Investigation Discovery (Latin American TV channel)
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| 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) |
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.
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 2007, the channel debuted Adult Swim in Mexico and panregionally, except for Argentina, Chile, Uruguay, Paraguay and Bolivia.
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 the channel (and called Investigação Discovery in Brazil).