Country | Italy |
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Headquarters | Rome, 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 Sport Rai Yoyo Rai Ladinia Rai Südtirol Rai Italia |
History | |
Launched | 17 June 2002 |
Former names | Rai Edu 2 (2002-2009) |
Links | |
Website | raistoria.rai.it |
Availability | |
Terrestrial | |
DTT | Channel 54 (SD) |
Streaming media | |
RaiPlay | Live streaming |
Rai Storia (English: Rai History) is an Italian television channel owned by Rai Cultura, an arm of broadcaster RAI available on digital terrestrial television in Italy. Launched on 17 June 2002 as Rai Edu 2, the channel adopted its current name on 2 February 2009 and it is broadcast in Italy on DTT channel 54 on mux Rai 4.
In May 2016 the channel stopped broadcasting advertisements. Since then it is funded solely by the license fee.
The channel broadcasts the program La storia siamo noi and documentaries about history and culture from Rai Educational and Rai Teche.