Happy Channel was an entertainment satellite TV owned by Mediadigit (created by

Mediaset Mediaset S.p.A. is an Italian mass media and television production and distribution company that is the largest commercial broadcaster in the country. The company is controlled by the holding company MFE – MediaForEurope (the original ...

), on air from 8 March 1998 until 1 January 2006. Happy Channel ran on the Tele + platform till 30 July 2003, when

SKY Italia Sky Italia S.r.l. is an Italian satellite television platform owned by the American media conglomerate Comcast. Sky Italia also broadcasts three national free-to-air television channels: TV8, Cielo, and Sky TG24. Pay TV services on the Sky ...

took the place of Tele + and

Stream TV Stream TV was an Italian digital television, digital satellite television pay TV company launched in 1993 and closed in 2003, due to the merge with TELE+ into Sky Italia. History Stream S.P.A. was the service provider, a television company ow ...

, another Italian satellitar platform. The channel was based on comic films, old American films and cabaret shows and often reran old shows and sitcom produced by

in the past for its three free on air channels,

Canale 5 Canale 5 () is an Italian free-to-air television channel of Mediaset, owned by MFE - MediaForEurope. It was the first private television network to have national coverage in Italy in 1980. On 4 December 2012, Mediaset launched Canale 5 HD, a ...

Italia 1 Italia 1 (Italian pronunciation ) is an Italian free-to-air television channel on the Mediaset network, owned by MFE - MediaForEurope. It is aimed at both a young adult and adult audience. Italia 1 was launched on 3 January 1982 and, was or ...

and Retequattro. Shows such as ''

Non è la RAI ''Non è la Rai'' ('It's not Rai') is an Italian variety television series that aired from 9 September 1991 to 30 June 1995. Initially broadcast by Canale 5, it was moved to Italia 1 in January 1993. The show was presented by Enrica Bonaccorti ...

'', ''

Ciao Darwin ''Ciao Darwin'' is a variety game show format created and hosted by Paolo Bonolis (Stefano Magnaghi is the co-creator), and produced by the Italian mass media company Mediaset. There are two competing teams of 50 people each, usually made up of ...

'', ''Drive In'' and ''Colpo grosso'' were rerun. Some programs were produced expressly for the channel such as ''Space Girls'' or ''I Caruso - Sitshow a Little Italy''. The channel was directed by Carlo Vetrugno, who previously directed

and Retequattro.

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* {{Italian television stations Sky Italia Defunct television channels in Italy Italian-language television stations Mediaset television channels Television channels and stations established in 1998 Television channels and stations disestablished in 2006 1998 establishments in Italy 2006 disestablishments in Italy