Crime & Investigation (European TV channel)
Crime & Investigation (stylized as Crime + Investigation) is a pan-European television channel based in the United Kingdom, owned by A&E Networks UK (a joint venture of A&E Networks and Sky Group). The channel primarily broadcasts true crime programming, and is a European version of the U.S. network of the same name.
 Logo used since 2019 | |
| Country | United Kingdom |
|---|---|
| Broadcast area | Benelux Central Europe & Eastern Europe Ireland Africa Middle East |
| Programming | |
| Language(s) | English Dutch Arabic |
| Picture format | 1080i HDTV (downscaled to 16:9 576i for the SDTV feed) |
| Timeshift service | Crime & Investigation +1 |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | A&E Networks UK (A&E Networks/Sky Group) |
| Sister channels | List of Sky UK channels |
| History | |
| Launched | 10 July 2006 |
| Closed | April 19, 2022 (Portugal and Spain) November 1, 2023 (Italy) |
| Replaced by | AMC Crime (Portugal and Spain) Sky Crime (Italy) |
| Links | |
| Website | www |
| Availability | |
| Terrestrial | |
| Zuku TV (Kenya) | Channel 418 |
| Streaming media | |
| Sky Go | Sky (UK & Ireland only) |
| Virgin TV Anywhere | Virgin Media (UK only) |
| BT TV Everywhere | BT TV (UK only) |
| Ziggo GO (Netherlands) | ZiggoGO.tv (Europe only) |
TVT Media is responsible for the signal distribution across mainland Europe,[1][2] and local subsidiaries of A&E Networks are the distribution representatives across Europe, except for Spain and Portugal. In Spain, it is named Crimen + Investigación and in Portugal, it is named Crime + Investigation and it is operated by AMC Networks International Southern Europe. The Portuguese version also airs in Portuguese-speaking African countries (Angola, Cape Verde, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Mozambique and São Tomé and Príncipe).
Its programming is mainly in English and locally subtitled or dubbed. It is available through numerous satellite, cable, terrestrial and IPTV distributors across Europe, the Middle East and Africa.
History
editA high definition version launched on Sky in the UK and Ireland on 5 November 2008.[3] Crime+Investigation HD originally operated on a separate schedule to the standard definition channel and timeshared with Bio. HD.[4] On 3 July 2012, Bio. HD closed to allow Crime + Investigation HD to broadcast 24 hours a day, simulcasting the standard definition channel.[5]
A one-hour timeshift channel named CI +1 launched on Sky UK on 2 March 2009. Since the rebranding in January 2017, this has been named Crime+Investigation +1 and is on Sky channel 256.
The channel launched in the Netherlands in July 2011.[6] Followed by Romania through UPC Romania on 2 September 2013 and Italy through Sky Italia on 17 December 2013.[7]
The network launched on BT TV on 15 August 2013 and TalkTalk in the UK on 28 August 2014. It is on the Entertainment Extra Boost along with History.[citation needed]
The HD channel launched on Virgin Media channel 222 in the UK on 21 July 2018. At the same time, the timeshift channel also launched on there on channel 224.[citation needed]
On 6 November 2018, the European Commission ordered A&E Networks UK to divest its factual channels, as a condition of Disney's acquisition of 21st Century Fox.[8]
It was announced on 1 October 2019 that the channel, along with Sister channels, History and Lifetime would no longer be packaged by MultiChoice's DStv across Africa by the end of October, 2019 after its carriage contract broke down between the A+E Networks and MultiChoice.[9] but since they reached carriage agreement with Multichoice and A+E Networks, History and Lifetime are kept, but Crime+Investigation was dropped from the platform.[10]
References
edit- ^ Robert Briel (12 February 2010). "DMC launches Crime & Investigation". Broadband TV News.
- ^ TVT Media clients
- ^ "Sky to launch AETN's Crime and Investigation HD / Bio HD on November 5th". Engadget. 14 October 2008.
- ^ "Even more HD channels on their way to you". Sky User. 13 October 2008.
- ^ "Crime HD changes and Bio HD removed". Entertainment Interactive. 3 July 2012. Archived from the original on 20 July 2018. Retrieved 16 July 2012.
- ^ Jarco Kriek (4 July 2011). "Crime & Investigation Netwerk in Nederland van start" (in Dutch). Totaal TV.
- ^ "A+E NETWORKS FONDA A+E NETWORKS ITALY E LANCIA CRIME + INVESTIGATION". pubblicitaitalia.it. 17 December 2013. Archived from the original on 6 June 2014. Retrieved 31 August 2023.
- ^ Roxborough, Scott (6 November 2018). "Disney's Fox Deal Gets European Union Clearance Subject to Divestments". The Hollywood Reporter.
- ^ MultiChoice dumps History, Lifetime and Crime+Investigation from Dstv in South Africa and across Africa after channel carriage renewal negotiations break down with A+E Networks TV with Thinus. 1 October 2019. Retrieved 16 January 2021
- ^ DStv keeps Lifetime and History, but puts a boot into C+I www.tvsa.co.za. 31 October 2019. Retrieved 17 January 2021