Rete 4
 | |
| Country | Italy |
|---|---|
| Broadcast area | Italy, San Marino, Vatican City, Monaco, Switzerland signals also reach Malta. |
| Programming | |
| Picture format |
1080i HDTV (downscaled to 576i for the SDTV feed) |
| Ownership | |
| Owner |
Mediaset (MFE - MediaForEurope) |
| Sister channels |
Canale 5 Italia 1 20 Iris 27 Twentyseven La5 Cine34 Focus Top Crime Boing Boing Plus Cartoonito Italia 2 TGcom24 Mediaset Extra |
| History | |
| Launched | 4 January 1982 |
| Links | |
| Website | mediasetplay.it/rete4 |
| Availability | |
| Terrestrial | |
| Digital terrestrial television | Channel 4 (HD) |
| Streaming media | |
| Mediaset Infinity | Rete 4 |
Rete 4 [ˈreːte ˈkwattro] (in English Network 4) is an Italian free-to-air television channel operated by Mediaset Italia and owned by MFE - MediaForEurope. Presently the director is Sebastiano Lombardi.
Programs
TV Programmes (currently)
Rete 4's strength is information: a lot of programs are of this genre.
- Quarta Repubblica (Political and chronical news), on Monday's prime-time with Nicola Porro.
- Fuori dal coro (Political and chronical news), on Tuesday's prime-time with Mario Giordano.
- Zona bianca (Political and chronical news), on Wednesday's prime-time Giuseppe Brindisi.
- Dritto e rovescio (Political and chronical news), on Thursday's prime-time with Paolo Del Debbio.
- Quarto grado (Crime news), on Friday's prime-time with Gianluigi Nuzzi and Alessandra Viero.
- Stasera Italia (Political news). Every day at 8.30 PM, with Barbara Palombelli (Monday-Friday) and Veronica Gentili (Weekends and summer)
- Lo sportello di Forum (Culture and judicial), enlivened by Barbara Palombelli, from Monday to Friday at 14.00 (Saturday there is a replica)
- Dalla parte degli animali, Monday at 3.30 PM, with Michela Vittoria Brambilla. Are told real stories about adopted animals. In every episode there are presented animals in search of family.
- TG4 (newscast)
- TgCom24 (short one-minute news during the commercial break in a movie)
TV series
- 24 (first four seasons - afterward, the series was relocated to Italia 1)
- Agatha Christie's Poirot
- A Nero Wolfe Mystery
- The A-Team
- Bones
- Casa Vianello
- Columbo
- Distretto di Polizia
- Degrassi: The Next Generation (it: Degrassi: La Generazione Seguente)
- Detective Monk
- Diagnosis: Murder
- Downton Abbey
- Early Edition
- Hunter
- Kojak
- Judging Amy
- Magnum, P.I.
- Miami Vice
- Murder, she wrote (Previously aired on Rai 1 and Rai 2)
- Nash Bridges
- Notruf Hafenkante
- Quincy, M.E.
- R.I.S. – Delitti imperfetti
- Renegade
- Robotech
- Siska
- The Mentalist
- The West Wing
- T. J. Hooker
- Walker, Texas Ranger
Culture
- Appuntamento con la Storia (ENG: "Date with History")
- La macchina del tempo (ENG: "The Time Machine")
- La settima porta (ENG: "The seventh door")
- Sai xChè? (ENG: "Do you know why?")
- Solaris
Soap operas
- Guiding Light (it: "Sentieri")
- Storm of Love (it: "Tempesta D'Amore")
- The Young and the Restless (it: "Febbre d'Amore")
Telenovelas
- Cuore Selvaggio ("Corazón salvaje")
- El secreto de Puente Viejo (it: "Il Segreto", replicas)
- Acacias 38 (it: "Una Vita")
- Terra Nostra
The programming is completed with various genres of films.
Logos
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Rete 4's first logo from 1982 to 1991 -
Rete 4's second logo from 1991 to 1999 -
Rete 4's third logo from 1999 to 2018
Audience
Below, average monthly listening data in the total day received by the issuer.
| Year | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Ago | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Media year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 6.45% |
2.98% |
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| 2008 | 8.28% | ||||||||||||
| 2009 | 8.33% | 7.63% | - | 7.96% | 8.26% | 7.76% | 7.92% | 7.42% | 7.47% | 7.62% | 7.49% | 7.69% | 7.78% |
| 2010 | 7.76% | 7.42% | 7.48% | 7.58% | 7.40% | 7.00% | 7.08% | 7.43% | 6.79% | 7.28% | 7.35% | 7.00% | 7.30% |
| 2011 | 6.95% | 6.74% | 6.88% | 6.66% | 6.83% | 7.16% | 6.34% | 6.67% | 6.58% | 6.55% | 6.48% | 6.32% | 6.68% |
| 2012 | 6.18% | 6.12% | 6.39% | 6.69% | 6.70% | 5.92% | 5.51% | 5.42% | 5.72% | 5.62% | 5.50% | 5.22% | 5.94% |
| 2013 | 5.29% | 4.98% | 5.30% | 5.41% | 5.34% | 5.00% | 4.77% | 4.67% | 4.80% | 4.72% | 4.93% | 4.81% | 5.02% |
| 2014 | 4.78% | 4.78% | 5.14% | 5.20% | 4.94% | 4.92% | 4.60% | 4.54% | 4.66% | 4.91% | 5.03% | 4.59% | 4.85% |
| 2015 | 4.71% | 4.69% | 4.92% | 5.05% | 5.07% | 4.80% | 4.41% | 4.04% | 4.14% | 4.34% | 4.58% | 4.19% | 4.59% |
| 2016 | 4.20% | 4.22% | 4.26% | 4.20% | 4.37% | 4.31% | 4.16% | 3.70% | 4.03% | 4.07% | 4.04% | 3.85% | 4.12% |
| 2017 | 4.05% | 3.84% | 4.04% | 3.95% | 4.01% | 4.25% | 4.27% | 3.70% | 3.94% | 3.89% | 3.92% | 3.70% | 3.96% |
| 2018 | 3.88% | 3.83% | 3.92% | 3.75% | 3.88% | 3.85% | 3.88% | 3.66% | 3.83% | 3.80% | 3.83% | 3.69% | 3.82% |
| 2019 | 3.91% | 3.72% | 3.86% | 3.79% | 3.94% | 4.04% | 3.90% | 3.59% | 3.98% | 4.11% | 4.18% | 4.07% | 3.93% |
| 2020 | 3.89% | 3.65% | 3.82% | 3.87% | 3.90% | 3.99% | 3.72% | 3.57% | 3.77% | 3.72% | 3.74% | 3.60% | 3.77% |
| 2021 | 3.77% | 3.75% | 3.63% | 3.86% | 3.89% | 4.12% | 3.79% | 3.63% | 3.86% | 3.74% | 3.64% | 3.63% | 3.79% |
| 2022 |