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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. Rai 3 is a direct competitor to Mediaset's Rete 4.
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 Logo used since 2016 | |
| 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:
- TG3, Rai 3 main news service
- TGR, regional news service
- Doc3
- Quante storie (Rai 3, from 2019)
- Che tempo che fa, from 15 October 2023 broadcast on Nove, a Television channel edited by Discovery Italia, a Warner Bros. Discovery group division.
- Chi l'ha Visto?
- Un Posto al sole (A Place in the Sun) a soap opera airing on Rai 3 since October 21, 1996.
- Vieni via con me
- Sabrina the Teenage Witch
- Law & Order
- Friends
- Desperate Housewives
- The Defenders
- The Spaghetti Family
- Glob
- Inspector Gadget
- Melevisione
- Buongiorno Estate
- UEFA Europa League (one game per matchday live, the possibility of broadcasting all semi-finals due to law 8/99 if at least an Italian team is involved)
- UEFA Europa Conference League (one game per matchday live, the possibility of broadcasting all semi-finals due to law 8/99 if at least an Italian team is involved)
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Talk Shows
Films
Information
- NewsRoom (2024)
- Mano a mano (2024)
3 October 1983 – 26 September 1988
26 September 1988 – 23 October 2000
In use from 23 October 2000 to 18 May 2010
In use from 18 May 2010 to 12 September 2016
In use since 12 September 2016
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