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Article: Now what? Election results determine new TV scenario. (in Italy)
- Article from:
- Video Age International
- Article date:
- March 1, 1994
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One thing is clear with last month's Italian elections, we know who lost but not who won. Silvio Berlusconi's shaky right-of-center five-party coalition beat the left. However, it is not yet certain that Berlusconi won a clear mandate to become Prime Minister. Under the current results, no one can form a stable government without the support of the big-losing centrist parties.
Apart from the question of whether Berlusconi will become Prime Minister--nonetheless he's inching his way to it--what do the election results mean for the television industry in Italy? With the exception of Berlusconi's Forza Italia, reform of the current broadcasting system is high on ...