The story
History
Rai Sat was created as external company in 1997 to create the first satellite channels of public service.
In July 1999, with the transfer from Rai's staff that was employed towards thematic channels, the company began to produce the first pay satellite platform networks for Tele+, then reorganized under Sky.
In 2009, following the non-renewal of the contract with Sky (Platform for which RaiSat produced exclusively its channels) it was announced that the parent company was preparing to fold RaiSat.
Until 18 March 2010, the shareholders of RaiSat were Rai (with 95% shares) and RCS MediaGroup (with 5% shares), On that date, the proportion of shares owned by RCS (equivalent to three million €) was liquidated.
On 18 May 2010, RaiSat was folded into Rai.
Transformation into pay-TV
In 1999, Rai's satellite channels were encrypted and RaiSat 3 was changed to RaiSat Educational.
The other 2 channels became 7 and were available on D+ (later TELE+ DIGITALE):
RaiSat Ragazzi–dedicated to children and teens
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RaiSat Gambero Rosso– dedicated to cooking
RaiSat Cinema–dedicated to cinema
RaiSat Album–dedicated to history and the memory of the past
RaiSat Show–dedicated to the shows
RaiSat Art–dedicated to artistic and cultural heritage
RaiSat Fiction–dedicated to TV series
From Wikipedia’s article on RaiSat, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4