Televisione Cristiana in Italia | |
Launch Date: | 1979 |
Picture Format: | 576i SDTV |
Owner: | Trinity Broadcasting Network |
Country: | Italy |
Area: | Italy and Europe |
Headquarters: | Marnate, Varese |
Website: | http://www.tci-italia.it/ |
Terr Serv 1: | Digital terrestrial television |
Terr Chan 1: | Channel 248 |
Televisione Cristiana in Italia (TCI), also known as TBNE (Trinity Broadcasting Network Europe), is a free-to-air Italian religious TV channel headquartered in Marnate, Italy. It was founded by Chuck Hall and his late wife Nora in 1979. It is available throughout Europe via Hot Bird 6, and in Italy (Piedmont, Lombardy and Lazio) via DVB-T. Besides locally produced Italian televangelistic programmes, the channel broadcasts Christian rock music videos and dubbed or subtitled programmes produced by the Trinity Broadcasting Network in the United States.