Canale 10 (Lazio)

Canale 10 (also styled Canale Dieci) is a local Italian television broadcaster based in Ostia, in Rome's Municipio X (formerly Municipio XIII). Its editorial coverage focuses on the coastal and south-western belt of the Rome metropolitan area, including Fiumicino, Ladispoli, Pomezia and the neighbouring Lazio coastline. The station operates a newsroom with three crews producing five daily editions of its local telegiornale, which is also published online through its official website. The channel has been a digital-terrestrial broadcaster since October 2009, after experimenting with DTT transmission from 24 November 2004 in the 01:00–06:00 window. Following Italy's ministerial frequency reallocation, from December 2012 it was assigned UHF channel 42 and appears at position 19 on the remote control. Since September 2019 it has also broadcast in the Gulf of Gaeta on UHF channel 31, hosted on the Telepontina B multiplex, again at position 19. Beyond its linear TV output, Canale 10 runs a news website at canaledieci.it with sections for Fiumicino, Grande Roma, Litorale Nord, Litorale Sud, Ostia and X Municipio, plus vertical rubrics covering environment, animals, arts and culture, current affairs, economy and work, motoring, health, technology and sport. The site also carries weather and traffic information and offers advertising and contact channels for the local market. As a hyperlocal broadcaster, Canale 10 competes in the crowded Rome-area local TV landscape by anchoring itself to Ostia and the coastal municipalities rather than the city centre. Its brand identity is tied to community news, local sport (including coverage of clubs such as Ostiamare) and service journalism for residents of the litorale.

Canale 10 is a local Italian television station dedicated to Rome's Municipio X (formerly Municipio XIII) and to the municipalities of Fiumicino, Ladispoli and Pomezia, together with the adjacent Lazio coastline. Its editorial identity is built around hyperlocal news for the Ostia and litorale area rather than the Rome city centre. A key date in its history is 2 October 1995, when it began broadcasting its local telegiornale. Over the years the newsroom grew to operate three crews, enabling five daily editions of the newscast; these editions are also made available online through the station's official website. On 22 October 1999 the broadcaster activated "Video 10", described as the first local teletext service. This was an early step in extending its information offering beyond linear television. Canale 10 moved early on digital terrestrial television. From 24 November 2004 it began DTT experimentation during the 01:00–06:00 hours. From October 2009 it switched to broadcasting exclusively in digital terrestrial, ending analogue transmission. In December 2012, under Italy's new ministerial frequency allocation, the station was assigned UHF channel 42 and placed at position 19 on the remote control. This consolidated its presence in the Rome-area channel lineup. From September 2019 Canale 10 extended its reach to the Gulf of Gaeta, broadcasting on UHF channel 31 as a guest on the Telepontina B multiplex, again at position 19 on the remote control. This expansion broadened its coverage beyond the immediate Rome coast into the southern Lazio littoral. Today the station combines linear television with a news website at canaledieci.it, which carries local news for Fiumicino, Grande Roma, Litorale Nord, Litorale Sud, Ostia and X Municipio, alongside vertical rubrics on environment, animals, arts and culture, current affairs, economy and work, motoring, health, technology and sport, plus weather and traffic information.

• Begins broadcasting its local telegiornale.

• Activates "Video 10", described as the first local teletext service.

• Starts digital terrestrial television experimentation in the 01:00–06:00 window.

• Switches to broadcasting exclusively in digital terrestrial.

• Assigned UHF channel 42 and position 19 on the remote control under the new ministerial frequency allocation.

• Extends broadcasting to the Gulf of Gaeta on UHF channel 31 via the Telepontina B multiplex, at position 19.

Hyperlocal broadcaster for Ostia, Rome's Municipio X and the Lazio coastal municipalities.

• Telegiornale (5 daily editions)

• Video 10 teletext service

• Canale Dieci news website

• Local sport programming

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