Hour volume
Compared to the previous season, the overall offer of original Italian fiction is in clear growth (+ 75 hours) and has recorded the highest value of the last five seasons.
TV fiction supply per season (hour volume)
Trend of the last 5 seasons
Source: OFI
The interseasonal increase in hourly volume is owed to Rai’s offer (+ 76 hours) which, compared to last season (anomalous for the production closure due to Covid), programmed its daily soaps again (Un posto al sole and Il paradiso delle signore) for the entire season.
TV fiction supply (hour volume)
Season 2020-2021. Market shares
Source: OFI
Rai is once again absolute leader in the production of Italian fiction, offering alone more than ¾ of the season’s hour volume.
Among the other producers of domestic fiction, the offer of established operators of linear TV (Sky and Mediaset) still have greater weight than the original Italian titles offered by platforms (Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, Disney +).
TV fiction supply (hour volume)
Interseasonal variation
Source: OFI
The interseasonal increase in Rai’s offer of original Italian fiction is substantial (+ 22%).
On the other networks and platforms there have been minimal variations. The most significant concerns Amazon (+ 12 hours).
Fox and Timvision have not produced fiction this season.
Domestic fiction supply
Linear TV vs platforms
Source: OFI
Compared to the last season, the offer of Italian fiction has increased, both on linear TV (+58 hours) and on platforms (+17 hours).
The offer of Italian original fiction on platforms (Rai Play, Now, Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, Disney+), is still low but in the interseason its total hour volume has slightly grown, going from 9% (2019-2020) to 11% (2020-2021).
Rai – Season 2019-2020
Distribution of Italian TV fiction (hour volume)
Source: OFI
Rai is the only operator that supplies fiction across the entire distribution spectrum: generalist (Raiuno) and semi-generalist (Raidue, Raitre), specialty channels (Rai Gulp,) and its streaming platform Raiplay.
Compared to the past season, the offer of Italian fiction has grown, mainly on Raiuno (+ 44 hours) and Rai Gulp (+ 21 hours).
The summer offer (hour volume)
Summer 2020 vs Summer 2021
Source: OFI
In the 2021 summer quarter (June-August), the supply of original Italian fiction was 38 hours (+ 18 hours compared to the same 2020 quarter).
Rai broadcast a higher number of episodes of Un posto al sole compared to summer 2020.
Mediaset, Netflix and Sky aired an original series each. Respectively: Masantonio – Sezione scomparsi (M), Generazione 56k (N), Alfredino-Una storia italiana (S).