How can people watch or listen to San Marino RTV in San Marino?

San Marino RTV is available through digital terrestrial television, satellite services, Radio San Marino on FM 102.7, Radio San Marino Classic on FM 103.2, its website, live service, RTV Play, app and social-media accounts. RTV Play provides local on-demand and archive content.

What must a journalistic publication in San Marino do to operate legally?

A testata giornalistica, meaning a registered journalistic publication, must be registered when its main activity is journalistic and it appears in print, on radio or television, or online. Registration details include the publisher, owner and responsible editor, with additional technical and publication information required for print, broadcast and online editions.

What media rights and protections apply in San Marino?

People have freedom of opinion, expression, reporting, criticism and satire, and may seek and receive information across borders without prior censorship. The rules also provide privacy protection, a right to request correction, protection for victims of violence, youth safeguards, network neutrality and access to public information subject to privacy and copyright limits.

How can people participate in public information and broadcasting in San Marino?

Political actors receive equal and impartial access during election and campaign information, under arrangements managed by the Supervisory Board and Commissione di Vigilanza. Citizens, associations and institutions can report Code-of-Conduct breaches to the Autorità Garante per l’Informazione and use document access, civic access or general civic access where the applicable eligibility rules are met.

Media in San Marino

Q: What are the main media services and institutions in San Marino?

San Marino RTV provides the main public radio and television service, while the Autorità Garante per l’Informazione supervises registration, professional standards, pluralism, ownership transparency and sanctions. Global online platforms and Italian broadcasts also form part of everyday media access in San Marino.

San Marino's media system combines public broadcasting, registered journalistic publications, online services, global social platforms and cross-border Italian broadcasts. San Marino RTV is the central public radio and television provider, while the Autorità Garante per l’Informazione oversees registration, professional standards, pluralism, ownership transparency and sanctions. Media access, correction rights, privacy, youth protection and public-information access are regulated by specific rules.

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Treat San Marino's media landscape as a mixed system: use San Marino RTV for local public information, compare Italian and online sources, and choose global platforms when wider reach matters. If you publish, first determine whether your activity is mainly journalism, broadcasting, streaming or social communication because registration, transparency, youth-protection and authorization duties differ. Protect personal data and minors from the start, and document correction, access and copyright decisions.

byMaria&Marco

San Marino has a small but diverse media system. Italian is the main language, and Italian broadcasting has a major cross-border role. Local media include print, radio, television and online publications, while people also use global streaming and social-media services. The main local public broadcaster is San Marino RTV, owned equally by E.R.A.S. and RAI. Its six-member board has three members appointed through E.R.A.S. and three through RAI. Its public mission covers plural and impartial news, culture, education, sport, information for elections and referendums, services for minors, accessibility, public notices and communication with citizens. San Marino RTV must provide at least two television news editions and four radio news editions each day, including subtitled and Italian Sign Language editions.