Planet X Television is a TV show, with a focus on action and
extreme sport
Action sports, adventure sports or extreme sports are activities perceived as involving a high degree of risk. These activities often involve speed, height, a high level of physical exertion and highly specialized gear. Extreme tourism overl ...
s; launched in early 1995 on Prime Sports (now known as FSN /
Fox Sports Net
Fox Sports Networks (FSN), formerly known as Fox Sports Net, was the collective name for a group of regional sports channels in the United States. Formed in 1996 by News Corporation, the networks were acquired by The Walt Disney Company on Mar ...
); the same summer as ESPN's X Games (then known as the Extreme Games).
Planet X covers international action, alternative, adventure and extreme sports events, such as: surf, skate, snowboarding, BMX, wakeboarding, off-road, jetski, rock climbing, snowmobiling, skydiving, base jumping, etc.
Planet X is syndicated in the United States and abroad through broadcast, cable, and satellite outlets and through its own broadband unit - XIMA TV (XIMA is an acronym for the Extreme Independent Media Alliance).
Its parent company, Planet One Ventures maintains various other reality TV properties in the health and fitness categories.
In Summer, 2008 Planet X launched a cable TV channel that features youth action sports and music topics as well as its new national TV series - "Planet X @ WaveHouse" (from the WaveHouse facility in
San Diego
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's Belmont Park).
Founded by D.P. Durban and M.D. Winter Past President of Planet X Studios and Executive Producer,
Lloyd Bryan Molander
References
External links
Planet X website
Fox Sports Networks original programming
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