Rai 3 (formerly Rete 3) 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
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'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 strengt ...
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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 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 and on State-owned TV Slovenija 2.
Programs
A few shows include:
*''TG3
''TG3'' (''TeleGiornale 3'') is the brand for 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, Italy, except for the 1 ...
'', Rai 3 main news service directed by Luca Mazzà
*''TGR
''TGR'' (Italian: ''TG Regione'') is the brand for Italian state-owned public broadcasting company Rai's regional news programmes. They are broadcast domestically on Rai Tre and Rai Radio 1. It was launched in 1979 as ''TG3 Regione'', and was k ...
'' (Regional news service, directed by Vincenzo Morgante)
*''Gazebo''
*''Doc3''
*''Che tempo che fa
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It has been broadcas ...
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*'' Chi l'ha Visto?''
*'' Vieni via con me''
*''Sabrina the Teenage Witch
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*'' Law & Order''
*'' Friends''
*'' Desperate Housewives''
*'' The Defenders''
*''The Spaghetti Family
''The Spaghetti Family'' ( it, La famiglia Spaghetti) is an Italian animated television series created by Bruno Bozzetto and produced by The Animation Band, Mondo TV and Rai Fiction, and animated by SEK Studio. It debuted on Rai 3 in December 2003. ...
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*'' Glob''
*''Inspector Gadget
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*'' Melevisione''
*'' 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
The UEFA Europa Conference League (abbreviated as UECL) is an annual football club competition organised by the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) for eligible European football clubs. Clubs qualify for the competition based on thei ...
(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
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Television channels and stations established in 1979
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Italian-language television stations