Examples of use of Italia 1
1. Le Iene, well known for spoofs and pranks that embarrass public figures, is shown on Italia 1, a channel owned by the family of former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi.
2. In 2003 the former prime minister Emilio Colombo admitted that he had purchased cocaine after his drug dealer was arrested but said it was for "therapeutic purposes". Last year, during a debate on Italy‘s drug law, former deputy prime minister Gianfranco Fini admitted having smoked a joint once while he was on holiday in Jamaica; Pierferdinando Casini also said he had tried the drug, prompting former prime minister Silvio Berlusconi to joke: "While those two were taking drugs, I was working." Le Iene is shown on Italia 1, a channel owned by the Berlusconi family.