September - The firsttelevision sets made in Italy are officially presented. The Italian TV is still in an experimental phase and someone also proposes to delay its official starting until the color broadcasting will be available.[1]
9 December. The press announces the establishment of a financial company (Gruppo Cisalpino) chaired byCesare Merzagora and aimed to set up the first Italian private television channel, financed by advertising. The new channel would be based inMilan and start broadcasting in April 1952. The project is stopped by theMinister of Mail and CommunicationsGiuseppe Spataro, but it inducesRAI to establish a TV station inMilan, beside the one already existing inTurin.[1]
