Rai Premium

Rai Premium (formerly RaiSat Premium) was launched in July 2003, with the reorganization of the bouquet of RaiSat channels, for the birth of Sky. Initially available on a pay-TV basis via satellite only, it was later distributed via cable with the IPTV bouquet of Fastweb, Alice and Infostrada.

In July 2009, when the contract between RaiSat and Sky terminated, it became a free channel. The new name, Rai Premium, has been used since May 2010.

Rai Premium is a channel dedicated to serial products, mainly Italian and European titles. In perspective, the channel's programme also offers space to those international titles, mainly American, in line with the tastes of a traditional audience, always in search of attentive and reassuring formats, not necessarily held in the company's repertory.

The enhancement of Rai's very rich wealth of TV series is one of the main aims of the channel, which spans from the most prestigious titles of the contemporary offering to Rai's past production, basing choices on the affinity with news and current affairs, theme-based cycles and cycles developed by director, actor or genre.