''Classica HD'' is an Italian television channel devoted to classical music, opera, ballet and jazz. It broadcasts concerts, documentaries and interviews for 20 hours a day on
Sky Italia
Sky Italia S.r.l. is an Italian satellite television platform owned by the American media conglomerate Comcast. Sky Italia also broadcasts three national free-to-air television channels: TV8, Cielo and Sky TG24. As of 2018, following an agree ...
. From 2013 the channel has only been available in
High definition
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Visual technologies
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on basic package. ''Classica'' had been owned by
Vivendi
Vivendi SE is a French mass media holding company headquartered in Paris. Widely known as the owner of Gameloft, Groupe Canal+, Havas, Editis, Prisma Media, Vivendi Village and Dailymotion, the company has activities in television, film, video ...
up until the switch to HDTV format when was taken up by
Unitel in Germany.
See also
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Stingray Classica
Stingray Classica (formerly Classica and Unitel Classica) is a television channel devoted to classical music, opera, ballet and jazz, currently owned by Stingray Group in Canada.
History
Classica was owned by Unitel, a distributor of filmed cla ...
External links
Official website(in Italian)
Classical music television channels
Television channels in Italy
Italian-language television stations
Television channels and stations established in 1997
Music organisations based in Italy
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