RAI

This article is about the Italian national broadcasting company. For other uses, see Rai (disambiguation).

RAI – Radiotelevisione italiana S.p.A.

Logo used since 2016
RAI headquarters in Rome
Type	Società per azioni (S.p.A.), state-owned
Industry	Mass media
Founded	1924 (1924) (as URI) 1944 (1944) (as RAI) 1954 (1954) (as RAI S.p.A.)
Founder	Government of Italy
Headquarters	14 Viale Giuseppe Mazzini, Rome , Italy
Area served	Italy and other neighbouring countries
Key people	Marinella Soldi (chairperson) Roberto Sergio (CEO)
Products	Broadcasting
Services	Television radio web portal
Revenue	€2.52 billion (2021)
Net income	€30.44 million (2021)
Owner	Ministry of Economy and Finance
Number of employees	12,605 (2023)
Subsidiaries	Rai Way S.p.A. Rai Pubblicità S.p.A. Rai Com S.p.A. Rai Cinema S.p.A. 01 Distribution S.r.l.
Website	www.rai.it www.raiplay.it www.raiplaysound.it

RAI – Radiotelevisione italiana (Italian: [ˈrai ˌradjoteleviˈzjoːne itaˈljaːna]; "Italian Radio [and] Television"), commercially styled as Rai since 2000 and known until 1954 as Radio Audizioni Italiane (RAI), is the national public broadcasting company of Italy, owned by the Ministry of Economy and Finance. RAI operates many terrestrial and subscription television channels and radio stations. It is one of the biggest broadcasters in Europe and the biggest in Italy, competing with Mediaset and other minor radio and television networks. RAI has a relatively high television audience share of about 35.9%.

Half of RAI's revenues come from the broadcast receiving licence fees, the remainder from the sale of advertising time. In 1950, RAI became one of the 23 founding members of the European Broadcasting Union.