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| Country | Italy |
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| Broadcast area | Italy France (Corsica, southern portion) Switzerland (southern portion) Austria (southern portion) Slovenia (western portion) San Marino Vatican City |
| Headquarters | Rome, Italy |
| Programming | |
| Language | Italian |
| Picture format | 1080iHDTV (downscaled to16:9576i for theSDTV feed) |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | RAI |
| Sister channels | Rai 1 Rai 2 Rai 4 Rai 5 Rai Gulp Rai Movie Rai News 24 Rai Premium Rai Scuola Rai Sport Rai Storia Rai Yoyo Rai Ladinia Rai Südtirol Rai Italia |
| History | |
| Launched | 15 December 1979; 45 years ago (1979-12-15) |
| Former names | Rete 3 (1979–1983) Rai Tre (1983–2010) |
| Links | |
| Website | rai.it/rai3 |
| Availability | |
| Terrestrial | |
| Digital terrestrial television | Channel 103 (HD) Channel 503 (SD) |
| Streaming media | |
| RaiPlay | Live streaming (Only in Italy) |
Rai 3 (formerlyRai Tre) is an Italianfree-to-air television channel owned and operated by state-ownedpublic broadcasterRAI – 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. Rai 3 is a direct competitor toLa7 andMediaset'sRete 4.
In theAosta Valley, Rai 3 broadcasts programmes in French as well as inValdôtain dialect.[1]
In theTrentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol region,Rai Südtirol timeshares broadcast hours inGerman with Rai 3 when not broadcasting.
In theFriuli-Venezia Giulia region, Rai 3 BIS (TDD Furlanija Julijska Krajina) is a separate channel which broadcasts daily from 18:40 with ahalf-hour daily newscast inSlovene, and other shows in Slovene.[2][3] In accordance with a bilateral cooperation agreement between Italy andSlovenia, Slovene-language shows produced by Rai 3 Bis are also aired on the Slovenian regional television channelTV Koper-Capodistria and on State-owned TV Slovenija 2.
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