Rai Futura was an Italian entertainment

TV channel A television channel is a terrestrial frequency or virtual number over which a television station or television network is distributed. For example, in North America, "channel 2" refers to the terrestrial or cable band of 54 to 60 MHz, with ...

owned by

RAI RAI – Radiotelevisione italiana (; commercially styled as Rai since 2000; known until 1954 as Radio Audizioni Italiane) is the national public broadcasting company of Italy, owned by the Ministry of Economy and Finance. RAI operates many ter ...

and launched May 30, 2005 on timeshares with

Rai Doc Rai Doc was an Italian Entertainment TV channel owned by RAI and launched on 1 April 2004 on Digital television in Italy. It had culture-oriented scheduling with programmes dedicated to poetry, arts and movies. It also broadcast Late Night with ...

Scheduling

Its programmes were dedicated to cinema, music, video games, comic books and television, politics, and books. * ''L33T'' * ''Larsen'' * ''Tàbu Show'' * ''Look at You'' * ''Taglia e Cuci''

Personalities

From May 30, 2005, to December 26, 2006: * Daniela Arpino * Mario Bellina * Michele Bertocchi * Livio Beshir * Luana Bisconti * Matteo Bisi * Giulia Blasi * Giuseppe Carlotti * Alessandro De Angelis * Paola Farina *

Adriana Fonzi Cruciani Adriana, also spelled Adrianna, is a Latin name and feminine form of Adrian. It originates from present day Italy. Translations *Arabic: أدريان * Belorussian: Адрыяна (Adryjana) *Bulgarian: Адриана (Adriana) *Chinese Simplifi ...

* Pietro Franzetti * Enrico Fusai * Chiara Giallonardo *

Maria Iodice Maria may refer to: People * Mary, mother of Jesus * Maria (given name), a popular given name in many languages Place names Extraterrestrial *170 Maria, a Main belt S-type asteroid discovered in 1877 *Lunar maria (plural of ''mare''), large, da ...

* Lodovica Mairé Rogati * Barbara Matera *

Andrea Materia Andrea is a given name which is common worldwide for both males and females, cognate to Andreas, Andrej and Andrew. Origin of the name The name derives from the Greek word ἀνήρ (''anēr''), genitive ἀνδρός (''andrós''), that re ...

Cesare Rascel Cesare, the Italian version of the given name Caesar, may refer to: Given name * Cesare, Marquis of Beccaria (1738–1794), an Italian philosopher and politician * Cesare Airaghi (1840–1896), Italian colonel * Cesare Arzelà (1847–1912), I ...

Costanza Melani Costanza is a feminine given name and a surname. It may refer to: People Given name *Costanza d'Avalos, Duchess of Francavilla (1460–1541) *Costanza Bonaccorsi (born 1994), Italian canoeist *Costanza Chiaramonte (1377–1423), Neapolitan noble ...

Chiara Michelini Chiara is a word and place name of Italian origin, meaning "bright" or "clear", and may refer to: People * Chiara (name) * Chiara da Montefalco, (1268–1308), an Augustinian nun and abbess * Chiara (Italian singer) or Chiara Galiazzo (born 1986 ...

Federica Peluffo Federica is a given name. Notable people with the name include: * Federica Di Giacomo * Federica Gori * Federica Luppi * 12817 Federica (1996 FM16), a Main-belt Asteroid discovered in 1996 * Federica Angeli (born 1975), Italian journalist * Feder ...

Edoardo Pesce Edoardo Pesce (born 12 September 1979) is an Italian actor. Biography A student of the actor Enzo Garinei, Pesce began his career on stage, but gained notoriety with the TV series ''Romanzo criminale'' and ''I Cesaroni''. He received critical ac ...

Francesca Romana Ronchi Francesca is an Italian female given name, derived from the Latin male name ''Franciscus'' meaning 'the Frenchman' It is widely used in most Romance languages, including Italian, French and Catalan, and place of origin is Italy. It is derived fro ...

* Denise Santoro * Maria Novella Tei * Roberta Paris * Andrea D'Agostini

Closing

Rai Future was closed on June 1, 2007 with

, due to decision of

, and replaced by

Rai Gulp Rai Gulp is an Italian free-to-air television channel owned and operated by state-owned public broadcaster RAI – Radiotelevisione italiana. It is the company's television channel for early teenagers, and is known for its programming for childr ...

on the same frequencies. Futura Television channels and stations established in 2005 Television channels and stations disestablished in 2007 Italian-language television stations {{Italy-tv-stub