DMAX (Italian TV channel)

DMAX is a thematic network television owned by Warner Bros. Discovery. 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.

DMAX

Country	Italy
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

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

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
• American Hot Rod
• Anatomia di un disastro (Anatomy of a Disaster)
• Animal Cops
• 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
• Bizarre ER
• 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
• Dual Survival
• 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
• 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
• Jurassic Wars (Jurassic Fight Club)
• Killer Karaoke
• LA Ink
• 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
• Man v. Food
• Matto da pescare (Off the Hook: Extreme Catches)
• Miami Ink
• Megacostruzioni (Build it Bigger and Mega Builders)
• Moonshiners
• Most Shocking
• MythBusters
• Nudi e crudi (Naked and Afraid)
• NY Ink
• 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
• Scemo di viaggio (An Idiot Abroad)
• Stan Lee's Superhumans
• Storage Wars: Canada
• Street Customs (West Coast Customs)
• Survivorman
• Te l'avevo detto (You Have Been Warned)
• Texas Tarzan (Lone Star Legend)
• The Vanilla Ice Project
• Top Gear
• Turtleman (Call of the Wildman)
• Ultima fermata: Alaska (Railroad Alaska)
• Video del tubo (Rude Tube)
• Wild Frank
• WWE

External links

• Official Websites: dmax.it (in Italian)
• DMAX channel on YouTube