
country.
These are followed by the new
"container" Meridiana, dedicated to the
local press and big foreign issues and
international politics.
Tempi dispari has also been restyled:
initially created as an appointment with
culture and entertainment, it is now also
open to big news stories and national
and international politics.
A special mention should go to Il punto,
the end of the day "container" which
aims to systematise and analyse the
days events, also devoting attention to
the prime time offering by the main
international news programmes. The
programme also looks at the
newspapers, highlighting the headlines
and offering a preview of what will be
on the newsstands the day after.