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| Country | Latin America |
|---|---|
| Broadcast area | Latin America |
| Programming | |
| Languages | Spanish andPortuguese |
| Picture format | 1080iHDTV (downscaled to480i/576i for the SD feed) |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Warner Bros. Discovery Americas |
| History | |
| Launched | October 1997 (asTravel Channel) April 12, 2010 (as Liv) July 9, 2012 (as Investigation Discovery) |
| Former names | Travel Channel (1996-1997) People & Arts Network (1997-1998) People+Arts (1998-2010) Liv (2010-2012) |
Investigation Discovery (Investigação Discovery inBrazil) (stylized asID since 2020) is a television channel inLatin America[citation needed] dedicated to crime- and investigation-themed programming, owned byWarner Bros. Discovery.
The channel was launched in October 1997 as the local version ofTravel Channel. After the purchase by Discovery Inc. and the BBC, the channel was then renamed "El Nuevo / O Novo Travel Channel: People+Arts" (pronounced as "people and arts"), and again renamed as simply "People+Arts".
The station's programming consisted of a mix ofBritish series, reality shows, hobby programs and someAmerican series, either in their original language withsubtitling (Portugal) ordubbed inSpanish/Portuguese with optional English soundtrack; a few Spanish programs originally broadcast bygeneralist networks also ran on People+Arts.
In January 2010, it was replaced in Portugal on TV Cabo's Channel 82 byDiscovery Travel & Living. On April 13, 2010, People+Arts inLatin America was replaced by Liv, originally a channel dedicated to women's entertainment, but quickly evolved into a general entertainment channel, with the addition of series such asBlue Bloods andthe 2010 remake ofHawaii Five-O.
On 15 November 2010, BBC Worldwide sold 50% interest inAnimal Planet and Liv to Discovery Inc. for $156 million.[1]
On July 9, 2012, Liv was relaunched as the LatinAmerican version of the channel (and calledInvestigação Discovery in Brazil).