CentoVetrine
CentoVetrine is an Italian soap opera which was broadcast on Canale 5 from 8 January 2001 to 8 August 2016. First-run episodes were briefly broadcast on Rete 4 from 15 December 2014 to 10 March 2015.
Premise
The series is set in and around the shopping center CentoVetrine, located at the foot of the Alps, just outside Turin. It is owned by Ettore Ferri, with Ivan Bettini as CEO and Ettore's daughter, Anita Ferri, as vice president and editor of Cento magazine. Other long running cast members include as Laura Beccaria, as Valerio Bettini, as Francesca Bettini and Camillo Milli as Ugo Monti. CentoVetrine follows the lives, loves and conflicts of these and other characters related to the shopping center.Series overview
Cast
Production
The series was produced by Mediavivere and taped at Telecittà Studios in San Giusto Canavese, Turin.Broadcast
CentoVentrine debuted as an afternoon series on Canale 5 on 8 January 2001. The average audience over the show's first 10 years was 4 million viewers, with a 28% share and peaks of 36%.The series was moved to Rete 4 on 15 December 2014, airing Monday through Friday in prime time at 8:05 PM. This put the series in direct competition with the popular Rai 3 drama Un posto al sole, which was Italy's most-watched soap opera at the time.
The last episode was broadcast on Rete 4 on 10 March 2015, though a number of unaired episodes remained. The remaining 72 episodes were later broadcast in Italy on Canale 5 in a morning time slot from 7 June to 8 August 2016.
Starting 15 June 2023, all episodes of the series have been made available for streaming on the Italian streaming platform Mediaset Infinity.