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Launched	June 24, 2001
Owned by	Telecom Italia Media
Picture format	576i (SDTV) 1080p (HDTV)
Audience share	5.43% (prime time) (October 2011, [1])
Slogan	Esclusivamente per tutti
Country	Italy
Formerly called	Telemontecarlo
Sister channel(s)	La7d
Website	la7.it
Availability
Terrestrial
Analogue	PAL
Digital	DVB-T, LCN 7
Digital	DVB-T, La7 HD LCN 507
Satellite
Sky Italia	Channel 107
Tivù Sat	Channel 7
Cablecom (Switzerland)	Channel 097 Channel 208 (digital CH-D)
Naxoo (Switzerland)	Channel 219
Numericable (Belgium)	Channel 94

La7 is an Italian private television channel owned by Telecom Italia Media and operated by Telecom Italia. Its programs are typically oriented to information, rather than entertainment, and they look for a qualitative approach, instead of seeking higher TV ratings.

History[link]

In 2001, Lorenzo Pellicioli and Roberto Colaninno, of Telecom Italia announced they had acquired Telemontecarlo, in order to create a strong competitor against the six other national channels in Italy. Against the initial premises, like the hiring of popular TV hosts, anchors and journalists, La7 ratings and shares were much lower than its major competitors. However, in 2010–2011, the channel began doubling its rates, also thanks to current News director Enrico Mentana and his news program TG La7.

Programs[link]

Shows[link]

• G'Day with Geppi Cucciari, evening comedy show, airing at 7:20 pm every weekday;
• (ah)iPiroso with Antonello Piroso, former La7 News & Sports director, and former tennis player Adriano Panatta, and writer Fulvio Abbate; It airs every weekday (late night show);
• 25a Ora – Il Cinema Espanso (hosted by Davide Dileo, founder of Subsonica); it airs at about midnight on Fridays and Saturdays;
• Italialand Nuove attrazioni, comedy show hosted by Maurizio Crozza, airing every Friday at 9:10 pm;
• I Menù di Benedetta, cooking show hosted by Benedetta Parodi, airing at 12:25 pm every weekday;
• Interno Giorno, afternoon movie block, airing old Italian and US movies every weekday at 2 pm;
• La Valigia dei Sogni, weekend and summer late night movie block; the movie is introduced by Simone Annichiarico; from July to August 2011 it will be airing on Monday nights at 9:10 pm;
• Ma anche no, an Italian entertainment television news program hosted by Antonello Piroso, airing every Sunday at 2:05 pm;
• Chef per un Giorno, celebrity cooking talent show hosted by professional chefs Sergio Maria Teutonico, Maurizio Di Mario, Velia De Angelis and Alessio Pizzi, airing every weekend;

Talk Shows[link]

• Le Invasioni Barbariche, with Daria Bignardi;
• Coffee Break, daily morning talk show hosted by Tiziana Panella and Enrico Vaime; weather reports are narrated by meteorologist Paolo Sottocorona.

News programs[link]

• TG La7, main news program, directed by Enrico Mentana;
• Omnibus, morning news block hosted by TG La7 anchorpersons Manuela Ferri, Edgardo Gulotta, Andrea Molino, Andrea Pancani and Alessandra Sardoni; weather forecasts are presented by meteorologist Paolo Sottocorona;
• Gli Intoccabili, with Gianluigi Nuzzi every Wednesday at 11:10 pm;
• L'Infedele, Monday night review with Gad Lerner;
• Otto e mezzo, access prime time information program hosted by Lilli Gruber, airing every weekday at 8:35 pm after TG La7; in Summer time it is substituted by In Onda;
• In Onda access prime time information program hosted by journalists Luca Telese and Nicola Porro, airing every weekend at 8:35 pm after TG La7; in Summer time it substitutes Otto e mezzo every weekday;
• Piazzapulita Prime time politic talk show directed by Corrado Formigli, airing every Thursday at 9:10 pm after Otto e mezzo.
• L'aria che tira, business program hosted by Myrta Merlino;

Cultural programs[link]

• Atlantide – Storie di uomini e di mondi, main documentary evening block airing every weekday, hosted by Natasha Lusenti (now by Greta Mauro);
• Impero, hosted by Valerio Massimo Manfredi;
• Due minuti Un libro, book-related program hosted by Alain Elkann;
• Prehistoric Park, documentary;
• Missione Natura, summer time nature program, hosted by biologist and ornithologist Vincenzo Venuto, with external intervention of herpetologist Austin Stevens.

TV Series and Miniseries[link]

Sports events[link]

• Six Nations Championship
• America's Cup
• Superbike World Championship
• Coppa Italia matches
• Super Bowl
• Superstars Series

Defunct programs[link]

• Crozza Italia (known as Italialand in 2011), comedy show hosted by Maurizio Crozza, airing 4 episodes in May 2011 at 9:10 pm;
• Cuochi e Fiamme, cooking talent show hosted by professional chef Simone Rugiati, with collaboration of Fiammetta Fadda, Riccardo Rossi and Chiara Maci (as "judges"), airing every weekday (now on La7d);
• Fratelli e Sorelle d'Italia, comedy and historical show hosted by Veronica Pivetti with collaboration of Carlo Lucarelli, Ascanio Celestini, Paolo Hendel, Virginia Raffaele and Lillo&Greg, airing every Friday night at 9:10 pm;
• La Gaia Scienza, scientific comedy show hosted by geologist Mario Tozzi and the comedian group Trio Medusa (1 season);
• Victor Victoria, late night weekday show hosted by Victoria Cabello, Geppi Cucciari, singer Arisa and MelissaP (4 seasons);
• Stargate – Linea di Confine, documentary series, replaced by Impero (9 seasons);
• Exit, prime time talk hosted by Ilaria D'Amico (5 seasons);
• Niente di Personale, with Antonello Piroso;
• Tetris, prime time talk show hosted by Luca Telese (2 seasons);
• I Fantastici 5, Italian version of Queer Eye for the Straight Guy (1 season);
• Markette, late night weekday show hosted by Piero Chiambretti (2 seasons);
• 100%, game show hosted by Gigio D'Ambrosio (1 season); it has been the only game show aired by La7 so far;
• Altra Storia, history deepening program (5 seasons);
• Il Processo di Biscardi, sport review program hosted by Aldo Biscardi (now moved on 7Gold Channel);
• Wife Swap (4 seasons, now on Fox Life and Cielo);
• Il Contratto, hosted by Sabrina Nobile, aired until April 2011 every Wednesday night at 9:10 pm;

References[link]

External links[link]

Marco Travaglio
Marco Travaglio in Trento, 2010.
Born	Marco Travaglio (1964-10-13) October 13, 1964 (age 47) Turin, Italy
Years active	1988 – present

Marco Travaglio (Italian pronunciation: [ˈmarko traˈvaʎʎo]; born 13 October 1964) is an Italian investigative journalist, writer and commentator.

Biography[link]

Travaglio was born in Turin and earned a degree in history from the University of Turin. In 1992 he began to pursue journalism as a career. He started out writing for Catholic publications such as Il nostro tempo ("Our time"), then worked under the renowned journalist Indro Montanelli for newspapers such as Il Giornale and La Voce and gained the attention of Montanelli himself who once used to say about him: "No, Travaglio does not kill anyone. With a knife. He uses a more refined and not legally punishable weapon: the archives"

Since 14 September 2006, Marco Travaglio has been a regular guest in the TV program AnnoZero, hosted by Michele Santoro (also mentioned by Berlusconi in the Bulgarian Edict).

Recently, Travaglio has contributed as a columnist to prominent national newspapers and magazines, such as La Repubblica, L'Unità (with his old columns "Bananas", "Uliwood Party" and "Zorro") and Micromega. He still contributes to L'espresso with the column "Signorno'". In September 2009 he contributed to the formation of the independent newspaper, called Il Fatto Quotidiano ("The Daily Fact").

Political and judicial events of national importance, ranging from Mani pulite to the troubles of controversial political figure Silvio Berlusconi, have been Travaglio's main area of interest.

The journalist became well known in 2001, after participating in a TV show on state-owned national channel Raidue called Satyricon and hosted by Daniele Luttazzi. There, He presented his brand-new book, and bestseller, L'odore dei soldi ("The Smell of Money", co-authored by Elio Veltri), which investigates the origin of Mr Berlusconi's early fortunes. Berlusconi started a lawsuit for slander, but since the book reports official facts already known by the judiciary authorities, he was condemned to pay the legal expenses.^[1]

The show, aired during the campaign for the Italian general election, was heavily criticized by Berlusconi and his party and labeled by them as a politically motivated, non-objective personal attack. After Mr Berlusconi's victory at the elections, both Travaglio and Luttazzi (together with other prominent journalists that had criticized Mr Berlusconi's or investigated his history) have never appeared again on state-owned TV shows until September 2006 (shortly after Berlusconi lost the elections and left power), causing a long debate about freedom of information and censorship in Italy.

Awards and Honors[link]

The National Association of German Journalists (DJV Deutscher Journalisten-Verband) honored Marco Travaglio in 2009 bestowing on him the award for "Press Freedom". The decision, taken by the seven members jury of the association, was accompanied by the following statement from Michael Konken, President of the association of german journalists. Konken stated: «We honour in Marco Travaglio a brave and talented colleague, fighting againsts many obstacles to defend freedom of speech and press in Italy». Other recipients of the Award in previous years include the journalist Miroslav Filipović and the Russian reporter Ol'ga Kitova. Filipović received the award for his articles on the atrocities committed against civilians in Kosovo by the Yugoslav Army, while Olga Kitova was honoured for her struggle in denouncing corruption in Russia.

Publications[link]

Books by Marco Travaglio (usually co-authored with other investigative journalists) include:

• Bravi ragazzi (Italian for Good fellas), published in 2003 and reporting on politicians Cesare Previti and Silvio Berlusconi's alleged (and later confirmed by court's sentence ^[2]) corruption of judges
• Lo chiamavano Impunità ("They Call Him Impunity", a humorous reference to the spaghetti western Lo chiamavano Trinità), published in 2003, about the SME-Ariosto inquiry and court trial
• Mani Sporche (Italian for "Dirty Hands") that reports about the years following the national scandal "Mani pulite" (Italian for "Clean Hands")
• Il Bavaglio ("The Gag") mostly about the Italian politicians' plans to limit freedom of speech and the investigative means of Italian Prosecutors investigating political corruption
• Per chi suona la banana ("For Whom the Banana Tolls"; the title is a pun on For Whom the Bell Tolls, with a reference on the banana republic)
• Italia Anno Zero, Chiarelettere, 2009, ISBN 978-88-6190-051-6 (coauthors: Beatrice Borromeo and Vauro Senesi)

On 10 May 2008, Marco Travaglio commented on Renato Schifani's election as president of the Senate that one should "simply ask of the second highest office of the state to explain those relationships with those men who have subsequently been condemned for association with the Mafia" on the RAI current affairs talk show television program Che tempo fa.^[3][4][5]

The statement of Travaglio resulted in fierce and almost universally negative reactions including from the centre left, except for Antonio Di Pietro who said that Travaglio was "merely doing his job". Some called for chief executives at RAI to be dismissed.

The popular political commentator Beppe Grillo supported Travaglio, while Schifani announced he would go to Court and sue Travaglio for slander.^[6] Schifani said Travaglio's accusation was based on "inconsistent or manipulated facts, not even worthy of generating suspicions", adding that "someone wants to undermine the dialogue between the government and the opposition."^[5] Mister Schifani himself enjoys immunity as leader of the parliament.

In 2009, the German Association of Journalists awarded Travaglio its yearly prize for Freedom of the Press, describing him as a "brave and critical colleague [...] exposing continually the attempts of Italian politicians, especially Silvio Berlusconi, to influence the media to their advantage and to negate critical reports."^[7]

References[link]

External links[link]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Marco Travaglio

• Il fatto quotidiano Independent journal of which Travaglio is the vice director.
• Voglio scendere Blog by Travaglio and fellow journalists and authors Pino Corrias and Peter Gomez (Italian)
• L'Antefatto Official website of Travaglio's independent newspaper, Il Fatto Quotidiano (Italian)
• Unofficial Fan site featuring a column and some other contributions by Travaglio not published elsewhere (Italian)
• Interview with Marco Travaglio (Italian)
• La Repubblica newspaper: the controversial interview with Travaglio by Luttazzi (Italian)
• Signornò [1] L'Espresso-Opinioni (Italian)
• V-day 8 September 2007 Bologna Video (Italian)
• V2-day 25 April 2008 Turin Video (Italian)
• No CAV day 8 July 2008 Rome (Italian)

Lola Ponce
Lola Ponce at the meeting with Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, the President of Argentina (2010).
Background information
Birth name	Paola Fabiana Ponce
Born	(1982-06-25) 25 June 1982 (age 30) Capitán Bermudez, Santa Fe Province, Argentina
Genres	Pop, pop rock, Latin pop
Occupations	Singer, actress, model, spokesperson
Instruments	Vocals
Years active	2001—present
Labels	Raimoon/Sony BMG
Associated acts	Gió Di Tonno

Paola Fabiana Ponce (born June 25, 1982), professionally known as Lola Ponce, is an Argentine singer–songwriter, composer, actress and occasional model.

Ponce made her breakthrough in Argentina and Latin America with her debut album Inalcanzable, which was released in 2001. She also earned a great popularity in Italy, after starring in musical Notre-Dame de Paris in Verona. Ponce has since released two more albums — Fearless (2004) and Il diario di Lola (2008) — and has performed in Spanish, Italian and English. In 2008, along with Giò Di Tonno, she won San Remo Festival with the song "Colpo di fulmine".

Life and career[link]

Early life and career (1982—1997)[link]

Lola Ponce was born on June 25, 1982 in Capitán Bermudez, Santa Fe Province^[1] to Hector and María.^[2] She has two siblings, Claudia and Alejandro.^[2] Born and raised in a musical family, she formed a duo with her brother when she was only 3, performing folklore songs.^[2] Ponce took part in many festivals in Latin America as child and teenager.^[1] In 1998, she had a role in Chiquititas, a popular TV series created by Cris Morena,^[3] and signed a recording contract with producer Oscar Mediavilla in 1999.^[3] Ponce entered the University of Buenos Aires, but dropped it due to music career.^[1]

Stardom (2001—present)[link]

Ponce released her debut album Inalcanzable in 2001, achieving a great success in Latin America.^[1] In 2002, she was cast as Esméralda in theatre musical Notre-Dame de Paris, which was shown in Verona, Italy, and Barcelona, Spain. Ponce recorded two songs for the musical soundtrack, "Ave Maria Pagana" and "Ali In Gabbia, Occhi Selvaggi",^[4] and made her breakthrough in Italy and Europe.^[5][6] In 2004, she released her first album in English, Fearless, and in 2005 performed her song "Sleep" in the revival part of the San Remo Festival.^[6]

In 2008, she released third studio albums Il diario di Lola, which contains songs in Spanish, Italian and English. Ponce also won San Remo Festival along with Giò Di Tonno and the song "Colpo di fulmine".^[7] The song reached number one at Italian Singles Chart.^[8] In 2010, Ponce appeared in several television series and films, and starred the stage adaptation of Alessandro Manzoni's novel The Betrothed. She also participated in Argentine version of Dancing with the Stars, Bailando por un sueño,^[9] and released her first compilation album Lola.

Personal and media life[link]

Ponce dated Italian lawyer Manuel Malenotti for five years, from 2005 to 2010,^[10][11] and is now dating her co-star Aarón Díaz,^[12] Ponce is often referred as one of most beautiful women of Argentina and Italy.^[13]

Discography[link]

• 2001 — Inalcanzable
• 2002 — Notre-Dame de Paris
• 2004 — Fearless
• 2008 — Il diario di Lola
• 2010 — Lola

Filmography[link]

References[link]

External links[link]

• Official Website
• Lola Ponce at the Internet Movie Database

Cristina Parodi (Alessandria, 3 November 1964) is an Italian journalist and television host.

Biography[link]

She debuted in the 80's in the small TV channels TelePiccolo and Telereporter^[1] and after in Odeon TV, hosting some sports shows like Caccia al 13 and Forza Italia.^[2]

In 1990 moved to Fininvest joining the sports news editor, presenting Calciomania with Maurizio Mosca, and working as correspondent in Pressing. From 1991, when started the Gulf War, she switched to the news entourage, and from autumn 1991 started presenting Canale 5 News, the first Canale 5's news program. From January 1992 she became, with the director Enrico Mentana, Lamberto Sposini and Cesara Buonamici, one of the most important TG5's anchorwoman.

In September 1996 has left TG5 and started presenting Verissimo, a daily afternoon show aired by Canale 5 which talked about gossip and cases of crime. In these years the program has been also promoted in primetime with a course titled Le storie di Verissimo. She presented this program, having a grateful success, until June 2005; in 2000 has hosted the entertainment primetime show Strano ma vero, with Gene Gnocchi, and in the summer of 2003 has presented the reality show The Bachelor - L'uomo dei sogni. She has also presented some TV events and various editions of Natale in Vaticano.

From September 2005 she came back presenting the main edition of TG5, on air at 8 p.m., and left hosting Verissimo.

She's the sister of another Italian journalist, Benedetta Parodi.

References[link]

External links[link]

• Cristina Parodi at the Internet Movie Database

Wikiquote has a collection of quotations related to: Cristina Parodi