Rai 3
| Rai 3 | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Launched | 15 December 1979 |
| Owned by | Rai |
| Picture format |
576i (16:9, SDTV) 1080i (HDTV) |
| Audience share | 7.08% (May 2014, [1]) |
| Country | Italy |
| Language | Italian |
| Headquarters | Rome, Italy |
| Formerly called |
Rete 3 (1979–1982) Rai Tre (1982–2010) |
| Website | www.raitre.rai.it |
Availability | |
| Terrestrial | |
| Digital |
Channel 3 (SD) Channel 503 (HD) |
| Satellite | |
| Digital | DVB-S (scrambled in Mediaguard during some events) on Hotbird, Astra and Atlantic Bird |
| Sky Italia | Channels 103 and 5003 |
| NOVA Greece | Channel 856 |
| Cable | |
| MC Cable | Channel 203 |
| Cablecom |
Channel 95 Channel 204 (digital CH-D) |
| Numericable | Channel 78 |
| Streaming media | |
| Rai.tv | Live Streaming |
Rai 3 is part of Rai, the Italian government broadcasting agency, which owns other channels, such as Rai 1 and Rai 2 (amongst others). Rai 3 first started transmissions on 15 December 1979. It has always been considered the most left-leaning channel of Italian public television.
Rai 3 HD
The channel is due to start a HDTV simulcast by September 2013, as confirmed by Rai Director-General Luigi Gubitosi.
Foreign language programming
In the Aosta Valley, Rai 3 broadcasts some programmes in French language, albeit only less than three hours a week.[2]
In the Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol region, Rai Sudtirol has an own channel which on the rest of the day Rai 3 is broadcast on (Rai 3 is also available 24 hours a day in Italian however).
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 language, and other educational and other programs in Slovene.[3][4] In accordance with a bilateral cooperation agreement between Italy and Slovenia, Slovene language programs produced by Rai 3 Bis are also shown on the Slovenian regional television channel TV Koper-Capodistria and on the second national channel (TV Slovenija 2) of state-owned Slovene broadcaster Radiotelevizija Slovenija.
Programs
A few shows include:
- TG3, Rai 3 main news service directed by Bianca Berlinguer
- TGR (Regional news service, directed by Alberto Maccari)
- Che tempo che fa
- Vieni via con me
- Sabrina the Teenage Witch
- Law & Order
- Friends
- Desperate Housewives
- The Defenders
References
- ↑ "Sintesi Mensile 1A" (PDF). Auditel. Retrieved 30 June 2014.
- ↑ (in Italian and French)
- ↑ Rai Furlanija Julijska Krajina (in Slovene)
- ↑ (in Italian)
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 (Italian)