Rai Med was an Italian

television Television (TV) is a telecommunication medium for transmitting moving images and sound. Additionally, the term can refer to a physical television set rather than the medium of transmission. Television is a mass medium for advertising, ...

channel owned and operated by

RAI (), commercially styled as since 2000 and known until 1954 as (RAI), is the national public broadcasting company of Italy, owned by the Ministry of Economy and Finance. RAI operates many terrestrial and subscription television channels a ...

Overview

Mainly devoted to the

Maghreb The Maghreb (; ), also known as the Arab Maghreb () and Northwest Africa, is the western part of the Arab world. The region comprises western and central North Africa, including Algeria, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, and Tunisia. The Maghreb al ...

area, the channel provided

Arabic Arabic (, , or , ) is a Central Semitic languages, Central Semitic language of the Afroasiatic languages, Afroasiatic language family spoken primarily in the Arab world. The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) assigns lang ...

and

Italian Italian(s) may refer to: * Anything of, from, or related to the people of Italy over the centuries ** Italians, a Romance ethnic group related to or simply a citizen of the Italian Republic or Italian Kingdom ** Italian language, a Romance languag ...

programming from

, including in particular an

dub of the evening edition of

TG3 ''TG3'' (''TeleGiornale 3'') is the brand for Government of Italy, Italian state-owned TV channel Rai 3's news programmes. They are shown domestically and across Europe on Rai 3. The newscasts are aired from Rai's Studios in Saxa Rubra, Rome, Rom ...

. Rai Med was in a timeshare with

Rai News 24 Rai News 24 is an Italian free-to-air television channel owned and operated by state-owned public broadcaster RAI – Radiotelevisione italiana. It is the company's all-news television channel, and is known for its 24-hour rolling news servic ...

and

Rai Italia Rai Italia is the international Italian language television service of Rai Com, a subsidiary of RAI, Italy's public national broadcaster. Rai Italia operates a television network that broadcasts around the world via four localized feeds. Progr ...

during its broadcast. Rai Med closed down in April 2014 due to programming no longer existing since April 2012. On 23 March 2016, Rai Med, which has been on a black screen for some time, was eliminated from the Hotbird frequency.

References

External links

* Defunct RAI television channels Television channels and stations established in 2001 Television channels and stations disestablished in 2014 2001 establishments in Italy 2014 disestablishments in Italy Arabic-language television stations Italian-language television stations {{Italy-tv-stub