Rai Movie is an Italian

Italy

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 movie television channel

Television channel

A television channel is a physical or virtual channel over which a television station or television network is distributed. For example, in North America, "channel 2" refers to the broadcast or cable band of 54 to 60 MHz, with carrier frequencies of 55.25 MHz for NTSC analog video and...

, owned by state-owned television network RAI

RAI

RAI — Radiotelevisione italiana S.p.A. known until 1954 as Radio Audizioni Italiane, is the Italian state owned public service broadcaster controlled by the Ministry of Economic Development. Rai is the biggest television company in Italy...

 and broadcast on digital terrestrial television in Italy and on satellite platform Tivù Sat

Tivù Sat

Tivù sat is a free-to-air digital satellite television platform, launched by the joint venture between RAI, Mediaset and Telecom Italia Media, and serving Italy, Vatican City and the Republic of San Marino....

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Launched in 2003 as RaiSat Cinema World and re-badged in 2006 as RaiSat Cinema, on May 18, 2010 the channel has been re-launched as Rai Movie. It broadcast mostly Italian films, interview, backstages and documetaries.

Since 2003 it's the official media partner of the Venice Film Festival

Venice Film Festival

The Venice International Film Festival is the oldest international film festival in the world. Founded by Count Giuseppe Volpi in 1932 as the "Esposizione Internazionale d'Arte Cinematografica", the festival has since taken place every year in late August or early September on the island of the...

 and since 2007 of the Rome Film Festival.

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