True Crime (Stylised as TRUE CRIME) is a British
free-to-air
Free-to-air (FTA) services are television (TV) and radio services broadcast in unencrypted form, allowing any person with the appropriate receiving equipment to receive the signal and view or listen to the content without requiring a subscripti ...
television channel.
History
Reality TV launched in the United Kingdom and Ireland on Sky Digital on 10 October 2002. A timeshift network – Reality TV +1 was launched on January 31, 2005, while an additional channel called Reality Extra was launched in February 2006.
With the rebranding of UPC's channels under the "Zone" brand, the channels were rebranded in the UK on June 26, 2006, as with the rest of Europe, with the channels rebranding as Zone Reality, Zone Reality +1 and Zone Reality Extra, respectively. On 20 June 2008, Chello Zone announced that Zone Reality Extra would close and its broadcast capacity would be replaced with Zone Horror +1 on 1 July, with
Zone Thriller
Zone Thriller was a television channel in Europe that launched on 3 July 2006. The channel aired a number of varying movie styles including psychological dramas and murder mysteries.
On 14 September 2009, it was revealed that the international ar ...
moving into its EPG slot.
On 14 September 2009, it was revealed that
CBS Studios International
Paramount Global Distribution Group or Paramount Global Content Distribution is the international television distribution arm of American media conglomerate, Paramount Global, originally established in 1962 as the international distribution divis ...
had struck a joint venture deal with Chellomedia to launch six CBS-branded channels in the UK and Ireland during 2009. On 16 November 2009, the channel rebranded as
CBS Reality
CBS Reality is a European television channel broadcast in Europe, the Middle East and Africa.
History
CBS Reality was launched as Reality TV on 1 December 1999 as a joint-venture between UPCtv and Zone Vision. In 2005, Liberty Global, owner of U ...
and CBS Reality +1.
, CBS Reality is available on
Freeview Freeview may refer to:
*Freeview (Australia), the marketing name for the digital terrestrial television platform in Australia
*Freeview (New Zealand), a digital satellite and digital terrestrial television platform in New Zealand
*Freeview (UK), a ...
and
Freesat
Freesat is a British free-to-air satellite television service, first formed as a joint venture between the BBC and ITV plc and now owned by Digital UK. The service was formed as a memorandum in 2007 and has been marketed since 6 May 2008. F ...
in the United Kingdom. A timeshift channel, CBS Reality +1, was available on
YouView
YouView is a hybrid television platform in the United Kingdom developed by YouView TV Ltd., a partnership of four broadcasters, the BBC, ITV, Channel 4 and Channel 5; and three telecommunications operators, Arqiva, BT Group and TalkTalk Gro ...
, but was removed on 2 June 2015. In Ireland, the channels are available on
Sky Ireland
Sky Ireland Limited is a subsidiary of Comcast-owned Sky and supplies television, internet and telephony services in Ireland.
Its corporate headquarters are in Dublin which were opened by Taoiseach Enda Kenny on 18 January 2013.
Sky Ireland ...
.
In addition to their slot on Freeview Channel 66, a number of CBS Reality shows can be found simulcast daily on
various Local Television channels in the UK, such as
Local TV Liverpool (Freeview channel 7).
On 30 June 2022, the British arm of the AMC-Paramount partnership revised their channel line-up with nearly all CBS branding being dropped and a new channel called Legend taking
CBS Justice
CBS Justice (formerly CBS Action) was a television channel specialising in action film, drama and murder-mysteries programs. It launched in the UK and Ireland on 16 November 2009 and later expanded to Africa in 2019. It closed on all platforms i ...
's slot on a number of services and Horror's programming.
On 22 November 2023, CBS Reality rebranded as True Crime thus dropping the CBS brand after 14 years in the UK.
The European CBS Reality network is not a part of the rebrand and retains its name.
Logos
Image:Zone Reality.svg, Zone Reality (2006–2009)
Image:CBS_Reality.png, CBS Reality (2009-2023)
See also
*
Paramount International Networks
Paramount International Networks (PIN) is the international division of Paramount Global. The division oversees the production, broadcasting and promotion of key Paramount's brands outside of the United States. These brands include Paramount Net ...
*
AMC Networks International
AMC Networks International is the division of AMC Networks that operates outside the United States. AMC Networks commissions and distributes TV channels, content and video services. The division's operating companies and business units currently ...
References
External links
CBS Reality UK
{{DEFAULTSORT:True Crime
AMC Networks International
Paramount International Networks
Television channels and stations established in 2002
English-language television stations in the United Kingdom