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Country | Italy |
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Broadcast area | Italy Switzerland |
Programming | |
Language(s) | Italian English |
Picture format | 1080i HDTV |
Ownership | |
Owner | Warner Bros. Discovery EMEA |
Sister channels | Nove Food Network Frisbee Giallo HGTV K2 Motor Trend Real Time Warner TV |
History | |
Launched | 10 November 2011 |
Links | |
Website | dmax.it |
Availability | |
Terrestrial | |
Digital terrestrial television | Channel 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]