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Rai 3

Rai 3

Italian TV channel

Rai 3 (formerly Rete 3) is an Italian free-to-air television channel owned and operated by state-owned public broadcaster 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.

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Foreign language programming

In the Aosta Valley, Rai 3 broadcasts some programmes in French, about less than three hours a week.[1]

In the Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol 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.[2][3] In accordance with a bilateral cooperation agreement between Italy and Slovenia, 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:

Logos

  • 3 October 1983 – 26 September 1988
  • 26 September 1988 – 23 October 2000
  • In use from 23 October 2000 to 18 May 2010
  • In use from 18 May 2010 to 12 September 2016
  • In use since 12 September 2016

References

  1. [1]
    (in Italian and French)
  2. [2]
    Rai Furlanija Julijska Krajina (in Slovene)
  3. [3]
    Archived 5 April 2023 at the Wayback Machine (in Italian)

Further reading

  • Delio De Martino, Per una storia di Raitre. Premessa di Raffaele Nigro, Bari, Levante Editori, 2009, ISBN 978-88-7949-531-8.
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