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| Country | Canada |
|---|---|
| Broadcast area | Nationwide |
| Headquarters | 299 Queen Street West, Toronto, Ontario |
| Programming | |
| Language(s) | English |
| Picture format | 1080i (HDTV) 480i (SDTV) |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | CHUM Limited (2001–2007) CTVglobemedia (2007–2011) BCE Inc.[a] (2011–present) |
| Parent | Learning and Skills Television of Alberta Ltd. (2001–2020) Bell Media Television (Bell Media) (2020–present) |
| Sister channels | CTV 2 Alberta CLT (2001–2010) Animal Planet Canal D Discovery Discovery Science Discovery Velocity Investigation |
| History | |
| Launched | September 7, 2001 |
| Replaced | Court TV (U.S. feed) |
| Former names | Court TV Canada (2001–2010) |
| Links | |
| Website | Investigation Discovery |
Investigation Discovery is a Canadian discretionary service owned by Bell Media. Based of the U.S. cable network of the same name, the channel focuses on true crime programming, including original productions and imports from its U.S. counterpart.
Thus channel was launched on September 7, 2001 as a Canadian version of Court TV, by Learning and Skills Television of Alberta Ltd., which was then owned by CHUM Limited, although the U.S. Court TV channel became available in Canada through cable and satellite providers as a foreign channel approved by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission in 1997. CHUM was acquired by CTVglobemedia in 2007. Two years after its U.S. counterpart was relaunched as TruTV, Court TV was relaunched as Investigation Discovery on August 30, 2010, as part of a licensing arrangement between CTVglobemedia and Discovery Communications.
In October 2024, it was announced that the channel will relaunch as a Canadian version of the similarly-formatted Oxygen on January 1, 2025, as part of a licensing agreement with NBCUniversal. The ID brand will be concurrently relaunched as a new specialty channel under Rogers Sports & Media ownership, as part of an agreement between Rogers Communications and Warner Bros. Discovery.
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