Rai 5 (pronounced ''Rai Cinque'') is an Italian

free-to-air Free-to-air (FTA) services are television (TV) and radio services broadcast in unencrypted form, allowing any person with the appropriate receiving equipment to receive the signal and view or listen to the content without requiring a subscripti ...

television channel owned and operated by state-owned

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RAI – Radiotelevisione italiana. It was launched on 26 November 2010 replacing Rai Extra. Its programming deals with culture with a particular attention to the arts world, offering documentaries, reportages and highbrow entertainment (music, dance, cabaret and theatre).

Logos

File:Rai Extra Logo.svg, May–November 2010 (as Rai Extra) File:Rai 5 logo.svg, 2010–2017 File:Rai 5 - Logo 2017.svg, 2017–present

Eurovision Song Contest

Rai 5 has broadcast from 2011 until 2013 the semifinal of the

Eurovision Song Contest The Eurovision Song Contest (), sometimes abbreviated to ESC and often known simply as Eurovision, is an international songwriting competition organised annually by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU), featuring participants representing pr ...

where Italy has to vote.

References

5 Television channels and stations established in 2010 Italian-language television stations {{Italy-tv-stub