Rai 3

Rai Tre
Launched	15 December 1979
Owned by	RAI - Radiotelevisione italiana S.p.a.
Audience share	9.07% (2008, )
Country	Italy
Formerly called	Rete 3 (1979-1982) Rai Tre (1982-2010)
Website	www.raitre.rai.it
Availability
Terrestrial
Analogue	PAL, Normally tuned on channel 3 (not available in switched-off areas)
Digital	DVB-T, LCN 3
Satellite
Analogue	Not available
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 095 Channel 204 (digital CH-D)
Numericable	Channel 78
Internet television
Rai.tv	Live Streaming
Yalp.alice.it	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. In the eighties it was under the predominant political influence of the Italian Communist Party^{[citation needed]}. Its programs are typically oriented to information, rather than entertainment, and they look for a qualitative approach, instead of seeking higher TV ratings.

Foreign language programming

In the Aosta Valley, Rai 3 broadcasts some programmes in French language, albeit only less than three hours a week.

In the Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol region, Rai 3 timeshares with Rai Sender Bozen.

In Friuli-Venezia Giulia region, Rai 3 broadcasts an half-hour daily newscast in Slovene language, which is sometimes followed by educational programs in Slovene. In accordance with a bilateral cooperation agreement between Italy and Slovenia, Slovene language programs produced by Rai 3 are also shown on the Slovenian regional television channel TV Koper-Capodistria and on the second channel of state-owned Slovene broadcaster Radiotelevizija Slovenija.

Programs

News

• TG3, Rai 3 main news service directed by Bianca Berlinguer
• TGR (Regional news service, directed by Alberto Maccari)
• Ballarò, weekly talk show hosted by Giovanni Floris
• Primo Piano, daily magazine of TG3 hosted by Maurizio Mannoni
• TeleCamere Salute, about health, hosted by Anna La Rosa

Shows

• Blob
• Blu Notte - Misteri Italiani (hosted by Carlo Lucarelli)
• Che tempo che fa
• Chi l'ha visto?
• Cominciamo bene
• Elisir
• Alle falde del Kilimangiaro
• Fuori Orario - Cose (mai) viste
• Geo & Geo
• Mi manda Raitre
• Ombre sul Giallo
• La Grande Storia
• Parla con me
• Report
• Un giorno in Pretura
• Vieni via con me

Series

• La Squadra
• Un posto al sole
• Agrodolce
• La strada per la felicità - (Wege zum Glück)
• Wicked Science
• Survivors
• Flashpoint
• Serious
• Sabrina the Teenage Witch
• Law & Order
• Friends
• Desperate Housewives
• Medium
• Blind Justice

Game Shows

• Per un pugno di libri

Kids and Teens

• Melevisione (afternoon kids show)
• Il trenino Thomas (Thomas and Friends)
• Trebisonda (afternoon teens show)
• Saddle Club
• Scooter: Secret Agent

Logos

2000–2010	2010–present

Further reading

• Delio De Martino, Per una storia di Raitre. Premessa di Raffaele Nigro, Bari, Levante Editori, 2009, ISBN 9788879495318.

External links

• Official Site (Italian)