[Kunst]

I don't think Sky Max will be downgraded as such, but maybe they could simulcast certain things on Sky Mix.

TV8 in Italy (LCN8, which used to be MTV, owned by Viacom+Telecom before, before being bought by Sky), has become a quite successful channel, and many of the shows there are treated (or even are) TV8 shows first and foremost, such as Gialappa's Show and so on, although often parachuted to Sky Uno too (which also has its share of original programming, but there's a lot of overlapping between TV8 and Sky Uno).
There's also.Cielo (basically the Italian translation of Sky) as a FTA channel startef as a window of Sky for FTA viewers,that has, since the buyout of MTV Italy from Sky and creation of TV8, being downgraded as a sort of TV8 repeat channel or alternative lifestylish channel.

I realize it's a very different environment and history here in Italy starting with the fact there are less pay TV subscribers here, but, I suppose that they want to build a more stable channel by having Sky Mix moved to a higher LCN position, and if they can , they might at least simulcast.