12 May 2007

The new RAI

Padoa Schioppa, the Minister of the Economy has withdrawn his support from his representative on the RAI Board of Directors and he has asked for a shareholders meeting to be called.
This is a legitimate act by a legitimate representative of the Government, whatever is said by a part of the opposition that serve the interests of Mediaset.
Padoa Schioppa has expressed the wish that RAI comes out of its state of stall in which it finds itself and Italia dei Valori agrees with this position.
The reform of the RAI and of the radio and TV market can wait no longer. Innovation, efficiency, independence from political decisions, meritocracy and internationality must be the passwords of the new RAI.
The market must be removed as soon as possible from the logic of the current duopoly with advertising revenues that in fact finance the opposition.
Finally the RAI should quickly integrate TV and Internet to recover the ground lost in recent years. The RAI needs new competent and capable managers who can tackle the challenges of globalisation and of innovation.
I hope that Padoa Schioppa’s requests and the forthcoming draft law on the radio TV system to be presented by Gentiloni to the Council of Ministers can produce these results.

Posted by Antonio Di Pietro in Information