Rai 3
Italian TV channel From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Italian TV channel From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Rai 3 (formerly Rete 3) is an Italian free-to-air television channel owned and operated by state-owned public broadcaster RAI – Radiotelevisione italiana. It was launched on 15 December 1979 and its programming is centred towards cultural and regional programming. It has always been considered the most left-leaning channel of Italian public television; its direct competitor to Mediaset's Rete 4.
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Country | Italy |
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Broadcast area | Italy France (Corsica, southern portion) Switzerland (southern portion) Austria (southern portion) Slovenia (western portion) San Marino Vatican City |
Headquarters | Rome, Italy |
Programming | |
Language(s) | Italian |
Picture format | 1080i HDTV (downscaled to 16:9 576i for the SDTV feed) |
Ownership | |
Owner | RAI |
Sister channels | Rai 1 Rai 2 Rai 4 Rai 5 Rai Gulp Rai Movie Rai News 24 Rai Premium Rai Scuola Rai Sport Rai Storia Rai Yoyo Rai Ladinia Rai Südtirol Rai Italia |
History | |
Launched | 15 December 1979 |
Former names | Rete 3 (1979–1982) Rai Tre (1982–2010) |
Links | |
Website | rai.it/rai3 |
Availability | |
Terrestrial | |
Digital terrestrial television | Channel 103 (HD) Channel 503 (SD) |
Streaming media | |
RaiPlay | Live streaming (Only in Italy) |
In the Aosta Valley, Rai 3 broadcasts programmes in French as well as in Valdôtain dialect.[1]
In the Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol region, Rai Südtirol timeshares broadcast hours in German with Rai 3 when not broadcasting.
In the Friuli-Venezia Giulia region, Rai 3 BIS (TDD Furlanija Julijska Krajina) is a separate channel which broadcasts daily from 18:40 with a half-hour daily newscast in Slovene, and other shows in Slovene.[2][3] In accordance with a bilateral cooperation agreement between Italy and Slovenia, Slovene-language shows produced by Rai 3 Bis are also aired on the Slovenian regional television channel TV Koper-Capodistria and on State-owned TV Slovenija 2.
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A few shows include: