Investigation Discovery (Latin American TV channel)
Investigation Discovery (Investigação Discovery in Brazil) (stylized as ID since 2020) is a television channel in Latin America[citation needed] dedicated to crime- and investigation-themed programming, owned by Warner Bros. Discovery
| Country | Latin America |
|---|---|
| Broadcast area | Latin America |
| Programming | |
| Language(s) | Spanish and Portuguese |
| Picture format | 1080i HDTV (downscaled to 480i/576i for the SD feed) |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Warner Bros. Discovery Americas |
| History | |
| Launched | October 1997 (as Travel 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) |
History edit
The channel was launched in October 1997 as the local version of Travel 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 of British series, reality shows, hobby programs and some American series, either in their original language with subtitling (Portugal) or dubbed in Spanish/Portuguese with optional English soundtrack; a few Spanish programs originally broadcast by generalist networks also ran on People+Arts.
In January 2010, it was replaced in Portugal on TV Cabo's Channel 82 by Discovery Travel & Living. On April 13, 2010, People+Arts in Latin 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 as Blue Bloods and the 2010 remake of Hawaii Five-O.
On 15 November 2010, BBC Worldwide sold 50% interest in Animal Planet and Liv to Discovery Inc. for $156 million.[1]
On July 9, 2012, Liv was relaunched as the Latin American version of Investigation Discovery (and called Investigação Discovery in Brazil).
Programming edit
Current programming edit
Past programming edit
Second-run:
as Liv edit
First-run:
- Blue Bloods
- Cake Boss (currently seen on TLC)
- Extreme Makeover: Home Edition (currently seen on Discovery Home & Health)
- Hair Battle Spectacular
- Happy Town
- Hawaii Five-O (currently seen on AXN)
- Hawthorne
- Hell's Kitchen (currently seen on TLC)
- House of Glam
- How to be a Gentleman
- It Only Hurts When I Laugh
- LA Ink (currently seen on TLC)
- Last Man Standing (currently seen on Comedy Central)
- Life Unexpected
- Mad Love
- Material Girl
- Mercy
- Miami Ink (currently seen on TLC)
- Miami Social
- Parenthood (currently seen in Brazil on GNT)
- Project Runway (currently seen on E!)
- Models of the Runway
- Shear Genius
- So You Think You Can Dance (currently seen on TLC)
- The Tudors
- Whitney
Second-run:
- The 4400
- Brotherhood
- Charmed
- Coach
- Dawson's Creek
- Frasier
- Judging Amy
- Just Shoot Me!
- Once and Again
- Providence
- Rescue Me
as People+Arts edit
- Afterlife
- Coupling
- Doctor Who (new series)
- Hustle
- Hotel Babylon (Latin America only)
- Murder in Mind
- Spooks
- The Office
- Torchwood
- Army Wives
- Commander in Chief (Europe only)
- Dirt
- Dancing with the Stars (currently seen on BBC Entertainment)
- Less Than Perfect
- Providence (Europe only)
- Rescue Me
- The Shield
- The Starter Wife
- American Chopper (currently seen on Discovery Channel)
- The Apprentice: Donald Trump
- The Apprentice: Martha Stewart
- Changing Rooms
- The Contender
- Extreme Makeover
- Extreme Makeover: Home Edition
- Ground Force
- Globe Trekker (currently seen on TLC)
- I Survived a Japanese Game Show (currently seen on TLC)
- On the Lot
- What Not to Wear (UK)
- What Not to Wear (US, currently seen on Discovery Home & Health)
- While You Were Out
- Wife Swap (UK, US, and Latin America, currently seen on Discovery Home & Health)
- Bricomanía (Europe only)
- Deco (Europe only)
References edit
- ^ "BBC and Discovery Communications announce new partnership and BBC Worldwide sells its interest in joint venture to Discovery". BBC. 15 November 2010.