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| Country | Italy |
|---|---|
| Broadcast area | Italy |
| Programming | |
| Language(s) | Italian |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Mediaset |
| Parent | Mediaset |
| History | |
| Launched | 1 April 2013 |
| Replaced | Steel |
| Closed | 10 January 2022 |
Premium Action was an Italian pay television channel owned by Mediaset through his pay Mediaset Premium offer.
It shut down on 10 January 2022.
The channel was originally born as Steel on the Mediaset Premium platform, owned by NBCUniversal collaborating with Mediaset. Premium Action was born following a reorganization of the platform, in which Mediaset assumes the control and inherits the content broadcast and aiming for more action character films and series. The channel began broadcast on 1 April 2013 with the special Ultra.
On 23 June 2015, following changes to the platform, the HD version and the timeshift +24 started, and the SD version was closed. On 19 April 2018, the channel continues broadcasting in SD.
On 1 June 2018, the +24 version was closed and moves to channels 316 and 460.
Since 1 June 2018, the channel is available on Infinity in the section "Live Channels". [1]
Since 4 June 2018, the channel is available on Sky on channel 125. [2]
Since April 2019, the channel is available on Sky Go.
Since 1 June 2019, following the closure of Mediaset Premium, the channel continues its broadcast on Infinity and Sky.
Since 1 April 2021, the channel is available also in HD on Sky Go.
Since 8 April 2021, following the merger of Infinity and Mediaset Play, the channel is available on Infinity+.
On 10 January 2022, the channel, along with other Mediaset pay channels, end its broadcast. [3]
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