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

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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 Switchover Media (SOM) was an Italian broadcaster of television channels. The company first operated as a subsidiary of Netherlands-based broadcaster Jetix Europe to being purchased out by its management and rebranding to Switchover Media in June ...

, agreed to let the Jetix Italy channel rebrand itself to Disney XD Italy, and purchased K-2 and GXT from

in June 2009. With the acquisition of Switchover Media in January 2013 by

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, 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 ''

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'' and Sasuke, sports entertainment programs such as

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and American Gladiators as well as programs produced by

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and comedy, action and horror films.

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'' *'' Fear Factor'' *''

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'' *'' Komitiva'' *'' Kung Faux'' *'' New American Gladiators'' *''

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'' *'' Wipe Out - Pronti a tutto'' *''

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'' *''Bullrun'' *'' Chilli Factor'' *''

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'' *'' Dog the Bounty Hunter'' *'' Freaky'' *'' Gamebuster'' *'' Ghost Hunters'' *''

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'' *'' Il Filmazzo'' *''

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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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