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Country | Spain |
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Broadcast area | Spain, Andorra |
Headquarters | Madrid |
Programming | |
Language(s) | Spanish |
Picture format | 1080i HDTV |
Ownership | |
Owner | Warner Bros. Discovery EMEA |
History | |
Launched | 12 January 2012 |
Links | |
Website | dmax |
Availability | |
Terrestrial | |
Digital terrestrial television | Check local frequencies |
DMAX is a Spanish free-to-air television channel run by Warner Bros. Discovery and Unidad Editorial.
At the end of 2011, the launch of DMAX, a television channel on documentaries and factuals owned by Discovery Networks, was announced. The new channel replaced Veo TV on digital terrestrial television. [1] DMAX began broadcasting on January 12, 2012. [2]
DMAX underwent its first transformation on September 12, 2016, when the channel added series and movies to its programming. [3] As of the same date, DMAX began to target the male audience due to the launch of DKISS, a channel owned by Grupo Radio Blanca but fed with Discovery programming, however, DKISS is aimed at a female audience. [4]
In 2017, the channel began broadcasting sports after obtaining the rights to broadcast the Australian Open, [5] later expanding its offer with the rights to broadcast the Roland–Garros Open. [6]
In 2018 the channel obtained the rights to broadcast the Winter Olympics in conjunction with Eurosport, [7] a situation that was repeated for the 2022 edition, [8] In this way, DMAX took the place of broadcasting this sporting event in Spain, which had historically been broadcast by TVE.
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