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RAI
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<p>RAI – Radiotelevisione italiana (Italian: [ˈrai ˌradjoteleviˈzjoːne itaˈljaːna]), commercially styled as Rai since 2000 and known until 1954 as Radio Audizioni Italiane (RAI), is the national <a href="/facts/Public_broadcasting/Ez3ayURb">public broadcasting</a> company of Italy, owned by the <a href="/facts/Ministry_of_Economy_and_Finance_(Italy)/Er9WaB2l">Ministry of Economy and Finance</a>. RAI operates many <a href="/facts/Terrestrial_television/3nTUr9cY">terrestrial</a> and <a href="/facts/Pay_television/AhMoaP69">subscription television</a> channels and <a href="/facts/Radio/XFr909M2">radio</a> stations. It is one of the biggest broadcasters in Europe, and the biggest in Italy competing with <a href="/facts/Mediaset/Fdv6huY5">Mediaset</a> and other minor radio and television networks. RAI has a relatively high television audience share of 35.9%. </p><p>RAI broadcasts are also received in surrounding countries, including <a href="/facts/Albania/8GP40BUD">Albania</a>, <a href="/facts/Bosnia_and_Herzegovina/jNVA1gPB">Bosnia</a>, <a href="/facts/Croatia/MSS0yyvw">Croatia</a>, <a href="/facts/France/CxIeIKM3">France</a>, <a href="/facts/Malta/FsqM3M37">Malta</a>, <a href="/facts/Monaco/QjjEJwKy">Monaco</a>, <a href="/facts/Montenegro/QynKJrw5">Montenegro</a>, <a href="/facts/San_Marino/dlbbyRcT">San Marino</a>, <a href="/facts/Slovenia/EcYU22W4">Slovenia</a>, <a href="/facts/Switzerland/LcGuxeTe">Switzerland</a>, <a href="/facts/Serbia/U0LVzPdI">Serbia</a>, <a href="/facts/Tunisia/4uC8Po6k">Tunisia</a>, and the <a href="/facts/Vatican_City/JTKnEt6J">Vatican City</a>, and elsewhere on <a href="/facts/Pay_television/AhMoaP69">pay television</a> and some channels FTA across Europe including UK on the Hotbird satellite. Half of RAI's revenues come from the <a href="/facts/Television_licence/56hPfkjo">broadcast receiving licence</a> fees, the remainder from the sale of advertising time. In 1950, RAI became one of the 23 founding members of the <a href="/facts/European_Broadcasting_Union/J4o57Hqa">European Broadcasting Union</a>. </p>