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Italian television station From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
TV8 is a digital-terrestrial free-to-air Italian general entertainment TV channel owned by Sky Italia through its subsidiary company Nuova Società Televisiva Italiana S.r.l. The channel is allocated at number 8 of the Italian virtual channel list.
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| Country | Italy |
|---|---|
| Broadcast area | Italy Switzerland |
| Network | Nuova Società Televisiva Italiana S.r.l. |
| Programming | |
| Language(s) | Italian |
| Picture format | 576i (SDTV) 1080i (HDTV) |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Sky Italia |
| Sister channels | Cielo Sky TG24 |
| History | |
| Launched | 1 August 2015 |
| Replaced | MTV (DTT) |
| Former names | MTV8 (2015–2016) |
| Links | |
| Website | www.tv8.it |
| Availability | |
| Terrestrial | |
| Digital | Channels 8 (HD), 108 and 508 (SD) |
On 31 July 2015 Sky Italia took over ownership of the free-to-air MTV Italy.[1] On 14 September 2015, MTV Italy was rebranded as MTV8 by Sky Italia.
On the same day, Viacom launched a new MTV-channel for Italy, MTV Next (now MTV), and is now only available as a subscription service on Sky. This ended an era where MTV Italy was available to the majority of homes across Italy free-to-air.[2] The Music-station of Viacom in Italy, MTV Music remained available free to air until 1 July 2016, when it moved to Sky Italia.
On 8 January 2016, Sky introduced new on-air graphics for MTV8 focusing on the number 8 and launched the channel's website.
On 18 February 2016, Sky changed the channel's name to TV8.[3]
The channel's programming mainly broadcasts reruns of Sky programmes, comedy shows, crime shows, UEFA Europa League matches, delayed MotoGP and Formula 1, live Superbike World Championship and movies, but also a few original shows.
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