CBS Reality (Redirected from Zone Reality (UK))
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; 24 years ago (1999-12-01) |
Closed | 1 June 2022; 21 months ago (2022-06-01) (Russia) 23 November 2023; 3 months ago (2023-11-23) (UK and Ireland, replaced by True Crime) 31 December 2023; 2 months ago (2023-12-31) (Czech Republic, Slovakia and in the Netherlands) 3 January 2024; 2 months ago (2024-01-03) (Hungary, Bulgaria and Croatia) |
Replaced by | True Crime (UK and Ireland) |
Former names | Reality TV Zone Reality |
Links | |
Website | |
Availability | |
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CBS Reality is a European free-to-air television channel broadcast in Europe, the Middle East and Africa.
History
CBS Reality was launched as Reality TV on 1 December 1999 as a joint-venture between UPCtv and Zone Vision. The channel started broadcasting to Africa on 1 November 2001. 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.
On 1 August 2012, Chellomedia revealed that the European version of Zone Reality would be rebranded into CBS Reality. In Europe, Zone Reality was rebranded on 3 December 2012. AMC Networks acquired Chellomedia on 2 February 2014. Chellomedia was rebranded as AMC Networks International on 8 July 2014.
CBS Reality is available in HD in Poland since 23 September 2019.
CBS Reality closed on June 1, 2022 in Russia.
CBS Reality closed in the UK on 22 November 2023 and was rebranded as True Crime.
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.
Availability
Cable
- Paramount+ (Greece): Channel 452
- Hot (Israel): Channel 48
- UPC (Poland): Channel 392
IPTV
- Gibtelecom (Gibraltar)
Satellite
- DStv (South Africa): Channel 132
- Yes (Israel): Channel 64
- StarSat (South Africa and Africa ): Channel 170
Logos
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Reality TV (2002–2006)
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Zone Reality (2006–2012)
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