Cielo (TV channel)

{{Short description|Italian television channel}}

{{Expand Italian|Cielo (rete televisiva)|date=July 2023}}

{{Infobox television channel

| name = Cielo

| logo = Cielo TV logo 2013.svg

| logo_size = 260px

| launch_date = 16 December 2009

| picture_format = 576i (SDTV)
1080i (HDTV)

| owner = Sky Italia

| country = Italy

| language = Italian

| area = Italy
Switzerland

| sister_channels = TV8
Sky TG24

| website = [http://www.cielotv.it/ www.cielotv.it]

| terr_serv_1 = Digital

| terr_chan_1 = Channel 26 (SD)

| adsl serv 1 =

| adsl chan 1 =

| online_serv_1 = cielotv.it

| online_chan_1 = [http://www.cielotv.it/cielo/cielolive.html Watch live]

}}

{{Language with name/for|it|Cielo|sky|paren=left}}; stylised as cielo) is an Italian free-to-air television channel owned by Sky Italia aimed towards young audiences,{{cite news|url=http://www.ilsole24ore.com/art/SoleOnLine4/dossier/Tecnologia%20e%20Business/digitale-terrestre/copertura-broadcasting/gary-davey-cielo.shtml?uuid=8305c22e-cb7b-11de-913f-6671c57e5098&DocRulesView=Libero |title=Gary Davey, Direttore di Cielo: "Target mirato sui giovani" |date=2009-12-07 |language=it |newspaper=Il Sole 24 Ore |access-date=2009-12-17}} and is available on digital terrestrial television and on Sky satellite television platform. Originally planned to be launched on 1 December 2009,{{cite news|url=http://www.ilsole24ore.com/art/SoleOnLine4/dossier/Tecnologia%20e%20Business/digitale-terrestre/copertura-broadcasting/cielo-sky-rinvio-mancata-autorizzazione-ministero.shtml?uuid=2edbf032-de87-11de-b599-676c1219796a&DocRulesView=Libero |title=Slitta l'autorizzazione, stop al canale Cielo di Sky |date=2009-12-01 |language=it |newspaper=Il Sole 24 Ore |access-date=2009-12-17}} it was delayed to 16 December 2009.{{cite web |url=http://tg24.sky.it/tg24/spettacolo/2009/12/16/oggi_alle_19_parte_cielo_con_sky_tg24.html |title=Cielo, una ventata d'aria fresca in tv |date=2009-12-16 |language=it |publisher=SKY TG24 |access-date=2009-12-17 |archive-date=2009-12-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091220041647/http://tg24.sky.it/tg24/spettacolo/2009/12/16/oggi_alle_19_parte_cielo_con_sky_tg24.html }}

Cielo mainly airs reruns of programs aired on Sky premium channels, similarly to Sky UK's counterpart Pick. However it also simulcasts Sky TG24 news bulletins.

Sky Italia has broadcast the coverage of the XXII Olympic Winter Games in Sochi (in which Sky owned broadcasting rights for Italy) free-to-air on the channel.