Radiotelevisio Latii

Ral — Radiotelevisio Latii

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Type	Statutory corporation with Imperial charter
Industry	Mass media
Founded	1915 (1915)
Founder	Government of Latium
Headquarters	Castellum ab Alba, Latium
Area served	Latium
Key people	Batzas Antius (CEO) Adrian Sulla (Chairman)
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Revenue	$3.1 billion (2014)
Operating income	$199 million (2017)
Net income	$58 million (2017)
Owner	Government of Latium
Number of employees	12,035 (2017)
Subsidiaries	Res Ral RALNet RAL Cinema Alba Distributio BRT

RAL — Radiotelevisio Latii, commonly styled RAL, is the national public broadcasting corporation of Latium, owned and controlled by the Latin government, with civilian oversight by the Ministry of the Interior and Ministry of the Treasury.

RAL was first founded in 1915 as the first radio station in Latium, and as of 2018 operates 13 (and 2 overflow) television stations broadcast over digital terrestrial television and 5 radio stations. It is the largest television broadcaster in Latium by audience share, followed closely by Verruscosi Holdings broadcast entities including LTC and Delpha. RAL broadcasts throughout Latium, including the Aveli Islands. RAL broadcasts is also available in neighboring counties due to proximity, and elsewhere by satellite. It offers programming in Latin, Byzantic Hellene, Gelonian and occasionally Audonian; though its online news service offers services in nearly 20 different languages.

While over half of RAL's revenue comes from advertisers and sale of ad time, a substantial portion of RAL's yearly revenue continues to comes from the sale of television license fees.

History

RAL was formed in 1915 during the reign of Emperor John XIII as Radio Latii and became Latium's first radio station. Its inaugural broadcast came on November 7, and was a speech by Emperor John XIII. Regular programing followed two days later, and featured news service, music and readings. RAL became the largest radio broadcaster in Latium by audience share from its inception until the Social War, where is was surpassed by LTC.

RAL became the second broadcaster to launch television service, coming in four months after BRT in 1943. Today, RAL is the largest broadcaster by audience share in Latium.

TV license fee

All televisions owner in Latium are required to purchase a television license for £125 per television in order to legally own a television. Licensing fees are paid to directly to RAL and are classified as a service fee instead of taxation. Licensing fees are set by the Latin Senate after receiving Imperial assent. RAL may seek collection against delinquent licensees and enforcement through the Scholarian Guard. Exemptions are granted for residents over the age of 70.

Stations

TV channels

Logo	Channel	SD/HD Listing	Broadcast	HD offering	Launched	Description
<imgur w=35>fpKqTR8.png</imgur>	RAL	1/401	National	Yes	19 April 1943	Generalist
<imgur w=48>VPNDNSq.png</imgur>	RAL 2	2/402	National	Yes	30 June 1957	Generalist
<imgur w=48>iJ3GAZS.jpg</imgur>	RAL 3	12/412	National	Yes	30 June 1957	Generalist
<imgur w=48>Gtdzkcp.png</imgur>	Rideo! 1	50/450	National	Yes	17 January 2004	Comedy programing
<imgur w=48>x3f0CNr.png</imgur>	RAL+	66/466	National	Yes	14 June 2016	Overflow feed for RAL
<imgur w=48>Cw8nlX8.jpg</imgur>	RAL Iuventa	72/472	National	Yes	5 July 1993	Childrens and teenage programming
<imgur w=48>qTir5av.png</imgur>	RAL Athletica	80/480	National	Yes	27 April 1999	Live sports and news programing
<imgur w=48>bf7cfN3.png</imgur>	RAL Athletica+	81/481	National	Yes	1 January 2016	Overflow for RAL Atheltica
<imgur w=48>l3Ss1Ft.png</imgur>	RAL Vetustas	87/487	National	Yes	15 March 1997	Educational and historical programing
<imgur w=48>44aeLtT.png</imgur>	RAL NC24	124/524	National	Yes	5 July 1998	"The News Channel" – 24 hour news network
<imgur w=48>QSGkJsz.png</imgur>	RAL Cinema	155/555	National	Yes	3 December 2001	Movies
<imgur w=48>TAIaetb.png</imgur>	RAL Premium	277/677	National	Yes	3 December 2001	TV series
<imgur w=35>yxUvTlq.png</imgur>	BRT		Regional	Yes	1 May 1955 2	Byzantic Hellene language channel in the Byzantic counties
<imgur w=48>QADgOui.jpg</imgur>	RAL Gelonia		Regional	Yes	1 October 1989	Gelonian language channel in the Gelonian counties
<imgur w=48>Kw0IHH9.png</imgur>	RAL Orbis		International	Yes	3 December 2014	International satellite station for overseas Latins

• ¹ Originally RAL 4, relaunched as comedy channel
• ² Date of relaunch following RAL acquisition; original date of first broadcast was 4 January 1943