As part of World Radio Day 2026 – dedicated to “Radio and Artificial Intelligence” – COPEAM has established a new collaboration with UNESCO to develop a pilot action focusing on a concrete and innovative application of artificial intelligence to the radio. The pilot project is implemented in collaboration with the Ca’ Foscari University/Venice and Rai’s Research and Technological Innovation Centre (CRITS)

CPTO, 9-11 dicembre 2025

RAI CRITS organised a workshop dedicated to virtual production with volumetric LED wall technology, offering participants a high-level training experience.

These LED walls are defined as ‘volumetric’ because they are often configured with a floor and ceiling, creating an immersive environment that wraps actors or presenters in a virtual space in real time. This approach overcomes the limitations of previous technology, the green screen, which forces performers to work in a completely green environment, devoid of visual references, often generating a sense of alienation.

The practical initiative was carried out in collaboration with the EBU’s LED Virtual Production group and with the support of Sony, involving key figures from the RAI company’s management, including TV Production and Technologies.

LE FIL ROUGE –Vietato non toccare

Among of Rai’s initiatives on accessibility and inclusion, Rai Valle d’Aosta has produced the episode “Vietato non toccare” of the series Le Fil Rouge, a program by Paola Corti and Ilaria Macrì. The episode follows a group of blind and visually impaired visitors of the Unione Italiana Ciechi e degli Ipovedenti-Valle d’Aosta in the Rai Museum of Radio and Television.

On the final day of the 49th FIAT/IFTA Annual Conference, Laurent Boch and Silvia Proscia from CRITS presented the project “Evaluation of Mass Digitisation through Retrospective Quality Control.”

The prestigious international FIAT/IFTA “Excellence in Media Preservation Award 2025” has been awarded to the project “RAI Newsreels Digitisation – From 16mm Films to High Quality Master Files”, dedicated to the digitisation of RAI’s newsreel films (1952–1985).