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Investigation Discovery
Launched	1996
Owned by	Discovery Communications, Inc.
Picture format	480i (SDTV) 1080i (HDTV)
Headquarters	Silver Spring, Maryland
Formerly called	CBS Eye on People (1996-1998) Discovery People (1998-1999) Discovery Civilization (1999-2002) Discovery Times (2002-2008)
Sister channel(s)	Discovery Networks
Website	http://investigation.discovery.com
Availability
Satellite
DirecTV	Channel 285 Channel 1285 (VOD)
Dish Network	Channel 192
C-Band	AMC 11-Channel 614 (4DTV Digital)
DSmart (Turkey)	Channel 14
Cable
Available on many cable systems	Check local listings for channels

Investigation Discovery (commercially abbreviated and stylized as ID.) is a digital cable television channel that is owned by Discovery Communications. The channel features programming dealing with criminal investigations, primarily homicide investigations, and other crime-related documentaries.

History

The channel launched in 1996 as a joint venture between CBS (pre-Viacom merger) and Discovery Communications, with each company owning half of the channel. The channel was called "CBS Eye on People" and featured news and human interest stories from CBS News. After two years, CBS sold its share to Discovery Communications, who accordingly renamed it "Discovery People". At the time, Discovery had begun to roll out its suite of themed digital channels (Animal Planet, Planet Green, Discovery Health, Military Channel, Science Channel and Discovery Kids were the others). Discovery People accordingly rebranded as "Discovery Civilization" a year later.

In 2002, New York Times Television and Discovery Communications announced a joint venture to run the channel. Later in that same year, the channel was rebranded as "Discovery Times Channel".

In April 2006, the New York Times sold its stake in Discovery Times back to Discovery Communications, ending its ownership in the channel.^[1]

Also in 2006, the network's on-air identity was rebranded by creative studio Trollback + Company.

On January 27, 2008, Discovery Times was renamed to "Investigation Discovery".^[2]

In addition to the television network, an Investigation Discovery website was also launched. Contributors to the website include crime writers David Lohr, Corey Mitchell, and Gary C. King.

The channel's simulcast Investigation Discovery HD is available on select Time Warner Cable systems. In September testing on the Dish Network satellite system for Investigation Discovery HD had begun and is expected to roll out before the beginning of 2010.

Programming

Current series

• Call 911
• Crime Scene University
• Dateline
• Deadly Women
• Deranged
• Escaped
• The FBI Files
• Forensic Detectives
• 48 Hours
• A Haunting
• I Almost Got Away With It
• Life of a Crime
• Mega Heist
• Most Evil
• The New Detectives
• On the Case with Paula Zahn
• Personal Justice (a new crime re-enactment series that premiered during the summer of 2009)
• Real Interrogations
• The Real NCIS
• The Shift
• Solved
• Wicked Attraction

See also

• Investigation Discovery Europe
• List of DirecTV channels
• List of Dish Network channels
• New York Times

Notes

External links

• Official website
• The New York Times in Television - Contains a complete chronological history of the New York Times Television events, and a list of New York Times Television's series'.