Country | United Kingdom |
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Broadcast area | Europe, Middle East and Africa |
Programming | |
Language(s) | English |
Picture format | 1080i HDTV (Poland) 576i 16:9 SDTV |
Ownership | |
Owner | AMC Networks International Paramount Networks UK & Australia (UK feed) Paramount Networks EMEAA (Africa and another parts of Europe feed) |
Sister channels | CBS Europa |
History | |
Launched | 1 December 1999 |
Closed | 1 June 2022 (Russia) 23 November 2023 (UK and Ireland, replaced by True Crime) 31 December 2023 (Czech Republic, Slovakia and in the Netherlands) [1] [2] 3 January 2024 (Hungary, Bulgaria and Croatia) [3] [4] [5] [6] |
Replaced by | True Crime (UK and Ireland) |
Former names | Reality TV Zone Reality |
Links | |
Website | |
Availability | |
Terrestrial | |
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CBS Reality is a European free-to-air television channel broadcast in Europe, the Middle East and Africa.
CBS Reality was launched as Reality TV on 1 December 1999 as a joint-venture between UPCtv and Zone Vision. [7] The channel started broadcasting to Africa on 1 November 2001. [8] In 2005, Liberty Global, owner of UPC, bought Zone Vision. In 2006, they decided to put all their channels under the unified "Zone" brand. Reality TV became Zone Reality. [9]
On 1 August 2012, Chellomedia revealed that the European version of Zone Reality would be rebranded into CBS Reality. [10] In Europe, Zone Reality was rebranded on 3 December 2012. [11] AMC Networks acquired Chellomedia on 2 February 2014. Chellomedia was rebranded as AMC Networks International on 8 July 2014. [12]
CBS Reality is available in HD in Poland since 23 September 2019. [13]
A dedicated Romanian feed was launched on 13 May 2022, with a different schedule and Romanian adverts. However, promos and trailers are subtitled in Romanian.
CBS Reality closed on June 1, 2022 in Russia. [14] [15]
CBS Reality closed in the UK on 22 November 2023 and was rebranded as True Crime. [16]
CBS Reality closed on December 31, 2023 in the Czech Republic, Slovakia and in the Netherlands.
CBS Reality closed on January 3, 2024 in Hungary, Bulgaria and Croatia.
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