Sky Atlantic (Italian TV channel)

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Sky Atlantic
Sky Atlantic - Logo 2020.svg
Country Italy
Broadcast area
  • Italy
  • San Marino
  • Vatican City
Affiliates Sky Uno
Sky Arte
Programming
Language(s) Italian, English
Picture format
Timeshift serviceSky Atlantic +1
Ownership
Owner Sky Italia
Sister channels Sky Uno
Sky Investigation
Sky Serie
History
Launched9 April 2014;9 years ago (2014-04-09)
Links
Website tg24.sky.it/spettacolo/sky-atlantic OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg (in Italian)
Availability
Terrestrial
Sky Italia Channel 456
Streaming media
Sky Go Sky Atlantic

Sky Atlantic is an Italian-language pay-TV station owned by Sky Italia. It started broadcasting on 9 April 2014. [1]

Contents

Programming

The channel relies heavily on screenings of US television programmes from HBO and Showtime.

Original programming

Current

Former

Series
TitleFirst broadcastLast broadcastNotes
Gomorrah 20142021
Borgia (season 3) [lower-alpha 1] 20142014Co-production with Canal+, ZDF, and ORF
In Treatment (seasons 2–3) [lower-alpha 2] 20152017
Dov'è Mario?20162016
The Generi20182018
Miniseries
TitleBroadcastNotes
1992 2015Co-production with La7
The Young Pope 2016Co-production with HBO and Canal+
1993 2017
Il miracolo2018
Catch-22 2019Co-production with Hulu
1994 2019
The New Pope 2020Co-production with HBO and Canal+
ZeroZeroZero 2020Co-production with Canal+ and Amazon Studios
We Are Who We Are 2020Co-production with HBO
Speravo de morì prima2021
Anna 2021

Notes

  1. Seasons 1 and 2 originally aired on Sky Cinema 1 in 2011 and 2013, respectively.
  2. Season 1 originally aired on Sky Cinema 1 in 2013.

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References

  1. "Sky Atlantic HD, dal 9 aprile nuovo canale su serie tv". Sky Italia (in Italian). 3 April 2014. Retrieved 16 January 2020.
  2. Kanter, Jake (22 May 2020). "Sky Studios Collaborates With Italian Rapper Salmo To Develop Drama 'Blocco 181'". Deadline. Retrieved 28 May 2020.