Investigation Discovery (Indian TV Channel)

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Investigation Discovery
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CountryIndia
Headquarters Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Programming
Language(s) Hindi
Tamil
Telugu
English
Picture format4:3 (576i, SDTV)
16:9 (1080i, HDTV)
Ownership
Owner Discovery Networks Asia Pacific
Sister channels Animal Planet
TLC
Discovery Turbo
Discovery Kids
Discovery Science
Discovery Channel
DSport
History
Launched12 February 2018 (2018-02-12)
Replaced Investigation Discovery
Closed13 January 2020 (2020-01-13)
Replaced by Investigation Discovery
Former namesDiscovery Jeet (2018-19)

Investigation Discovery is an Indian Television channel that dedicated to true crime documentaries owned by Discovery, Inc. channel broadcast on Hindi Language. channel launched by Discovery Networks Asia Pacific on 12 February 2018 which aired shows from Investigation Discovery and Scripps. [1] [2]

Contents

The channel rebranded as Discovery Jeet in 2018 then rebranded as Jeet prime. [3] However due to poor rating channel switched back as Investigation Discovery in 2020

Logo as Discovery Jeet Discovery Jeet logo.png
Logo as Discovery Jeet

History

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Jeet Prime (2018-2020)

Investigation Discovery Launched on 2017 by Discovery India then on 1 February 2018 channel rebranded as Discovery Jeet. [3]

The company also shifted their headquarters from Delhi to Mumbai which is more suited for building a national general entertainment channel. [4] It aims to create 1000 hours of original content a year. [5] The shows will also be available digitally via Netflix. [3] The channel had a reach of 140 million on the day of launch. [6]

Discovery announced plans to revamp the channel with dubbed content from Scripps after low ratings. [2]

However, things didn't work out as planned and on 13 January 2020, the channel was rebranded again to Investigation Discovery.

Programming

Current

As of October 2018, channel's new programming with Hindi dubbed content from Scripps

Dangal Kitchen Ka

Little Stars

Kya Swad Hai!

90 Din Ka Pyaar: Hoga Inkaar Ya Ikraar

Deadly Women

The Great Indian Global Kitchen

Bert The Conqueror

Cupcake Wars

Little Singham

Former

As of June 2018, the channel replaced original programming with Hindi dubbed original shows of the Investigation Discovery channel. [7]

Former original programming

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