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Odeon 24 was an Italian channel owned by Gold TV, a television network. Originally airing movies, news and weather bulletins, political debates and variety shows, the channel was bought by Primarete and became almost entirely dedicated to infomercials, the non-infomercial programming was removed after Gold TV's buyout of the channel.
Television in Italy