Rai 3
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.
| Country | Italy |
|---|---|
| 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 |
Foreign language programming
In the Aosta Valley, Rai 3 broadcasts some programmes in French, about less than three hours a week.[1]
In the Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol region, Rai Sudtirol timeshares broadcast hours with Rai 3 when not broadcasting.
In Friuli-Venezia Giulia region, Rai 3 Bis (TDD Furlanija Julijska Krajina) is a separate channel which broadcast 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.
Programs
A few shows include:
- TG3, Rai 3 main news service
- TGR, regional news service
- Gazebo
- Doc3
- Che tempo che fa
- Chi l'ha Visto?
- 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, 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, possibility of broadcasting all semi-finals due to law 8/99 if at least an italian team is involved)
Logos
3 October 1983 - 26 September 1988
In use from 1988 to 2000
In use from 2000 to 18 May 2010
In use from 18 May 2010 to 12 September 2016
In use since 12 September 2016
References
Further reading
- Delio De Martino, Per una storia di Raitre. Premessa di Raffaele Nigro, Bari, Levante Editori, 2009, ISBN 978-88-7949-531-8.
External links
- Official Site (in Italian)
- Rai 3 on Facebook