1951 in Italian television

This is a list of Italian television related events from 1951.

List of years in Italian television

Events

  • September - The first television sets made in Italy are officially presented. The Italian TV is still in an experimental phase and someone also proposes to delay its official starting until the color broadcasting will be available.[1]
  • 9 December. The press announces the constitution of a financial company (Gruppo Cisalpino) chaired by Cesare Merzagora and aimed to set up a first Italian private television, financed by advertising. The new  channel should be based in Milan and start broadcasting in April 1952. The project is stopped by the Minister of Mail and Communications Giuseppe Spataro but it induces RAI to establish a TV station in Milan, beside the one already existing in Turin.[1]

See also

List of Italian film of 1951

References

  1. "Storia della TV (1910-1990)" (PDF). www.radiomarconi.com. Retrieved 2018-12-08.


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