Veltroni. 30 September. In spite of a warning of the Ministry of Communications, Silvio Berlusconi's Tele Milano 58 begins to broadcast in the whole Northern Italy with the mark Canale 5; almost immediately, the network extends to Center and South, with the mark Canale 10, and the 1 November covers the whole Italian territory. November. The newborn Canale 5 gets straightaway a sensational goal, buying for $900,000 the TV rights for the Mundialito (a tournament among the World Champions football team, played in Uruguay). After long negotiations, RAI and Canale 5 get an agreement: Canale 5 can use the RAI satellite, while in exchange the State television can broadcast the matches of the Italian team. The Mundialito is the first great public success of Canale 5, with 8 million viewers. 13 December. Birth of Angelo Rizzoli's network Prima Rete Indipendente, active in the Northern Italy and in Rome. The news program, Contatto, is trusted to Maurizio Costanzo (as Rizzoli, affiliated to the P2 lodge). Debuts Serials Il fascino dell’insolito (The charm of the strange) – anthology series of fantastic stories; 3 seasons. Variety Flash – quiz about the current news, with Mike Bongiorno (who works in RAI for the last time); 2 seasons. Fresco fresco (Very fresh) – show for children of the summer; 3 seasons. Private channels Buongiorno Italia (Good morning Italia) – show of the morning of Canale 5, repeating the formula of Good morning America and hosted, in turn, by Marco Columbro, Aba Cercato and Fiorella Pietrobon; 6 seasons, with a break-up from 1984 to 1987. Popcorn – musical show on Canale 5; 4 seasons. Il telegramma (The telegram) – game show on Antenna Nord; 3 seasons. News and educational Mixer – magazine of current news and culture, care of Giovanni Minoli, famous for its graphic experimentations and for the “Mixer face to face”, interviews of famous personalities, whose tight close-up fills the background; lasted till 1998. Il processo del lunedì (The Monday's trial) – talk show about Italian soccer, care of Aldo Biscardi, the first (and, for long time, the only) public success of RAI 3. For two decades the most popular sport program of the Italian TV, also if often charged to be “trash TV” for its harsh verbal brawl, it goes on till 1997 (with a reprisal from 2013 to 2017) on RAI. A similar show, Il processo di Biscardi, is on air since