DMAX is a thematic network television owned by
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/ref> The Italian version of the channel began its broadcasting at 6:45 pm on 10 November 2011 with the show ''Destroyed in Seconds''. 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. It is the first factual-entertainment channel for a male audience in Italy.
From 17 December 2012, it broadcasts on Tivùsat
tivùsat is a free-to-air/free-to-view digital satellite television platform, launched by the joint venture tivù s.r.l. between RAI, Mediaset and Telecom Italia Media, and serving Italy, Vatican City and San Marino. With the exception of inte ...
at LCN 28 and moves to LCN 808 of Sky Italia
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. From 9 April 2014 it moved to LCN 136 of Sky Italia
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, 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
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platform.
From 1 March 2019 DMAX HD and DMAX +1 become visible also on Tivùsat
tivùsat is a free-to-air/free-to-view digital satellite television platform, launched by the joint venture tivù s.r.l. between RAI, Mediaset and Telecom Italia Media, and serving Italy, Vatican City and San Marino. With the exception of inte ...
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
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. From 9 April DMAX, together with the other free channels of the group, is also available in high definition streaming on Dplay
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.
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
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
* '' 1000 modi per morire (1000 Ways to Die)''
* '' A caccia di veleni (Wild Recon)''
* '' Affare fatto (Auction Hunters)''
* '' Affari a quattro ruote (Wheeler Dealers)''
* '' Affari in valigia (Baggage Battles)''
* '' Airport Security (Border Security: Australia's Front Line)''
* '' Airport Security: Canada (Border Security: Canada's Front Line)''
* '' Airport Security: Nuova Zelanda (Border Patrol)''
* ''American Chopper
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''
* ''American Hot Rod
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''
* ''Anatomia di un disastro (Anatomy of a Disaster)''
* ''Animal Cops
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''
* '' Armi del futuro (Future Weapons)''
* '' Bear Grylls – Celebrity Edition (Running Wild with Bear Grylls)''
* '' Bear Grylls – Giungla urbana (Worst Case Scenario)''
* '' Bear Grylls – L'ultimo sopravvissuto (Man vs. Wild)''
* ''Bellator MMA
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''
* ''Bizarre ER
''Bizarre ER'' is a BBC Three, and later E4, television show that deals with hospital mishaps.
Series guide
Every episode shows a miraculous survival story and strange facts, like the woman who fell out of a plane at 35,000 ft and survived ...
''
* '' Brutti, sporchi e affamati (Hairy Bikers)''
* '' Cacciatori di fantasmi (Ghost Adventures)''
* '' Cacciatori di tesori (American Digger)''
* ''Carcere duro (Behind Bars)''
* '' Cattivissimi amici (Impractical Jokers)''
* '' Ci sei o ci fai? (World's Craziest Fools)''
* '' Come è fatto (How It's Made)''
* '' Come è fatto il cibo (Food Factory)''
* ''Destroyed in Seconds
''Destroyed in Seconds'' is an American television series that premiered on Discovery Channel on August 21, 2008.
Hosted by Ron Pitts, it features video segments of various things being destroyed fairly quickly (hence, "in seconds") such as pla ...
''
* ''Dual Survival
''Dual Survival'' was a United States reality television series that aired on the Discovery Channel. The show featured a pair of survival experts in predetermined survival scenarios while in challenging environments.
For the first two seasons, ...
''
* '' Due macchine da soldi (Lords of the Car Hoards)''
* '' Dynamo – Magie impossibili (Dynamo: Magician Impossible)''
* '' È nata una... (Is Born series)''
* ''Effetto rallenty (Time Warp)''
* ''Elite Police
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''
* ''I maghi delle auto (Classic Car Rescue)''
* '' Il banco dei pugni (Hardcore Pawn)''
* '' Il laboratorio del cibo (Jimmy's Farm)''
* '' Il signore degli insetti (Wild Things with Dominic Monaghan)''
* ''Ink Master
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Each season features tattoo artists who compete in various challenges assessing their tattooing ...
''
* '' Jurassic Wars (Jurassic Fight Club)''
* ''Killer Karaoke
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''
* ''LA Ink
''LA Ink'' is an American reality television show on TLC that follows the events of the High Voltage Tattoo (and, later in the series, American Electric) tattoo studios in Los Angeles, California. The spin-off of TLC's '' Miami Ink'', premier ...
''
* '' La prova del diavolo (Cutthroat Kitchen)''
* '' Le meraviglie dell'Universo (Wonders of the Universe)''
* '' Lavori sporchi (Dirty Jobs)''
* '' London Garage (Chop Shop: London Garage)''
* ''London Ink
''London Ink'' is a British reality television show on Discovery Real Time that follows the tattoo artists Louis Molloy, Nikole Lowe, Dan Gold, and Phil Kyle.
Premise
Each of the artists brings a different style to ''London Ink''. Louis Molloy ...
''
* ''Man v. Food
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''
* '' Matto da pescare (Off the Hook: Extreme Catches)''
* ''Miami Ink
''Miami Ink'' is an American reality television series that aired on TLC from 2005 to 2008 and follows the events that took place at a tattoo shop in Miami Beach, Florida. The show led to several spin-offs, including the shows ''LA Ink'', '' Lo ...
''
* ''Megacostruzioni (Build it Bigger
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and Mega Builders
''Mega Builders'' is a documentary television series appearing on the Discovery Channel and Science Channel. Each episode takes a look into the people and the machines involved into the construction of many huge engineering projects.
Discovery Cha ...
)''
* '' Moonshiners''
* '' Most Shocking''
* ''MythBusters
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''
* '' Nudi e crudi (Naked and Afraid)''
* ''NY Ink
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''
* '' Oro degli abissi (Bering Sea Gold)''
* '' Orrori da gustare (Bizarre Foods with Andrew Zimmern)''
* '' Recupero crediti (Lizard Lick Towing)''
* '' Rimozione forzata (South Beach Tow)''
* ''River Monsters
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''
* '' Scemo di viaggio (An Idiot Abroad)''
* ''Stan Lee's Superhumans
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''
* '' Storage Wars: Canada''
* '' Street Customs (West Coast Customs)''
* ''Survivorman
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''
* '' Te l'avevo detto (You Have Been Warned)''
* ''Texas Tarzan (Lone Star Legend)''
* '' The Vanilla Ice Project''
* ''Top Gear
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Television
* ''Top Gear'' (1977 TV series), a British motoring magazine programme
* ''Top Gear'' (2002 TV series), a relaunched version of the ori ...
''
* '' Turtleman (Call of the Wildman)''
* ''Ultima fermata: Alaska (Railroad Alaska
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)''
* '' Video del tubo (Rude Tube)''
* ''Wild Frank''
* ''WWE NXT
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''
* ''WWE RAW
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''
* ''WWE SmackDown
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''
References
External links
* Official Websites
dmax.it
DMAX channel
on YouTube
{{Warner Bros. Discovery International
Television channels in Italy
Television stations in Switzerland
Television channels and stations established in 2011
Men's interest channels
Italy
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