Switchover Media was an Italian broadcasting company, owned by TVOD Ventures LLC, in turn owned by Old Dominion Media.
Switchover Media (first era)
2009-2013
Between 2009 and 2013, Switchover Media was an Italian broadcaster of television channels, starting in a management buyout of Jetix Italy in July 2009 and ending in its purchase by Discovery Communications in January 2013.
Switchover Media began with the Jetix Italy management agreeing to purchase the Jetix Italy company and channels GXT and K2 from Jetix Europe in July 2009 while managing the Jetix Italy channel until it re-brands as Disney XD in the fall. In June 2010, Switchover launched a channel for boys, Frisbee (not to be confused with Frisbee (SM&E), broadcast on Sky Italia and Digital terrestrial television. In 2012, Switchover moved out of the youth market with the launch of two specialized adult skewing channels. On May 14, SOM launched Giallo (“Yellow”) via digital terrestrial with crime drama, thrillers and whodunits programming from the US and Europe. In the Summer, the company launched Focus TV channel based on the popular science magazine of the same name on Italian digital terrestrial television. The channel was planned to be male focused factual based programming. In January 2013, Discovery Communications acquired Switchover Media, and all of channels has been fold into Discovery Networks.
Since then, GXT has been discountinued (in December 2014).
Switchover Media (second era)
2016-2019
In June 2016, Suius M&E International Networks Europe acquired the channels Giallo, Focus and K2 from Discovery Networks Europe, integrated Focus into Max and Giallo into Julie, and revived Switchover Media as a parent company to the Max, Julie and K2 channels and planned upcoming channels.
On January 30, 2019, Max and Julie were replaced by Screen Spadek. The same day, Switchover Media was merged into Octagon Cable Entertainment.
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Television channels: Cable: Taugaran: Television stations: Radio stations: TV operators: International channels: Others: Notes: Channels ouside the Philippines: 36Two | 36Kids | 36News | 36Sports | 36lounge | 36 Philippines | 36Tarabiscoville | 36World | 36Nordic ETS | Arte | ABC Spark | YTV | Teletoon | Treehouse | Panda | Disney Channel | tvN | Teletoon Max | CBS Reality | Horror Channel | ETS News: FY 1 | Comedy Central | MTV | MTV2 | Nickelodeon | Nick Jr. | Nicktoons | Cartoon Network | Boomerang
Channels: Jetix (revived) • TanardoTV • TV Chiro • Atom • CNP Weather • NTN • The Malachi Channel • Lyf • Lyf Kitchen • Crow Television (80%) • SpinachTV • Channel 4 America • Nippon Commercial Network • MMG2 • Pels TV • Levibross Network • Topitoomay Channel • Topitoomay 2nd Avenue • Inch • Stand Up Comedy News Channel • Super Star Comedy • EmoTV • Living • NHK America • Rai America • First Time | NOW | The Drake Channel (Blocks) | Music Plus | Music Plus Classic Pop | France Television USA | PMG Network | TOX | Suius TV | FeralSage (FeralSage Jr.) | The Malachi Channel El Kadsre | TechStorm USA6 | PolyGram Channel | 2BS | Panda (25%) | Biggs (25%)
Television & Film Channels: FamilySounds • LSN/Screen • Toonvision Notes:
Confectionery, Foods & Refreshment: Crankle & Feench ice cream brands: RKO Consumer Foods: Others: Others: Quest Books Group (Laserium Comics (Laserium Parallel) • Quest Books)• RKO Publishing (RKO Books • RKO Comics • RKO Magazine • RKO Features Syndicate • Spoof! Magazine) Industrial:
Auto (Quest Auto Group) Quest Fashion Group: Caldor • Ames • Caldor International (Regimart Holdings Inc. (Regimart • HomeMarket) • Target (El Kadsre) • Target (Sakaria) • Target (Schelipoerys) • Sears El Kadsre) • Pikadike • RKO Food Stores
TCA Productions: TCA Television Corporation: TCA television stations: TCA Radio: TCA Publishing: TCA Toys and Merchandising Division: Other Properties:
Television channels:
Television channels in Brazil: Production companies: Publishing companies: Record labels: Leisure & dining properties: Other properties: 1 Name & branding licensed from Qurate Retail Group
RKO Theme Parks Quest Real Estate Holdings Quest Cinemas CubenRocks Theaters Restaurants and cafés: 7Parks Inc. Quest Theme Parks Video Games, Electronics and 3D Animation Hollywood Video • RKO Film Festival/CubenRocks Film Festival • RKO Digital Cinema Group (RKO Digital 3D • RKO HD • Spicy 3D • Spicy HD) • Salovaara & Kosch Group • Qualis Music Group (List of labels) • EME F1 Racing Team • Noroeste Productions (Mercury Street Productions • Greeny Phatom Live) • RKO Shopping Malls • RKO Physical Therapy • RKO Hotels • RKO Theaters
Ex-RKO assets RKO Records | Radiotower Records | RKO Records Australia | RKO Classic Records | Alphabet Records | Embassy Records | Heatwave Music srl |
Sky Records | RKO-X Notes: 1 Co-owned with TMK Corp. and RKO.
Defunct: Anime Party | MalaWorks (merged to TanardoLava and Tanardo) | Angelo | TBN | Masquecorp | G4 | Rubrum | 5K Media Affiliated companies: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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