This is a list of national Italian TV services available on digital terrestrial, satellite, cable systems in Italy. Some channels have a "timeshift" service, i.e. the same programming (and usually advertisements as well) broadcast one or two hours later to give viewers another chance to catch a favourite programme. On free satellite, as well as on Sky Italia, foreign channels are also available, such as Euronews, CNN International, etc. For Italian-speaking channels not based in Italy, or not having studios in Italy, please see the link above this paragraph.
National networks
RAI
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!Logo
!Name
!Type
!Launched
!Broadcast hours
!Description
|-
! colspan="7" |Terrestrial channel
|-
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|Rai 1
|Free-to-air
| 3 January 1954
|24 hours
|Generalist and family-oriented
|-
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|Rai 2
|Free-to-air
|4 November 1961
|24 hours; Sky Italia (HD)
|General
|
|-
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|Real Time
|Free-to-air
|1 October 2005
|24 hours
|Tivùsat (HD); DTT (HD); Sky Italia (HD)
|Lifestyle
|
|-
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|Food Network
|Free-to-air
|8 May 2015
|24 hours
|Tivùsat; DTT; Sky Italia
|Cooking and cuisine
|
|-
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|Discovery
|Free-to-air
|1 September 1997
|24 hours
|Tivùsat; DTT; Sky Italia
|Documentaries
|
|-
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|Giallo
|Free-to-air
|14 May 2012
|24 hours
|Tivùsat; DTT; Sky Italia
|Entertainment
|
|-
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|K2
|Free-to-air
|1 July 2009
|01:00 – 22:00
|Tivùsat; DTT; Sky Italia
|Shows aimed at young children ages 8–14
|
|-
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|Frisbee
|Free-to-air
|12 June 2010
|01:00 – 22:00-->
|-
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|Sky TG24 Primo Piano
|Pay
|8 November 2010
|24 hours
|Live event, news
|-
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|Sky Meteo 24
|Pay
|1 August 2004
|24 hours
|Weather news forecasts
|}
Warner Bros. Discovery
Turner Broadcasting System
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!Logo
!Name
!Type
!Launched
!Broadcast hours
!Availability
!Description
|-
! colspan="8" |Premium channel
|-
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|Cartoon Network
|Pay
|31 July 1996
|24 hours
|Sky Italia (HD)
|Shows aimed at young children ages 8–14
|-
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|Boomerang
|Pay
|31 July 2003
|24 hours
|Sky Italia (HD)
|Shows aimed at young children ages 4–7
|}
Paramount
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!Logo
!Name
!Type
!Launched
!Broadcast hours
!Availability
!Description
|-
! colspan="8" |Premium channel
|-
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|Comedy Central
|Pay
|1 May 2007
|24 hours
|Sky Italia (SD)
|Entertainment
|-
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|MTV
|Pay
|1 September 1997
|24 hours
|Sky Italia
|Entertainment
|-
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|Nick Jr.
|Pay
|31 July 2009
|24 hours
|Sky Italia (SD)
|Shows aimed at young children ages 4–7
|-
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|Nickelodeon
|Pay
|1 November 2004
|24 hours
|Sky Italia (SD)
|Shows aimed at young children ages 8–14
|}
The Walt Disney Company Italy
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!Logo
!Name
!Type
!Launched
!Broadcast hours
!Availability
!Description
|-
! colspan="7" |Premium channel
|-
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|Disney Jr.
|Pay
|1 December 2025
|24 hours
|Sky Italia
|Shows aimed at young children ages 4–7
|}
Streaming premium channels
Warner Bros. Discovery
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!Logo
!Name
!Launched
!Broadcast hours
!Availability
!Description
|-
! colspan="7" |Premium channel
|-
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|Eurosport 1
|5 February 1989
|24 Hours
|Discovery+; TIMvision; DAZN
|Sports
|-
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|Eurosport 2
|10 January 2005
|24 Hours
|Discovery+; TIMvision; DAZN
|Sports
|}
Others
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%; text-align:center; width:100%;"
|-
! style="width:25%;"|Channel name
! style="width:30%;"| Owner/parent company
! style="width:10%;"| Broadcast hours
! style="width:15%;"| Format
! style="width:20%;"| Availability
! style="width:15%;"| Content
|-
| 7 Gold
| Italia 7 Gold
| 24 hours
| 16:9 SDTV
| DTT
| General
|-
| AB Channel
| Promosat S.r.l.
| 24 hours
| 4:3 SDTV
| FTA satellite; local DTT
| General
|-
| Alice
|Alma Media
| 24 hours
| 16:9 SDTV
| FTA satellite; DTT
| Cooking
|-
| Antichità Chiossone
|
| 24 hours
| 16:9 SDTV
| FTA satellite
| Teleshopping (antiques)
|-
| BabyFirst
| First Media
| 24 hours
| 16:9 HDTV
| FTA satellite
| Children
|-
| Bike Channel
| Filmedia
| 24 hours
| 16:9 SDTV
| Sky Italia
| Sports
|-
| Byoblu
| Byoblu Edizioni S.r.l.s
| 24 hours
| 16:9 SDTV
| Sky Italia; Tivùsat; DTT
| News; Documentaries
|-
| Caccia
| Digicast
| 24 hours
| 16:9 SDTV
| Sky Italia
| Hunting
|-
| Cagnola
| Cagnola
| 24 hours
| 16:9 SDTV
| FTA satellite
| Teleshopping
|-
| Camera dei Deputati
| Chamber of Deputies
| 24 hours
| 4:3 SDTV
| FTA satellite
| Politics; Lives from Italian lower House
|-
| Canale 65
| GM Comunicazione
| 24 hours
| 16:9 SDTV
| DTT
| Teleshopping
|-
| Canale Italia 2
| rowspan="3" | Canale Italia
| 24 hours
| 4:3 SDTV
| DTT
| General
|-
| Canale Italia 83
| 24 hours
| 4:3 SDTV
| FTA satellite; DTT
| General; Music
|-
| Canale Italia 84
| 24 hours
| 4:3 SDTV
| FTA satellite; DTT
| General
|-
| Case Design Stili
|Alma Media
| 24 hours
| 16:9 SDTV
| DTT
| Lifestyle
|-
| Channel 24
| Gold TV Italia
| 24 hours
| 16:9 SDTV
| DTT
| Teleshopping
|-
| Città Italia
| DWT
| 24 hours
| 16:9 SDTV
| FTA satellite
| Lifestyle
|-
| Class CNBC
| Class Editori; Versant; Mediaset
| 24 hours
| 4:3 SDTV
| Sky Italia
| Business
|-
| Class TV Moda
|Class Editori
| 24 hours
| 4:3 SDTV
| FTA satellite
| Lifestyle
|-
| DAZN 1
| rowspan="3"|DAZN Group
| 24 hours
| 16:9 HDTV
| FTA satellite, Sky Italia
| Sports
|-
| DAZN 2
| 24 hours
| 16:9 HDTV
| FTA satellite, Sky Italia
| Sports
|-
| DAZN 3
| 24 hours
| 16:9 HDTV
| Sky Italia
| Sports
|-
| DeA Junior
| rowspan="2" |De Agostini
| 24 hours
| 4:3 SDTV
|Sky Italia
| Family
|-
|DeA Kids (+1)
| 24 hours
| 4:3 SDTV
|Sky Italia
| Family
|-
|Deejay TV
|GEDI Gruppo Editoriale
| 24 hours
| 16:9 HDTV
|DTT
| Music
|-
| Doctor's Life Channel
|
| 24 hours
| 16:9 SDTV
|Sky Italia
| Health; Documentaries
|-
| Donna TV
| Filmedia
| 16:9 SDTV
| FTA satellite; DTT
| Teleshopping (jewelry)
|-
| La 4
| Gold TV Italia
| 24 hours
| 16:9 SDTV
| FTA satellite; DTT
| Teleshopping
|-
| LaEffe
| Giangiacomo Feltrinelli Editore
| 24 hours
| 16:9 SDTV
|Sky Italia
| Culture
|-
| Lazio Style Channel
| S.S. Lazio
| 24 hours
| 16:9 SDTV
| Sky Italia
| Sports
|-
| Man-Ga
| Yamato Video
| 24 hours
|16:9 SDTV
| Sky Italia
| Anime
|-
| Marcopolo
|Alma Media
| 24 hours
| 16:9 SDTV
|FTA satellite and DTT
| Documentaries; Traveling
|-
| Milan TV
| Infront Sports & Media
| 24 hours
| 16:9 SDTV
| Sky Italia
| Sports
|-
| Muzik TV
|
| 24 hours
| 16:9 SDTV
| FTA satellite
| Music
|-
| Odeon 24
| Profit Group
| 24 hours
| 16:9 SDTV
| DTT
|General
|-
| Padre Pio TV
| Teleradio Padre Pio
| 08:00 – 01:00
| 16:9 SDTV
| FTA satellite; DTT
| Religious
|-
| Pesca
| Digicast
| 24 hours
| 16:9 SDTV
|Sky Italia
| Fishing
|-
|QVC (HD)
| QVC Group
| 24 hours
| 16:9 HDTV, SDTV
| FTA satellite (HD); DTT (SD)
| Teleshopping
|-
| Radio24-IlSole24Ore TV
| Gruppo 24 ORE
| 24 hours
| 16:9 HDTV
| FTA DTT
| News
|-
| Radiofreccia TV
| RTL 102.5
| 24 hours
| 16:9 HDTV and SDTV
| FTA satellite (HD, SD); DTT (SD)
| Music
|-
| Radio Italia TV
| Radio Italia S.M.I.
| 24 hours
| 16:9 HDTV, SDTV
| FTA satellite (HD); DTT (SD, HD)
| Music
|-
| Radio Kiss Kiss TV
| Radio Kiss Kiss
| 24 hours
| 16:9 HDTV
| FTA satellite (HD); DTT (HD)
| Music
|-
| Radionorba TV
| Gruppo Norba
| 24 hours
| 16:9 SDTV
| FTA satellite, local DTT
| Music
|-
| Radio Zeta TV
| RTL 102.5
| 24 hours
| 16:9 HDTV and SDTV
| FTA satellite (HD, SD); DTT (SD)
| Music
|-
| RDS Social TV
|
| 24 hours
| 16:9 HDTV
| FTA satellite (HD); DTT (HD)
| Music
|-
| Retecapri
| Television Broadcasting System
| 24 hours
| 16:9 SDTV
|FTA satellite; DTT
| General
|-
| Reteconomy
| Reteconomy
| 24 hours
| 16:9 SDTV
| FTA satellite
| Business
|-
| RTL 102.5 TV
| RTL 102.5
| 24 hours
| 16:9 HDTV and SDTV
| FTA satellite (HD, SD); DTT (SD)
| Music
|-
|Senato della Repubblica||Senate of the Republic|| 24 hours || 4:3 SDTV || FTA satellite || Politics; Lives from Italian upper House
|-
| Sportitalia
| Sportitalia
| 24 hours
| 16:9 HDTV
| Sky Italia; DTT
| Sports
|-
| SuperTennis (HD) || Federazione Italiana Tennis || 24 hours || 16:9 HDTV, SDTV || FTA satellite (HD); DTT (SD) || Sports
|-
| Telepace (HD)
| Telepace; Vatican Media
| 24 hours
| 16:9 HDTV, SDTV
| FTA satellite (HD); local DTT (SD)
| Religious
|-
| TG Architettura
|
| 24 hours
| 4:3 SDTV
| FTA satellite
| Educational
|-
| TG Norba 24 (HD)
| Gruppo Norba
| 24 hours
| 16:9 HDTV, SDTV
| FTA satellite (SD); local DTT (HD, SD)
| News
|-
| Top Calcio 24
| Mediapason
| 02:00 – 19:00
| 16:9 SDTV
| DTT
| Football (soccer)
|-
| TV2000
| Conferenza Episcopale Italiana
| 24 hours
| 16:9 SDTV
| FTA-FTV satellite; DTT
| General; Religious
|-
| Uninettuno University TV
| UTI UNINETTUNO
| 24 hours
| 4:3 SDTV
| FTA satellite
| Educational
|-
| UNIRE Sat
| UNIRE
| 24 hours
| 16:9 SDTV
| FTA satellite
| Horse racing
|}
See also
- Television in Italy
- Media of Italy
- List of newspapers in Italy
- List of magazines published in Italy
- List of radio stations in Italy
- Censorship in Italy
- Telecommunications in Italy
- Internet in Italy
References
In 1982, dedicated sports television channel from Italy offering wide range of local and international global content.