XX

XX

Network bug used by the channel
Type	Commercial free-to-air
Country	Liberta
Broadcast area	Mainland
Headquarters	Astora, Liberta
Programming
Language(s)	English
Picture format	480i NTSC
Ownership
Owner	Rogue Media
Key people	Jason Tilius Marc Roberts
History
Founded	1971
Launched	1 April 1971 (1971-04-01)
Closed	9 August 1990 (1990-08-09)
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XX (pronounced "double x") was a Libertan commercial free-to-air television channel, broadcasted between 1971 and 1990. The channel was launched at the peak of the sexual revolution in Liberta and became extremely popular due to its uncensored profanity, display of nudity, sex, and violence. It remained in the limelight of the modesty debate, being both highly criticized and praised. Because of the nature of the programming the channel was often reprimanded and fined by the National Television Consortium. As a result, XX and one of its co-founders, Marc Roberts, would engage in highly publicized feuds and altercations with NTC committee members. Over the course of its broadcasting, the NTC received some 416,000 complaints relating to the programming on XX. The channel hosted the popular flagship sketch comedy variety show Far Out Tonight, which was the most-viewed television show between 1972 and 1975. XX would begin to decline in viewership beginning in 1985, facing competition from rivaling channels and Roberts own Rogue Media. In an attempt to regain viewership, the channel would begin to market itself as a softcore pornography channel, before being shut down in 1990. Roberts maintains that a pending NTC investigation the same year did not affect the decision to close the channel.

The name "XX" is derived from an identical internal codename used by the Libertan government for media considered pornographic or generally unsavory for public consumption.