U.S. pay television channel
Television channel
Investigation Discovery Country United States Broadcast area Nationwide Headquarters Silver Spring, Maryland , U.S.[ 1] Picture format 1080i HDTV (downscaled to letterboxed 480i for the SDTV feed)Owner Warner Bros. Discovery Parent Warner Bros. Discovery Networks Sister channels Launched October 7, 1996; 28 years ago (1996-10-07 ) Former names
Time Traveler (prelaunch, 1994–1996)
Discovery Civilization Network
(1996–1998)
Discovery Civilization Channel
(1998–2003)
Discovery Times
(2003–2008)
Website Affiliated Streaming Service Max Service(s) Philo , YouTube TV , DirecTV Stream , Vidgo , FuboTV , Sling TV , Hulu + Live TV
Investigation Discovery , stylized and branded on-air as ID since 2008, is an American multinational pay television network dedicated to true crime documentaries owned by Warner Bros. Discovery . The network is headquartered in Silver Spring, Maryland .
As of November 2023[update] , ID is available to approximately 69,000,000 pay television households in the United States-down from its 2015 peak of 86,000,000 households.[ 2]