Investigation Discovery (Indian TV channel)
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| Country | India |
|---|---|
| Headquarters | Mumbai, Maharashtra, India |
| Programming | |
| Language(s) | Hindi Tamil Telugu English |
| Picture format | 1080i HDTV (downscaled to 576i for the SD feed) |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Discovery Asia-Pacific |
| Sister channels | Animal Planet TLC Discovery Turbo Discovery Kids Discovery Science Discovery Channel DSport |
| History | |
| Launched | 12 February 2018 |
| Replaced | Investigation Discovery |
| Closed | 13 January 2020 |
| Replaced by | Investigation Discovery |
| Former names | Discovery Jeet (2018-19) |
Investigation Discovery is an Indian Television channel that dedicated to true crime documentaries owned by Warner Bros. Discovery channel broadcast on Hindi Language. channel launched by Discovery Asia-Pacific on 12 February 2018 which aired shows from Investigation Discovery and Scripps.[1][2]
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
History[edit]
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[edit]
Current
As of October 2018, channel's new programming with Hindi dubbed content from Scripps
90 Din Ka Pyaar: Hoga Inkaar Ya Ikraar
The Great Indian Global Kitchen
Former[edit]
As of June 2018, the channel replaced original programming with Hindi dubbed original shows of the Investigation Discovery channel.[7]
- A Crime to Remember
- Cry Wolfe
- Deadly Sins
- Evil Kin
- Murder Among Friends
- Unraveled
- The Perfect Murder
- Tabloid
- Web of Lies
Former original programming[edit]
- 21 Sarfarosh - Saragarhi 1897[7]
- Anjaan: Special Crimes Unit[7]
- Comedy High School[7]
- Darr Ke Uss Paar[7]
- Gabru: Hip Hop Ke Shehzaade[8]
- Khan No.1[7]
- Man vs Wild with Sunny Leone[8]
- Mere Papa Hero Hiralal [7]
- Shaadi Jasoos[7]
- Swami Ramdev - Ek Sangharsh[7]
External links[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ Jha, Lata (9 January 2020). "Discovery expands Vijay Rajput's role to head of DSPORT channel". Livemint.
- ^ a b "Discovery to dub foreign content as Hindi GEC channel doesn't stir viewers". www.afaqs.com. Retrieved 8 May 2018.
- ^ a b c "Not relying on movies to garner Jeet's viewership: Karan Bajaj". Indian Television Dot Com. 6 February 2018. Retrieved 14 February 2018.
- ^ Bansal, Shuchi (22 December 2017). "Karan Bajaj: A winning discovery". Livemint. Retrieved 14 February 2018.
- ^ "Jeet had a reach of 140 million on launch day, claims Discovery". www.televisionpost.com. Retrieved 14 February 2018.
- ^ "Watch Discovery Jeet on Jio TV and Airtel TV". www.indianable.com. Retrieved 15 February 2018.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i "Discovery Jeet to cease original programming by June-end, launch fresh intl content in H2 FY19". www.televisionpost.com. Retrieved 10 June 2018.
- ^ a b "Discovery Jeet postpones 2 show launches to late March". Indian Television. 22 February 2018. Retrieved 25 February 2019.