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 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).
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)