Fine Living (Italian TV channel)

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Fine Living
Fine Living logo.svg
Fine Living logo
Country Italy
Broadcast area Italy
Programming
Language(s) Italian
Picture format 576i (16:9 SDTV)
Ownership
Owner Discovery Inc.
History
Launched26 March 2014;8 years ago (2014-03-26)
Replaced Coming Soon Television
Closed22 October 2017;5 years ago (2017-10-22)
Replaced by Spike
Links
Website www.fineliving.it
Availability
Terrestrial
Digital Channel 49

Fine Living was an Italian television channel, owned and operated by Discovery Inc., an American media company. It started airing on Italian terrestrial television on March 26, 2014 replacing Coming Soon Television. [1]

Contents

It was broadcast in Italian in 576i 16:9 format.

History

The channel was launched in Italy on 26 March 2014 [2] on channel 49 of the digital terrestrial television as a replacement of Coming Soon Television. [3] It started broadcasting at 06:00 with In cucina con Giada.

The channel had collaborated until 31 December 2015, with La EFFE for the creation of cross-channel advertising strategies; the publicity concessionaire was PRS MediaGroup.

On 22 October 2017 the channel was closed and replaced by Viacom's new Spike channel. [4]

Programming

Programs on Fine Living are of factual entertainment and are originated from the categories of Design & Décor, Food & Drink and Travel & Adventure, and dedicated to inspiring and empowering people to live better and maximize their time. [3]

Original programs

Imported programs

See also

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References

  1. "Coming Soon Television chiude sul digitale terrestre". 23 February 2014.
  2. Coming Soon Television chiude sul digitale terrestre
  3. 1 2 Novità DTT - Si accende oggi Fine Living sul canale 49 al posto di Coming Soon
  4. Viacom lancia Spike sul canale 49 del DTT e si prende il 50% di Super. Chiude Fine Living