Rai 3 (formerly Rete 3) is an Italian
free-to-air
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television channel owned and operated by state-owned
public broadcaster
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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
Mediaset Italia S.p.A., also known as Mediaset, is an Italian-based mass media company which is the largest commercial broadcaster in the country. The company is controlled by the holding company MFE - MediaForEurope. Founded in 1987 by former ...
's
Rete 4
Rete 4 (in English Network 4) is an Italian free-to-air television channel operated by Mediaset Italia and owned by MFE - MediaForEurope. Presently the director is Sebastiano Lombardi.
Programs
TV Programmes (currently)
Rete 4's streng ...
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Foreign language programming
In the
Aosta Valley
, Valdostan or Valdotainian it, Valdostano (man) it, Valdostana (woman)french: Valdôtain (man)french: Valdôtaine (woman)
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, Rai 3 broadcasts some programmes in French, about less than three hours a week.
In the
Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol
it, Trentino (man) it, Trentina (woman) or it, Altoatesino (man) it, Altoatesina (woman) or it, Sudtirolesegerman: Südtiroler (man)german: Südtirolerin (woman)
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region,
Rai Sudtirol timeshares broadcast hours with Rai 3 when not broadcasting.
In
Friuli-Venezia Giulia
(man), it, Friulana (woman), it, Giuliano (man), it, Giuliana (woman)
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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.
(in Italian) In accordance with a bilateral cooperation agreement between Italy and Slovenia
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, Slovene-language shows produced by Rai 3 Bis are also aired on the Slovenian regional television channel TV Koper-Capodistria
TV Koper Capodistria is a Slovene free-to-air television channel based in Koper, Slovenia. Mainly funded by state aid, the channel serves the Italian-speaking minority in Slovenia and Croatia. It can also be received in the Italian region of ...
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?
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Greek
*Chi (letter), the Greek letter (uppercase Χ, lowercase χ);
Chinese
* ''Chi'' (length) (尺), a traditional unit of length, about ⅓ meter
*Chi (mythology) (螭), a dragon
*Chi (surname) (池, pinyin: ''chí'' ...
''
*'' Vieni via con me''
*''Sabrina the Teenage Witch
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''
*''Law & Order
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''Law & Order'' aired its entire run on NBC, premiering ...
''
*''Friends
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''
*''Desperate Housewives
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''
*'' The Defenders''
*'' The Spaghetti Family''
*'' Glob''
*'' Inspector Gadget''
*''Melevisione
''Melevisione'' (; portmanteau from , "apples", and , "television") is an Italian children's television program that aired in the early afternoon between 1999 and 2015 on Rai Tre, and some time after the start on Rai Yoyo too. It focuses on the ad ...
''
*'' Buongiorno Estate
*''UEFA Europa League
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(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
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(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
File:Logo Raitre 1983.svg, 3 October 1983 - 26 September 1988
File:Rai Tre old.png, In use from 1988 to 2000
File:Rai Tre.png, In use from 2000 to 18 May 2010
File:Rai 3 logo.svg, In use from 18 May 2010 to 12 September 2016
File:Rai 3 - Logo 2016.svg, 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, .
External links
Official Site
{{Authority control
Television channels and stations established in 1979
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Italian-language television stations