Rai 3

Rai 3
Launched	15 December 1979
Owned by	Rai
Picture format	576i (PAL) 16:9 1080i (HDTV)
Audience share	7.08% (May 2014, )
Country	Italy
Language	Italian
Headquarters	Rome, Italy
Formerly called	Rete 3 (1979–1982) Rai Tre (1982–2010)
Website	www.raitre.rai.it
Availability
Terrestrial
Digital	Channel 3 (SD) Channel 503 (HD)
Satellite
Digital	DVB-S (scrambled in Mediaguard during some events) on Hotbird, Astra and Atlantic Bird
Sky Italia	Channel 103
NOVA Greece	Channel 856
Cable
MC Cable	Channel 203
Cablecom	Channel 95 Channel 204 (digital CH-D)
Numericable	Channel 78
Ziggo	TV Italiana Ziggo App
Streaming media
Rai.tv	Live Streaming

Rai 3 is part of Rai, the Italian government broadcasting agency, which owns other channels, such as Rai 1 and Rai 2 (amongst others). Rai 3 first started transmissions on 15 December 1979. It has always been considered the most left-leaning channel of Italian public television.

The channel is due to start a HDTV simulcast by September 2013, as confirmed by Rai Director-General Luigi Gubitosi. The HD Channel began in September 2016.

In the Aosta Valley, Rai 3 broadcasts some programmes in French language, albeit only less than three hours a week.

In the Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol region, Rai Sudtirol has an own channel which on the rest of the day Rai 3 is broadcast on (Rai 3 is also available 24 hours a day in Italian however).

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 language, and other educational and other programs in Slovene. In accordance with a bilateral cooperation agreement between Italy and Slovenia, Slovene language programs produced by Rai 3 Bis are also shown on the Slovenian regional television channel TV Koper-Capodistria and on the second national channel (TV Slovenija 2) of state-owned Slovene broadcaster Radiotelevizija Slovenija.

A few shows include:

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