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| Country | Italy |
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| Broadcast area | Italy |
| Programming | |
| Language | Italian |
| Picture format | 4:3SDTV |
| Timeshift service | GXT +1 |
| Ownership | |
| Owner |
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| Sister channels | K2 |
| History | |
| Launched | May 1, 2005; 20 years ago (2005-05-01) |
| Closed | December 31, 2014; 10 years ago (2014-12-31) |
| Links | |
| Website | www.gxt.it(Internet Archive) |
GXT was an Italian subscription-based comedy/entertainment television channel.
Jetix Europe launched GXT as a male teen channel in May 2005 on Mondo Sky.[1] 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 asSwitchover Media, agreed to let the Jetix Italy channel rebrand itself to Disney XD Italy, and purchasedK-2 and GXT fromJetix Europe in June 2009.[2][3] With the acquisition of Switchover Media in January 2013 byDiscovery Communications, GXT began to be managed by Discovery EMEA.[4]
On December 31, 2014, GXT and its timeshift ceased broadcasting, afterDiscovery decided to not renew their broadcast deal withSky Italia to operate the network.[5]
GXT is design to target a young and predominantly male audience, offering programming geared towards action, humor and excess, including game-shows such asTakeshi's Castle andSasuke, sports entertainment programs such asWWE andAmerican Gladiators as well as programs produced byGuinness World Records and comedy, action and horror films.
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