Motor Trend

Country	Italy
Broadcast area	Italy, Switzerland
Network	Warner Bros. Discovery EMEA
Programming
Language(s)	Italian
Picture format	1080i HDTV
Ownership
Sister channels	Nove DMAX Food Network Frisbee Giallo HGTV K2 Real Time Warner TV
History
Launched	29 April 2018 (2018-04-29)
Replaced	Focus (channel 56) Alpha (channel 59)
Links
Website	motortrendtv.it
Availability
Terrestrial
Digital terrestrial television	Channel 59 (HD)
Streaming media
Discovery+	Motor Trend HD

Motor Trend is an Italian automotive interest television channel owned by Warner Bros. Discovery Italia.

History

The channel began broadcasting on 29 April 2018, replacing Focus after the end of that brand licensing agreement, which was taken over by Mediaset.^[1]

On 1 April 2019, Motor Trend was converted in HD on satellite.

On 21 December 2019, Motor Trend replaced Alpha on channel 59 of DTT. On channel 56, it was replaced by HGTV on 2 February 2020.^[2]

On 1 July 2021, following a reorganization of some Sky channels, HGTV moves to LCN 419.

Programming