{"id":9872,"date":"2017-03-22T10:18:03","date_gmt":"2017-03-22T14:18:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/aes-blaze-set-for-sky-in-italy\/"},"modified":"2017-03-22T12:54:45","modified_gmt":"2017-03-22T16:54:45","slug":"aes-blaze-set-for-sky-in-italy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/aes-blaze-set-for-sky-in-italy\/","title":{"rendered":"A+E&#8217;s Blaze Set for SKY in Italy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ROME: A+E Networks Italy has\u00a0scored a deal with SKY Italia for carriage of the HD factual-entertainment channel Blaze.<\/p>\n<p>Blaze will debut in Italy on March 22, coming on the heels of the brand&#8217;s U.K. debut in 2016. The network will broadcast factual-entertainment content produced by A+E Networks, ranging from reality shows to docuseries. Titles on the launch slate include\u00a0<span class=\"s1\"><i>Alaska Off Road Warriors<\/i>,\u00a0<i>Leepu<\/i><b><i>\u00a0<\/i><\/b><i>&amp; Pitbull<\/i>,\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"s1\"><i>Ax Men<\/i>,<i> Power &amp; Ice<\/i>,<i> Mountain Men\u00a0<\/i>and\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"s1\"><i>The Wahlburgers.<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We are proud to continue the growth of Blaze with the launch in Italy with Sky,&#8221; said\u00a0<span class=\"s1\">Dean Possenniskie<\/span>, the general manager for EMEA at A+E Networks. \u201cBy offering uniquely innovative, original, and quality content, Blaze will be the place for those viewers looking for remarkable, extraordinary characters and stories. The new channel strengthens the position of A+E Networks Italy, where the Company is already present with History and Crime+Investigation channels, both broadcast on Sky.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe launch of Blaze enriches and implements A+E Networks Italy offer on Sky Italia,\u201d said Sherin Salvetti, the general manager of A+E Networks Italy. \u201cIn a few years, our company has become a strong player in the Italian tv market, working closely with Sky Italia, taking advantage from the great A+E Networks content portfolio and developing local compelling stories for the Italian audience. History has reinforced the history genre with a wide range of historical shows, while Crime+Investigation is the home of the investigation on real crime stories. Now Blaze will be the house of factual entertainment in Italy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Luca Revelli, the senior director for partner channels and digital at Sky Italia, added: \u201cWe are very excited to announce the launch of Blaze, a new channel that won us over right from the start and that strengthens our partnership with A+E Networks, publisher of History and Crime+Investigation, two channels very different for genre and reference topics, and yet always a guarantee of quality programs. We are confident that Blaze will immediately capture that audience, particularly men, ready to be fascinated by America&#8217;s most unexpected stories, the America of ordinary people with extraordinary lives.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ROME: A+E Networks Italy has scored a deal with SKY Italia for carriage of the HD factual-entertainment channel Blaze.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":350,"featured_media":9878,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[2022,2023,1000],"class_list":["post-9872","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-ae-networks-italy","tag-blaze","tag-sky-italia","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>A+E&#039;s Blaze Set for SKY in Italy - 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