 | |
| Country | United Kingdom |
|---|---|
| Broadcast area | Europe Middle East Africa |
| Headquarters | Amsterdam,Netherlands |
| Programming | |
| Languages | |
| Picture format | 1080iHDTV (downscaled to16:9576i for theSDTV feed) |
| Timeshift service | Investigation Discovery +1 |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Warner Bros. Discovery EMEA |
| Sister channels | List
|
| History | |
| Launched | 20 January 2009; 16 years ago (2009-01-20) |
| Replaced |
|
| Links | |
| Website | Investigation Discovery |
| Availability | |
| Terrestrial | |
| See separate section | |
| Streaming media | |
| See separate section | |
Investigation Discovery (abbreviated asID) is a pay television channel available in several European nations. It competes in the same genre asCrime & Investigation Network which is also available in several European nations. TheID channel features crime programming, including "missing persons and murder inquiries, cold cases and historical crime," as well as documentaries on forensic investigations. One such program isDeadly Women, an investigative series in which former FBI agent and profilerCandice DeLong looks at female killers throughout history.
Its programming is mainly inEnglish and locallysubtitled ordubbed. In some countries, the advertisement and the announcements between programs are localized.
Theoriginal namesake American channel became available on cable television in the United States in January 2008.[1] In Europe, the channel was first made available in theUnited Kingdom andIreland.
The channel launched in Poland, Romania, Hungary and Greece in April 2009,[2][3] followed by Serbia, Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia, and Montenegro in May 2009. On 28 June 2009 the channel replaced nTalk on the Polish platformN.[4][5] On 15 July it replaced TVN Lingua onCyfra+.[6] In September 2009, it was announced that the channel would be added to RCS/RDS's offerings.[7] The Baltic states followed in August 2009, when it launched on the LatvianLattelecom platform.[8]
Since 2011, Investigation Discovery Africa launched on DStv channel 171, in October 2014, it was announced that Investigation Discovery will broadcast in HD.In 2014, Investigation Discovery launched on Azam TV, StarTimes, Kwese TV and GOtv (since 2019).
Since 15 December 2015, the channel is available exclusively to SFR TV subscribers, as a part of a deal between SFR and Discovery.[9][10][11][12]
Investigation Discovery replacedDiscovery Travel & Living in the Netherlands and Flanders on 4 July 2011.[13] An HD-simulcast started throughZiggo in the Netherlands on 8 February 2017.[14]
Investigation Discovery launched inPortugal on 2 October 2018 exclusively onNOS.[15][16] In February 2022, the channel was made available toMEO subscribers.[17] The Portuguese feed has only local subtitles.
Investigation Discovery had been broadcasting to Sweden since 2010, but was initially not widely available through major distributors. On 1 October 2014, it was added to the leading cable networkCom Hem.[18] It was added by satellite operatorCanal Digital on 15 December.[19] In January 2015, Discovery bought the terrestrial broadcasting license held by multicultural channelKanal Global. That channel stopped broadcasting on 15 February 2015 and Investigation Discovery took over the license after that.[20] The transaction was accepted by theSwedish Broadcasting Authority and the license is valid until 2020.[21]
On 1 June 2015 a localized version launched in Sweden with content adapted for the Swedish market.[22][23] The first original Swedish programme to air on the channel wasBrottscentralen, a live crime show produced byAftonbladet.[24]Brottscentralen premiered on Investigation Discovery on 31 August 2015.[25] During its first seven months on air, the channel achieved a 0.5 percent share of viewing and reached 1.8 percent of the population each week.[26]
Free :Channel 65
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
