Rai Extra was an Italian television channel owned by

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and broadcast on

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. Initially the channel was called RaiSat Extra. But in 18 May 2010, when Rai rebranded all its channels, the name RaiSat was extinguished, and the channel was renamed Rai Extra. It broadcasts reruns of popular entertainment, infotainment and news programs produced or co-produced by the state-owned RAI television network. Since 26 November 2010, the channel is replaced by Rai 5.

Programming

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'' * ''Piloti'' * ''Parla con me'' * ''Cielito lindo'' * ''Libero'' * ''Paolo Limiti Show'' * ''Punto Donna'' * ''Biberon'' * ''10 Hertz'' * ''SuperGulp!'' * ''MenaBò'' * ''Mixer'' * ''Notte Rock'' * ''Stasera pago io'' * ''I raccomandati'' * ''Telegiornale'' * ''Buonasera con..'' * ''Tante scuse'' * ''3, 2, 1...contatto!'' * ''Controcanale'' * ''Controfagotto'' * ''Canzonissima'' * ''Studio Uno'' * ''Milleluci'' * ''Fantastico'' * ''Piccolo Slam'' * ''Speciale per voi''

Logos

File:RAI Sat Extra Logo.svg, Logo used from 2003–2010 File:Rai Extra Logo.svg, Logo used from 18 May 2010 – 26 November 2010

Closure

The broadcasts of Rai Extra ended after an episode of the sitcom Piloti on November 26, 2010 at 6:30 to make way for the new channel Rai 5. From that moment on, the logo of Rai Extra began to alternate with that of Rai 5 with a countdown at the bottom left that marked the start time of the transmissions of the new channel. The contents of Rai Extra flowed partly into the

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web portal and partly onto the

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television station.

References

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