Canale 5

In 1978, Telemilano, a local Milan-based broadcaster became Canale 5 two years later and began broadcasting nationally. Canale 5 was subsequently joined by Italia 1 (in 1982) and Rete 4 (in 1984).

Canale 5 proposes principally internal productions, including:

• TG5, newscast.
• Amici di Maria De Filippi, talent show with Maria de Filippi.
• Avanti un altro!, game show with Paolo Bonolis.
• Caduta libera (Italian version of La'uf al HaMillion, game show) with Gerry Scotti.
• C'è posta per Te, people show with Maria de Filippi.
• Forum, judicial show with Barbara Palombelli.
• Mattino Cinque, news show with Federica Panicucci and Francesco Vecchi.
• Pomeriggio Cinque, news show with Barbara d'Urso
• Tu si que vales, talent show.
• Uomini e donne, reality show and talk show with Maria de Filippi
• Striscia la notizia
• New Amsterdam

The channel airs movies and soap-opera, including Acacias 38 and The Baker and the Beauty.

Like Rai 1, the Holy Mass is transmitted on Sundays at 10.00 AM.

The current logo of the network is a 5 overlapped by the stylized head of Biscione (a reference to the Visconti family and the city of Milan), from whose mouth, unlike the original, comes out a flower. There is also a second interpretation, according to which the queue of the Biscione is placed at five (even if the 5 is written with a typographical font).

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  Canale 5's fourth logo used from 1980 to 1981
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  Canale 5's fifth logo used from 1981 to 1985
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  Canale 5's sixth logo used from 1985 to 1987
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  Canale 5's seventh logo used from 1987 to 2001
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  Canale 5's previous logo from 2001 to 2018

In the past, Canale 5 had a mistress good evening.

The first announcer of the network was Eleonora Brigliadori, who was active from September 1980 to May 1984.

After that, Fiorella Pierobon, who was the longest advertiser of the network, was active for 19 years, from May 1984 to June 2003 (previously Pierobon was Italia 1's announcer).

In June 2003, Pierobon, reporting directly to Striscia la notizia, announced that he would leave the role as Miss Goodnight to engage in other projects. Pierobon was replaced (after a long selection in the 2003 Velone Summer Program) by Lisa Gritti, who was active for a little more than a year, from September 2003 to December 2005, before the position was abandoned following a scandal, which stripped the Striscia la notizia, where the announcer was also involved.

After the resignation of the Gritti, the network decided to forgo this figure (as was the case with Italia 1 in 2002, after the abandonment of Gabriella Golia).

Other announcers of Canale 5 (for short periods) have been: Fabrizia Carminati, Alba Parietti, Paola Perego, Susanna Messaggio, Michela Rocco of Torrepadula, and Daniela Castelli. Among the announcers of Canale 5 were also Barbara d'Urso, who at the end of the seventies was Miss Telemilano 58, tonight; the local television broadcaster later transformed into Canale 5.

The background music of the advertisements used from 1980 to 1993 was composed by Augusto Martelli, whereas the accompanying advertisement music used from 1993 to 2005 was composed by Alessandro Radici. The first background music jingle was never officially released by RTI, whereas the second jingle (the full version being 1 minute and 33 seconds long), was released for digital download from Mediaset, MusicShop.

• Mediaset
• Rete 4
• Italia 1
• Italia 2

• Baroni, Joseph (2005). Dizionario della televisione. Raffaello Cortina Editore. ISBN 88-7078-972-1.
• Grasso, Aldo (2008). Enciclopedia della televisione (3rd ed.). Garzanti Editore. ISBN 978-88-11-50526-6.
• Dotto, Giancarlo (2006). Il mucchio selvaggio. Mondadori. ISBN 978-88-04-53952-0.

• Official Site (in Italian)
• Old official site (1996)