Rai 3
Country | Italy |
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Headquarters | Rome, Italy |
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Language(s) | Italian |
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Owner | RAI |
Rai 3 (until May 2010 known as Rai Tre) is an Italian free-to-air television channel owned by State broadcaster RAI. 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.
Foreign language programming
In the Aosta Valley, Rai 3 broadcasts some programmes in French language, albeit less than three hours a week.[2]
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 language, and other shows in Slovene.[3][4] 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 directed by Luca Mazzà
- TGR (Regional news service, directed by Vincenzo Morgante)
- 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
References
- ^ "Sintesi Mensile di Trieste la radiotelevisvi é Sintesi Mensile 1A" (PDF). Auditel. Retrieved 30 June 2014.
- ^ [1] (in Italian and French)
- ^ Rai Furlanija Julijska Krajina (in Slovene)
- ^ [2] (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 (in Italian)