bobby1413 Newbie United Kingdom Joined 4199 days ago 32 posts - 32 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Italian
| Message 1 of 9 07 June 2013 at 12:14am | IP Logged |
Hello,
I've just started learning Italian. I'm using Assimil, books, Michel Thomas CD's, Italian newspapers, etc... I want
to watch Italian TV.
But proper TV, real tv channels that are on show in Italy.
Where can I watch these online?
Thanks,
Bobby
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newyorkeric Diglot Moderator Singapore Joined 6380 days ago 1598 posts - 2174 votes Speaks: English*, Italian Studies: Mandarin, Malay Personal Language Map
| Message 2 of 9 07 June 2013 at 2:40am | IP Logged |
Here.
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dampingwire Bilingual Triglot Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 4666 days ago 1185 posts - 1513 votes Speaks: English*, Italian*, French Studies: Japanese
| Message 3 of 9 07 June 2013 at 2:47pm | IP Logged |
www.rai.tv only gives you a limited selection.
A satellite dish (pointed at Hotbird) + LNB + decoder (maybe £100 total) will give you
RAI 1, RAI 2, RAI 3 plus a bunch of others. Every now and then they don't transmit
something for which they only have the Italian broadcast rights (for example, F1 races
don't show up), but pretty much everything else is there.
I don't know how far north the satellite footprint goes but it certainly works in
Birmingham, or example.
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newyorkeric Diglot Moderator Singapore Joined 6380 days ago 1598 posts - 2174 votes Speaks: English*, Italian Studies: Mandarin, Malay Personal Language Map
| Message 4 of 9 07 June 2013 at 3:08pm | IP Logged |
dampingwire wrote:
www.rai.tv only gives you a limited selection.
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Really? That's surprising. They used to have a whole lot of complete shows online.
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nicozerpa Triglot Senior Member Argentina Joined 4327 days ago 182 posts - 315 votes Speaks: Spanish*, Portuguese, English Studies: Italian, German
| Message 5 of 9 07 June 2013 at 9:14pm | IP Logged |
That website has a section with complete shows, "Puntate integrali":
http://www.rai.tv/dl/RaiTV/puntate_integrali.html
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dampingwire Bilingual Triglot Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 4666 days ago 1185 posts - 1513 votes Speaks: English*, Italian*, French Studies: Japanese
| Message 6 of 9 09 June 2013 at 11:46am | IP Logged |
There are complete shows online, but if you wanted to watch a specific show (say a talk
show or a game show) it may or may not be there. It's not like the French TV5.com, which
(when last I looked) allowed you to watch live TV (but delayed by 30 mins or so).
So rai.it isn't bad, but it's certainly incomplete.
Whether you want to watch Italian daytime TV or early evening game shows (or the adverts
that feature the game show hosts!) is a different matter :-)
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garyb Triglot Senior Member ScotlandRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5208 days ago 1468 posts - 2413 votes Speaks: English*, Italian, French Studies: Spanish
| Message 7 of 9 10 June 2013 at 10:18am | IP Logged |
Streaming live Italian TV channels: italiatv.org. The quality's not great and it can be a bit unreliable at times, but it generally works well.
Edited by garyb on 10 June 2013 at 10:19am
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gogglehead Triglot Senior Member Argentina Joined 6076 days ago 248 posts - 320 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish, Portuguese Studies: Russian, Italian
| Message 8 of 9 10 June 2013 at 7:00pm | IP Logged |
Try the selection of live TV channels at filmon.com and wwitv.com. Both of these sites have live streaming TV from many countries, and therefore are very useful for the learner.
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