Iris is an Italian free entertainment television channel, launched on November 30, 2007, operated by

Mediaset Mediaset Italia S.p.A., also known as Mediaset, is an Italian-based mass media company which is the largest commercial broadcaster in the country. The company is controlled by the holding company MFE - MediaForEurope. Founded in 1987 by former ...

and owned by

MFE - MediaForEurope MFE - MediaForEurope N.V. (formerly Mediaset S.p.A., then Mediaset N.V.) is a Dutch-domiciled Italian-based media and communications company specialising primarily in free-to-air and pay-TV production and distribution on multiple platforms, as well ...

. It is broadcast in Italy on DTT

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22 on mux ''Mediaset 4 ''. Iris broadcasts films (mainly author films), cult TV series, and small productions Mediaset, respecting the target network. It is available on digital terrestrial television and digital satellite television through Tivù Sat.

Programming

TV series

Current

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'' * '' Distretto di Polizia'' * ''Renegade'' * ''

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Past

*'' 24'' * '' Acapulco H.E.A.T.'' * '' Ally McBeal'' *''

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'' * '' Dark Angel'' * ''

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'' * ''

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'' * ''

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'' *'' Kitchen Confidential'' * ''

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'' * '' Oz'' *''

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'' * '' Point Pleasant'' * '' Queer as Folk'' * ''

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'' *'' Reba'' * ''

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'' *'' Saved'' * ''

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'' * '' Six Feet Under'' *'' Still Standing'' *''

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'' *'' The Inside'' *''

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'' * ''

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'' *'' Vanished'' * ''

'' * '' Windfall''

Productions

* '' Adesso, cinema!'' (''Now, cinema!,'' with Marta Perego: interviews, cinema news); * '' Alfabeto'' (Alphabet, with ''

Maurizio Costanzo Maurizio Costanzo (born 28 August 1938) is an Italian television host, journalist, screenwriter and film director. Biography Costanzo began his career as a journalist, first as a contributing writer to ''Paese Sera'' and then as managing editor ...

''); * '' Io l'ho visto'' (''I saw it,'' with

Carlo Rossella Carlo is a given name. It is an Italian form of Charles. It can refer to: * Carlo (name) *Monte Carlo * Carlingford, New South Wales, a suburb in north-west Sydney, New South Wales, Australia *A satirical song written by Dafydd Iwan about Prince ...

: the films of the evening are introduced); * '' Iris la settimana'' (''Iris the week,'' newsmagazine); * ''

Iris ai festival Iris most often refers to: *Iris (anatomy), part of the eye * Iris (mythology), a Greek goddess * ''Iris'' (plant), a genus of flowering plants *Iris (color), an ambiguous color term Iris or IRIS may also refer to: Arts and media Fictional ent ...

'' (''Iris at festivals);'' * '' Note d'arte'' (''Notes of art'', with Daniela Annaro: news about exhibitions and museums); * '' Note di cinema'' (''Note of cinema'', with Anna Praderio: news services and interviews on Italian and international cinema); * '' Parole crociate'' (''Crosswords'',

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with Daniele Bossari); * '' Scuola di cult'' (''School of cult'', with Enrico Tamburini: in-depth analysis of Italian-style comedies); * '' Storie di cinema'' (''Stories of cinema,'' with

Tatti Sanguineti Tatti may refer to : People * Calliope Tatti (1894–1978) * Francesco de Tatti, a 16th-century Italian painter * Jessica Tatti (born 1981), German politician Places * Tatti, Massa Marittima, a hamlet in the Italian municipality of Massa Marit ...

: in-depth analysis of directors, actors and screenwriters); * '' Ti racconto un libro'' (''I’ll tell you a book'', with

Christian Mascheroni Christians () are people who follow or adhere to Christianity, a Monotheism, monotheistic Abrahamic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus in Christianity, Jesus Christ. The words ''Christ (title), Christ'' and ''Christian'' derive ...

and Marta Perego).

References

External links

Official website
Mediaset television channels Television channels and stations established in 2007 2007 establishments in Italy Italian-language television stations Movie channels {{Italy-tv-stub