The subsidiary distributed radio and television programs in the USA with special attention to the Italian-American community.

From Italy, exclusively from satellite, relays of the main news (either TG1 or TG2), a Serie A soccer match and cultural and entertainment programs arrived.

In the early 90s, the RAI satellite network achieved coverage in 29 cities, reaching 68% of the Italian-American community.

Thanks to the office in Montevideo, Rai distributed tapes of its content to broadcasters, entitites and institutions that were unable to pick up the satellite signal.

From 18 May 2010, following a reduction plan approved unanimously by the Council of Administrators, Rai Italia ceased all of its original productions.

Rai Italia also strives to meet the demands for information and services from Italian communities abroad.