Country | Italy |
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Broadcast area | Italy |
Programming | |
Language(s) | Italian |
Picture format | 1080i HDTV (downscaled to 16:9 576i for the SDTV feed) |
Ownership | |
Owner | RAI |
Sister channels | Rai 1 Rai 2 Rai 3 Rai 4 Rai 5 Rai Gulp Rai Movie Rai News 24 Rai Premium Rai Scuola Rai Storia Rai Yoyo Rai Ladinia Rai Südtirol Rai Italia |
History | |
Launched | 1 February 1999 |
Former names | Rai Sport Satellite (1999–2008) Rai Sport Più (2008–2009) Rai Sport + (2009–2010) Rai Sport 1 (2010–2017) |
Links | |
Website | raisport.rai.it |
Availability | |
Terrestrial | |
DTT | Channel 58 (HD) |
Streaming media | |
RaiPlay | Live streaming (Only in Italy) |
Rai Sport HD is an Italian sports TV channel, launched in 1999 by the state-owned RAI television network. It broadcast Italian and international sports events in Italy on DTT channel 58 on Rai Mux A from HDTV. It is also available on Sky Italia.
On 18 May 2010 a sister channel, Rai Sport 2 was launched. However the channel closed on 5 February 2017. Rai Sport + HD launched on 14 September 2015, reviving the Rai Sport + brand that was used from 2009 to 2010.
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