Rai Med was an Italian

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channel owned and operated by

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Overview

Mainly devoted to the

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area, the channel provided

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and

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programming from

, including in particular an

dub of the evening edition of

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. Rai Med was in a timeshare with

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and

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during its broadcast. Rai Med closed down in April 2014 due to programming no longer existing since April 2012. On 23 March 2016, Rai Med, which has been on a black screen for some time, was eliminated from the Hotbird frequency.

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* Defunct RAI television channels Television channels and stations established in 2001 Television channels and stations disestablished in 2014 2001 establishments in Italy 2014 disestablishments in Italy Arabic-language television stations Italian-language television stations {{Italy-tv-stub