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| Country | Italy |
|---|---|
| Broadcast area | Worldwide |
| Programming | |
| Language(s) | Italian |
| Picture format | 1080i HDTV (downscaled to 16:9 576i for the SDTV feed) |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | RAI through Rai Internazionale |
| Sister channels | Rai 1, Rai 2, Rai 3, Rai 4, Rai 5 |
| History | |
| Launched | 1 January 1992 |
| Former names | Rai International (1992–2008) |
| Links | |
| Website | www.raitalia.it |
Rai Italia is the international Italian language television service of Rai Com, a subsidiary of RAI, Italy's public national broadcaster. Rai Italia operates a television network that broadcasts around the world via 4 localized feeds. Programming features a mix of news, discussion-based programs, drama and documentaries as well as sports coverage. From 1996 to 2013, Glauco Benigni is Head of the Press International Office and Head of Promotion and Development of RAI International worldwide.
The broadcast of the signal, sent from the Saxa Rubra television production center in Rome, is broadcast through several satellite, cable, IPTV and OTT platforms, as a paid service in the Americas, Africa and Australia, whereas in Asia it is an FTA channel.