The story
After more than 20 years broadcasting in the Northeast Italy under the name Serenissima TV, in 2004 it acquired UHF channels from France 2 relay Telecentrotoscana that allowed the station to be seen in the whole northern Italy. After acquiring other channels to cover Rome, Serenissima TV became Canale Italia.
Canale Italia then expanded in the following years, being broadcast in syndication in some regions and acquiring new channels in others. On November 4, 2009, Canale Italia acquired all the channels of Perugia based station RTE 24H that covered Umbria and Tuscany alongside portions of Lazio and Marche.
In 2011/2012, Canale Italia signed a deal to distribute France 24's in Italy through its channel 141. In 2015, Canale Italia acquired Tivuitalia.
In March 2023, Canale Italia was fined for broadcasting ads of erotic hotlines, which is absolutely forbidden for all one- and two-digit channels in Italia.
From Wikipedia’s article on Canale Italia, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4