DMAX (Italian TV channel)

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DMAX
CountryItaly
Broadcast areaItaly
Switzerland
Programming
Language(s)Italian
English
Picture format1080i HDTV
Ownership
OwnerWarner Bros. Discovery EMEA
Sister channelsNove
Food Network
Frisbee
Giallo
HGTV
K2
Motor Trend
Real Time
Warner TV
History
Launched10 November 2011
Links
Websitedmax.it
Availability
Terrestrial
Digital terrestrial televisionChannel 52 (HD)
Streaming media
Discovery+DMAX HD

DMAX is a thematic network television owned by Warner Bros. Discovery.[1] The Italian version of the channel began its broadcasting at 6:45 pm on 10 November 2011 with the show Destroyed in Seconds.[2] DMAX is available on channel 52 of digital television, on Sky Italia at channel 136 in HD and on Tivù Sat at channel 28 in HD.[3] It is the first factual-entertainment channel for a male audience in Italy.[4]

From 17 December 2012, it broadcasts on Tivùsat at LCN 28 and moves to LCN 808 of Sky Italia. From 9 April 2014 it moved to LCN 136 of Sky Italia, with the official launch of the +1 version at LCN 137. From 7 November of the same year DMAX also broadcasts in HD on the Sky Italia platform.

From 1 March 2019 DMAX HD and DMAX +1 become visible also on Tivùsat at LCN 28 and 128, replacing the SD version. On 13 March 2019 definitively closes the SD version on the satellite, also disappearing from Sky Italia. From 9 April DMAX, together with the other free channels of the group, is also available in high definition streaming on Dplay.

On 1 December 2020, DMAX +1 was shut down. It will cover all Six Nations matches until 2021.

On 26 March 2024,WWE's official commentators for the network, Michele Posa and Luca Franchini announce that for the first time in 30 years Wrestlemania will be available on a free-to-pay channel in Italy in prime time on Saturday 13 and Sunday 14[5]

Programming

Original programs

  • Affari a quattro ruote Italia
  • Campioni sempre
  • DMAX su Quattroruote
  • Due rugbisti e una meta
  • Football Hooligans – con Michele Dalai
  • I re della griglia
  • Il cacciatore di tifosi
  • La salumeria dei pugni
  • Lady Ferro
  • Milano City Tattoo
  • Unti e bisunti

Imported programs

References

  1. ^ E’ DMAX IL NUOVO CANALE FREE TARGATO DISCOVERY
  2. ^ DMAX, il fratello di Real Time da oggi sul digitale terrestre
  3. ^ DMAX entra all'interno della piattaforma gratuita satellitare TivùSat
  4. ^ DMAX, il nuovo canale Discovery per un pubblico maschile: da oggi sul Dtt e Sky
  5. ^ "WWE, WrestleMania XL su DMAX e discovery+". dmax.it. Retrieved 26 March 2024.

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