The 2016 season is about to end and at Rai we are already thinking about the 2017 schedule. First, however, it is necessary to close the accounting balance sheets and try to understand how much money has been spent in the current year and how.
There are many transmissions proposed by public television in 2016some more expensive, some less. Repubblica has published the ranking of the most costly Rai broadcasts, citing as a source the accounting documents in the hands of a senator belonging to the Supervisory Commission. Many well-known programs have been included in the list, from Sanremo 2016 to the money already allocated for the end-of-year show to be held on December 31st in Matera.
Below is theranking of the most expensive Rai programs of 2016:
1 – In first place we find the latest edition of Festival of Sanremo for which 3 million and 46 thousand 400 euros were spent per episode. A figure which, according to calculations, corresponds to 15 thousand 232 euros per minute.
2- The second position in the standings is occupied by New Year's show to be held in Matera next December 31st. To finance the programme, 1 million and 800 thousand euros were spent, of which 68% by the Basilicata Region and 32% allocated by Rai.
3- He is on the third step of the podium instead Tonight in Florence (new appointment of the series Tonight at the museum), a program conducted by Alberto Angela which uses very sophisticated technologies: cost: 1 euros.
4- Fourth Sanremo Young, a single episode for the price of 481 thousand 835 euros.
5- two thousand lights, produced by Bibi Ballandi and conducted by Paola Cortellesi and Laura Pausini, it is in fifth place with expenditure exceeding 1 million and 200 thousand euros per episode (there are three in all).
6- Sixth place for Blue Dream, which aired on 31 May on the eve of the European football championship. Cost: 1.190.300 euros.
7- For The ten most beautiful things, program produced externally by Magnolia, instead 1 million and 63 thousand euros per episode will be extinguished.
8- dancing with the Stars, a Saturday evening program on RaiUno conducted by Milly Carlucci was financed with 1.020.046 euros per episode (10 in all).
9- The Voice of Italy, a RaiDue program costs just over one million euros per episode for a total of 14 episodes.
10- Last place in the standings for the live concert from May Day which in 2016 was dedicated to Giulio Regeni. Cost: 668 thousand euros.
