raiplay was created on january 9, 2007 as rai.tv and operated by rai net. the website allowed viewers to watch and listen to programs entirely or partially produced by rai. the availability of programs was subject to copyright. the website also hosted exclusive content including interviews, extras, specials and blogs. a podcasting service was also made available from raiplay. until january 2009, the app used by the site to play files had been windows media player 11. since february 2009, rai.tv used silverlight for video streaming while choosing silverlight or realplayer for audio content (of radio channels). microsoft silverlight limited the availability of live video streaming exclusively to microsoft users.