Canale Italia

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Canale Italia S.r.l.
Industry Television
Founded2004
FounderLucio Garbo
Headquarters,
Area served
Italy

Canale Italia S.r.l. is a Veneto-based Italian broadcasting company.

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History

After more than 20 years broadcasting in the Northeast Italy under the name Serenissima TV, in 2004 it acquired UHF channels from France 2 relay Telecentrotoscana that allowed the station to be seen in the whole northern Italy. [1] After acquiring other channels to cover Rome, Serenissima TV became Canale Italia.

Canale Italia then expanded in the following years, being broadcast in syndication in some regions and acquiring new channels in others. On November 4, 2009, Canale Italia acquired all the channels of Perugia based station RTE 24H that covered Umbria and Tuscany alongside portions of Lazio and Marche.

In 2012, Canale Italia signed a deal to distribute France 24's in Italy through its channel 141. [2] In 2015, Canale Italia acquired Tivuitalia. [3]

In March 2023, Canale Italia was fined for broadcasting ads of erotic hotlines, which is absolutely forbidden for all one- and two-digit channels in Italia. [4]

Channels

National networks within the Canale Italia group are:

The group also owns Radio Canale Italia, a web radio broadcast through digital terrestrial on channels 724 and 780. [5]

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References

  1. "Canale Italia" . Retrieved 4 June 2013.
  2. 1 2 "FRANCE 24 is now available in 245 million households around the world - 17/04/2012". France 24. 2012-04-26. Retrieved 2023-09-21.
  3. bebeez (2015-10-28). "Tivuitalia passa definitivamente a Canale Italia". BeBeez (in Italian). Retrieved 2023-09-21.
  4. "Trasmessi programmi hot, "solo per adulti": multa a Canale italia". PadovaOggi (in Italian). Retrieved 2023-09-21.
  5. "Come cambia la numerazione dei canali su digitale terrestre dopo lo switch off al DVB-T2?". Everyeye Tech (in Italian). 2021-10-21. Retrieved 2023-09-21.