GXT was an Italian subscription-based comedy/entertainment television channel.

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Jetix Europe launched GXT as a male teen channel in May 2005 on Mondo Sky. On June 1, 2008, a 1-hour-timeshift of GXT was launched on Sky Italia. Due to Disney's decision to rebrand the Jetix Europe operation under the Disney XD brand umbrella, the Italian subsidiary of Jetix Europe, Jetix Italy S.r.l., bought the Italian Jetix network, renamed itself as Switchover Media, agreed to let the Jetix Italy channel rebrand itself to Disney XD Italy, and purchased K-2 and GXT from Jetix Europe in June 2009. With the acquisition of Switchover Media in January 2013 by

Discovery Communications Discovery, Inc. was an American multinational mass media factual television conglomerate based in New York City. Established in 1985, the company operated a group of factual and lifestyle television brands, such as the namesake Discovery Channe ...

, GXT began to be managed by Discovery EMEA. On December 31, 2014, GXT and its timeshift ceased broadcasting, after Discovery decided to not renew their broadcast deal with Sky Italia to operate the network.

GXT is design to target a young and predominantly male audience, offering programming geared towards action, humor and excess, including game-shows such as '' Takeshi's Castle'' and Sasuke, sports entertainment programs such as WWE and American Gladiators as well as programs produced by

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and comedy, action and horror films.

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'' *'' GXT Sport Attack'' *'' HAWAII MEETS VENICE'' *''

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'' *'' I Survived a Japanese Game Show'' *'' Komitiva'' *''

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'' *'' Ninja Warrior'' *'' Normalman'' *''

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'' *'' Robot Wars'' *''

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'' *'' The Power of One'' *'' Total Wipe Out - Pronti a tutto'' *'' Gatchaman'' *'' Ultimate Poker Challenge'' *'' Unbeatable Banzuke'' *'' Wipe Out - Pronti a tutto'' *'' World Combat League'' *'' WWE'' *''

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'' *'' Battle Dome'' *''Bullrun'' *''

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'' *'' Criss Angel Mindfreak'' *'' Crossfire'' *'' Dog the Bounty Hunter'' *'' Freaky'' *'' Gamebuster'' *'' Ghost Hunters'' *'' Guinness World Records Primetime'' *'' Il Filmazzo'' *'' IFSA Strongman'' *''

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'' *'' Slamball'' *'' Takeshi's Castle'' *'' TNA Live: Xplosion'' *'' TNA Live: iMPACT!'' *''

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'' *'' TNA Story: Pay Per View'' *'' World's Strongest Man''

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Television channels in Italy Italian-language television stations Television channels and stations established in 2005 Television channels and stations disestablished in 2014 Former subsidiaries of The Walt Disney Company Warner Bros. Discovery networks {{Italy-tv-stub

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