2005 in Italian television

This is a list of Italian television related events from 2005.

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Events edit

  • 26 February – Actress and TV host Hoara Borselli and her partner Simone Di Pasquale win the first season of Ballando con le stelle.

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  • Speciale per me, ovvero meno siamo meglio stiamo (Special for me, or The less, the merrier) – musical show, hosted by Renzo Arbore and Antonio Stornaiolo. The program, ideated in 4 episodes, is dilated until 17 ones, thanks to its public success.[1]
  • Bla bla bla – fake talk-show, (actually, a demented parody of the genre) hosted by Lilo and Greg.[2]

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Ending this year edit

Networks and services edit

Launches edit

Network Type Launch date Notes Source
Animal Planet Cable and satellite 1 May
Sportitalia 2 Cable and satellite 1 September
MediaShopping Cable and satellite 30 September
Discovery Real Time Cable and satellite 1 October
AXN Cable and satellite 29 October
Fox Crime Cable and satellite 31 October
XXXX Cable and satellite 30 November

Conversions and rebrandings edit

Old network name New network name Type Conversion Date Notes Source

Closures edit

Network Type Closure date Notes Source

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See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Speciale per me, ovvero meno siamo meglio stiamo". RaiPlay (in Italian). Retrieved 2023-07-31.
  2. ^ "Bla bla bla". RaiPlay (in Italian). Retrieved 2022-07-28.