Rai Movie

Rai Movie
	Logo used since 2017
Country	Italy
Broadcast area	Italy
Headquarters	Rome,Italy
Programming
Language(s)	Italian; English(with Italian subtitles)
Picture format	1080iHDTV; (downscaled to16:9576ifor theSDTVfeed)
Ownership
Owner	Rai
Sister channels	Rai 1; Rai 2; Rai 3; Rai 4; Rai 5; Rai Gulp; Rai News 24; Rai Premium; Rai Scuola; Rai Sport; Rai Storia; Rai Yoyo; Rai Ladinia; Rai Südtirol; Rai Italia
History
Launched	1 July 1999;25 years ago
Former names	RaiSat Cinema(1999–2003, 2006–2010); RaiSat Cinema World(2003–2006)
Links
Website	rai.it/raimovie
Availability
Terrestrial
Digital	Channel 24 (SD)
Streaming media
RaiPlay	Live streaming(Only in Italy)

Rai Movieis an Italian movietelevision channel,owned by state-owned television networkRAIand broadcast ondigital terrestrial television in Italyand on satellite platformTivù Sat.

The channel was launched in 2003 asRaiSat Cinema Worldand re-badged in 2006 asRaiSat Cinema.On 30 June 2009, RaiSat Cinema was removed from Sky and was launched in the new free-to-view satellite platformTivùsat.On 18 May 2010, it was renamedRai Movie.It broadcasts mostly Italian films, interviews, backstages and documentaries.

Since 2003 it has been the official media partner of theVenice Film Festivaland since 2007 of theRome Film Festival.

In April 2019,RAIannounced that this channel, along withRai Premium,would shut down to make place for a new channel called Rai 6, with a female target. This sparked controversy and an online petition that quickly reached 120,000 signatures. However, the scheduled date for the shutdown is unknown to this day.