Joi (TV channel)
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| Country | Italy |
|---|---|
| Broadcast area | Italy |
| Programming | |
| Language | Italian |
| Picture format | 4:3/16:9 SDTV |
| Timeshift service | Joi +1 |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Mediaset |
| History | |
| Launched | 18 January 2008 |
| Closed | 1 July 2019 |
| Links | |
| Website | mediasetpremium |
Joi was an Italian Entertainment TV channel, owned by Mediaset and broadcast on Premium Gallery, a digital terrestrial television service in Italy. It was devoted to family entertainment and broadcast movies and TV series.
Joi and Joi +1 began broadcasting on 19 January 2008 at 1.30pm, as part of Mediaset Premium's conversion into a full pay-TV service and the creation of the Premium Gallery package.[1]
On 21 September 2010, coinciding with the launch of The Event, the channel underwent a graphics restyling.
On 1 July 2011 Joi +1 (together with Steel +1 and Mya +1) ceased broadcasting.
On 1 January 2013 the channel renewed itself, moving towards an editorial line dedicated to entertainment and airing many TV series previously broadcast on Mya or Steel.
On 1 March 2016, a new timeshift version of the channel, Joi +24, was activated on channel 316 which broadcast the previous day's deferred programming. This version ceased broadcasting on 19 April 2018.
On 1 June 2018 the channel also lands on Infinity,[2] and on 4 June it lands on Sky in HD.[3]
After the closure of Mediaset Premium on 1 June 2019, the channel continues to broadcast on Infinity and Sky.
However, on 17 June 2019, it was announced the channel would cease broadcasting on 1 July.[4] Part of its programming was transferred to Premium Stories.
