Motor Trend is an Italian
automotive interest
television channel
A television channel is a terrestrial frequency or virtual number over which a television station or television network is distributed. For example, in North America, "channel 2" refers to the terrestrial or cable band of 54 to 60 MHz, with ...
owned by
Warner Bros. Discovery Italia.
History
The channel began broadcasting on 29 April 2018, replacing
Focus after the end of that
brand licensing
Licensing means renting or leasing of an intangible asset. It is a process of creating and managing contracts between the owner of a brand and a company or individual who wants to use the brand in association with a product, for an agreed period ...
agreement, which was taken over by
Mediaset
Mediaset Italia S.p.A., also known as Mediaset, is an Italian-based mass media company which is the largest commercial broadcaster in the country. The company is controlled by the holding company MFE - MediaForEurope. Founded in 1987 by former ...
.
On 1 April 2019, Motor Trend was converted in HD on satellite.
On 21 December 2019, Motor Trend replaced Alpha on channel 59 of DTT. On channel 56, it was replaced by
HGTV
HGTV (an initialism for Home & Garden Television) is an American pay television channel owned by Warner Bros. Discovery. The network primarily broadcasts reality programming related to home improvement and real estate. As of February 2015, appr ...
on 2 February 2020.
On 1 July 2021, following a reorganization of some Sky channels, HGTV moves to LCN 419.
Programming
* ''
Chasing Classic Cars
''Chasing Classic Cars'' is a US television documentary series presented by Wayne Carini of F-40 Motorsports and produced by Clint Stinchcomb. It looks at classic cars from all eras, focusing on finding and getting cars running, with the option o ...
''
* ''
Wheeler Dealers''
* ''
American Chopper''
* ''Bike N' Furious: pazzi a due ruote''
* ''Car Crash Tv''
* ''Come ti rifaccio l'auto''
* ''Diesel Brothers''
* ''Driving Wild''
* ''
Fast N' Loud
''Fast N' Loud'' was a reality-styled Discovery Channel TV show featuring Richard Rawlings and his crew from the Dallas, Texas-based Gas Monkey Garage as they search for tired and run-down cars, and restore them for profit.
The show was success ...
''
* ''Gli eroi dell'asfalto''
* ''Goblin garage''
* ''I re della strada''
* ''Iron garage''
* ''L'impero delle macchine''
* ''
Meccanici allo Sbando''
* ''Mega Race''
* ''Mega trasporti''
* ''Mega veicoli''
* ''Officine da Incubo''
* ''
Real Fast, Real Furious''
* ''Salt Lake Garage''
* ''Supercar: auto da sogno''
References
External links
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{{Warner Bros. Discovery International
Motor Trend Group
Television channels in Italy
Italian-language television stations
Television channels and stations established in 2018
Warner Bros. Discovery EMEA