Country | India |
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Headquarters | Mumbai, Maharashtra, India |
Programming | |
Language(s) | Hindi Tamil Telugu English |
Picture format | 1080i HDTV (downscaled to 576i for the SD feed) |
Ownership | |
Owner | Warner Bros. Discovery Asia-Pacific |
Sister channels |
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History | |
Launched | 12 February 2018 |
Replaced | Investigation Discovery |
Former names | Discovery Jeet (2018-19) |
Availability | |
Streaming media | |
Discovery+ (India) | SD & HD |
Jio TV (India) | SD & HD |
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 Warner Bros. 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
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
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
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
- 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]
As, Per 2022 It's current programmings are- Haunted Towns,Ghost Asylum, Redrum, Disappeared, Evil lives here, American Monster and many more.
External links
References
- ^ 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.