Investigation Discovery is an Indian television channel dedicated to true crime documentaries owned by

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, broadcasting in English, Hindi, Tamil, and Telugu. The channel was launched by Warner Bros. Discovery Asia-Pacific on 12 February 2018 which aired programming from its American counterpart and Scripps. The channel was rebranded as Discovery Jeet in 2018, and later was rebranded as Jeet Prime. However due to poor ratings, the channel switched back as Investigation Discovery in 2020.

History

Investigation Discovery was launched in 2014 by Discovery Communications India as a Hindi-language entertainment channel. Later, on 1 February 2018, the channel rebranded as Discovery Jeet. The company also shifted their headquarters from Delhi to Mumbai which is more suited for building a national general entertainment channel. It aims to create 1000 hours of original content a year. The shows will also be available digitally via

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. The channel had a reach of 140 million on the day of launch. Discovery announced plans to revamp the channel with dubbed content from Scripps after low ratings. However, things did not work out as planned and on 13 January 2020, the channel was rebranded again to Investigation Discovery.

Former shows

Original programming

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'' *'' Anjaan: Special Crimes Unit'' *''Comedy High School'' *'' Darr Ke Uss Paar'' *''Gabru: Hip Hop Ke Shehzaade'' *''Khan No.1'' *''Man vs Wild with Sunny Leone'' *'' Mere Papa Hero Hiralal'' *''Shaadi Jasoos'' *'' Swami Ramdev - Ek Sangharsh''

Dubbed shows

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A Crime to Remember ''A Crime to Remember'' is an American documentary television series that airs on Investigation Discovery and premiered on November 12, 2013. It tells the stories of notorious crimes that captivated attention of the media and the public when t ...

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Cry Wolfe ''Cry Wolfe'' is an American television show created for Investigation Discovery. Plot ''Cry Wolfe'' uses actors to reenact some of private investigator Brian Wolfe's most interesting cases. His cases include cheating spouses, workplace theft, an ...

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'' * '' Murder Among Friends'' * '' Unraveled'' * '' The Perfect Murder'' * ''

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'' * '' Web of Lies'' * '' Dangal Kitchen Ka'' * '' Little Stars'' * '' Kya Swad Hai!'' * '' 90 Din Ka Pyaar: Hoga Inkaar Ya Ikraar'' * '' Deadly Women'' * ''

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'' * '' Extreme Adventures'' * '' Cupcake Wars'' * '' Restaurant Jasoos''

External links

Official Facebook page

References

{{Discovery Communications Television stations in Mumbai Hindi-language television stations Hindi-language television channels in India Television channels and stations established in 2014 Television channels and stations established in 2018 Television channels and stations disestablished in 2020

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