CBS Justice, formerly CBS Action, is a television channel specializing in factual programming ranging from action films to drama and murder-mysteries. Currently available only in Africa since 21 November 2019 via DStv and

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, it was previously available

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in the UK from 16 November 2009 to 30 June 2022.

History

On 14 September 2009, CBS Studios International (now Paramount Global Content Distribution) struck a joint venture deal with Chellomedia (now

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) to launch six CBS-branded channels in the UK during 2009. The channels would replace Zone Romantica, Zone Thriller, Zone Horror and Zone Reality (now

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), plus timeshift services Zone Horror +1 and Zone Reality +1.

, CBS Reality +1, CBS Drama and CBS Action launched and replaced Zone Reality, Zone Reality +1, Zone Romantica and Zone Thriller on 16 November 2009. On 5 April 2010, Zone Horror and Zone Horror +1 were respectively rebranded as Horror Channel and Horror Channel +1, following the rebrand of the portfolio's other three channels in November 2009. CBS Reality launched on Freeview on 1 April 2014 and as of that July, CBS Reality +1, CBS Action, CBS Drama and Horror Channel are available on the

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platform as part of TalkTalk TV's "Entertainment Boost". A placeholder launched on Freeview and

on 29 August 2014 for CBS Action on channel 90, in addition to the channel being provided on the

TalkTalk platform. The channel started broadcasting on channel 70 on 1 October 2014. Then on 19 February 2015, CBS Action moved from channel 70 to channel 64 on Freeview. On 2 June 2015, it was removed from YouView channel 485. On 15 March 2017, a timeshift version of CBS Action launched on Freeview channel 90. It was affected by the Freeview changes on 2 August 2017, moving to channel 64 and CBS Action to 39. The timeshift version of CBS Action ceased broadcasting on Freeview on 31 January 2018, and was removed from the EPG on 23 April 2018. It returned on 7 January 2020 on DVB-T2 devices as CBS Justice +1 on channel 69, but closed again on 22 June 2020 to make room for COM7 following the closure of COM8. On 5 December 2018 CBS Action rebranded as CBS Justice. The channel launched across Africa on satellite

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DStv on 21 November 2019, replacing the African feed of Crime & Investigation. On 4 November 2020, the channel moved to channel 40 on Freeview as part of a move up where every channel from channel 24 to 54 on the platform moved up one place to allow

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to move to channel 24 in Scotland due to new

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rules regarding certain PSB channels requiring greater prominence on

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s (EPGs). On 18 June 2022, CBS Justice announced its closure on all platforms in the UK, with its slot on a number of satellite and cable platforms to be taken by

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, on 30 June 2022, following the decision by AMC to drop the CBS branding from their channels owned in a joint-venture with Paramount Global.

Final programming (British version)

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Former programming (British version)

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'' (now on

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) *'' Bad Girls'' (now on CBS Drama) *'' Cops'' (now airing on

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) *'' CSI: Crime Scene Investigation'' *'' Diagnosis Murder'' *''

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) *'' La Femme Nikita'' *'' Mission: Impossible'' (1988 TV series) *'' Remington Steele'' *'' Star Trek: The Next Generation'' (now on

) *'' Star Trek: The Original Series'' (now on

) *'' Star Trek: Voyager'' (now on

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) *'' The Fugitive'' *'' The Pretender'' *'' The Sentinel'' *''Suspicious Agenda'' *'' To Serve and Protect'' *''

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History

Final programming (British version)

Former programming (British version)

See also

References

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