Studio Aperto is the brand for Italian TV channel of Mediaset

Mediaset

Mediaset S.p.A., known as Gruppo Mediaset in Italian, is an Italian-based media company which is the largest commercial broadcaster in the country...

 network Italia 1

Italia 1

Italia 1 is an Italian commercial television channel on the Mediaset network. It is oriented especially at young people.Italia 1 was launched in January 1982 and, originally, was owned by Rusconi; after a few months, however, due to the aggressive dumping practices of Silvio Berlusconi's rival...

's news program

News program

A news program, news programme, news show, or newscast is a regularly scheduled radio or television program that reports current events. News is typically reported in a series of individual stories that are presented by one or more anchors...

mes. Founded by Emilio Fede

Emilio Fede

Emilio Fede is an Italian anchorman, journalist and writer. He has been the director of TG1 , a news programme on Raiuno.-Biography:Fede was born in Barcellona Pozzo di Gotto, Sicily....

 on January 16, 1991 with the beginning of Gulf War

Gulf War

The Persian Gulf War , commonly referred to as simply the Gulf War, was a war waged by a U.N.-authorized coalition force from 34 nations led by the United States, against Iraq in response to Iraq's invasion and annexation of Kuwait.The war is also known under other names, such as the First Gulf...

, they are shown domestically on Italia 1

Italia 1

Italia 1 is an Italian commercial television channel on the Mediaset network. It is oriented especially at young people.Italia 1 was launched in January 1982 and, originally, was owned by Rusconi; after a few months, however, due to the aggressive dumping practices of Silvio Berlusconi's rival...

 and Mediaset Plus

Mediaset Plus

Mediaset Plus was an Italian entertainment television channel. Started to broadcast on December 1, 2008, carry an entertainment-themed programming produced by Mediaset. It was closed on July 2, 2011...

 several times throughout the day. The editor-in-chief of the show is Giorgio Mulé.

Background

The programme is generally presented by a single newsreader

News presenter

A news presenter is a person who presents news during a news program in the format of a television show, on the radio or the Internet.News presenters can work in a radio studio, television studio and from remote broadcasts in the field especially weather...

 but with additional newsreaders for weather reports. Most items will be made up of reports and are generally preceded and followed by the correspondent

Correspondent

A correspondent or on-the-scene reporter is a journalist or commentator, or more general speaking, an agent who contributes reports to a newspaper, or radio or television news, or another type of company, from a remote, often distant, location. A foreign correspondent is stationed in a foreign...

 reporting live from the scene of the report.

Daily programme and presenters

• 12:25 AM: Patrizia Caregnato, Monica Gasparini, Stefania Cavallaro, Sabrina Pieragostini.
• 18:30 PM: Irene Tarantelli, Laura Piva, Silvia Carrera, Elisa Triani.
• 00:30 AM: recorded.

Controversies and Criticism

Studio Aperto is strongly criticized for its focus on Soft news stories, political bias in favour of Popolo della Libertà and about low-quality of its reports, often based on Hoax

Hoax

A hoax is a deliberately fabricated falsehood made to masquerade as truth. It is distinguishable from errors in observation or judgment, or rumors, urban legends, pseudosciences or April Fools' Day events that are passed along in good faith by believers or as jokes.-Definition:The British...

 news with the heavy use of YouTube

YouTube

YouTube is a video-sharing website, created by three former PayPal employees in February 2005, on which users can upload, view and share videos....

videos.