Cielo (TV channel)

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Cielo

Country	Italy
Broadcast area	Italy Switzerland
Programming
Language(s)	Italian
Picture format	576i (SDTV) 1080i (HDTV)
Ownership
Owner	Sky Italia
Sister channels	TV8 Sky TG24
History
Launched	16 December 2009
Links
Website	www.cielotv.it
Availability
Terrestrial
Digital	Channel 26 (SD)
Streaming media
cielotv.it	Watch live

Cielo (Italian for 'sky'; stylised as cielo) is an Italian free-to-air television channel owned by Sky Italia aimed towards young audiences,^[1] and is available on digital terrestrial television and on Sky satellite television platform. Originally planned to be launched on 1 December 2009,^[2] it was delayed to 16 December 2009.^[3]

Cielo mainly airs reruns of programs aired on Sky premium channels, similarly to Sky UK's counterpart Pick. However it also simulcasts Sky TG24 news bulletins.

Sky Italia has broadcast the coverage of the XXII Olympic Winter Games in Sochi (in which Sky owned broadcasting rights for Italy) free-to-air on the channel.