CBS Reality is a European free-to-air television channel broadcast in Europe, the Middle East and Africa.
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| 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; 2 years ago (2022-06-01) (Russia) 23 November 2023; 8 months ago (2023-11-23) (UK and Ireland, replaced by True Crime) 31 December 2023; 6 months ago (2023-12-31) (Czech Republic, Slovakia and in the Netherlands)[1][2] 3 January 2024; 6 months ago (2024-01-03) (CIS, Baltic[3], Hungary, Bulgaria and Croatia)[4][5][6][7] |
| Replaced by | True Crime (UK and Ireland) |
| Former names | Reality TV Zone Reality |
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| Availability | |
| Terrestrial | |
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CBS Reality was launched as Reality TV on 1 December 1999 as a joint-venture between UPCtv and Zone Vision.[8] The channel started broadcasting to Africa on 1 November 2001.[9] 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.[10]
On 1 August 2012, Chellomedia revealed that the European version of Zone Reality would be rebranded into CBS Reality.[11] In Europe, Zone Reality was rebranded on 3 December 2012.[12] AMC Networks acquired Chellomedia on 2 February 2014. Chellomedia was rebranded as AMC Networks International on 8 July 2014.[13]
CBS Reality is available in HD in Poland since 23 September 2019.[14]
A dedicated Romanian feed was launched on 13 May 2022, with a different schedule and Romanian adverts. However, promos and trailers are subtitled in Romanian.
CBS Reality closed on 1 June 2022 in Russia.[15][16]
CBS Reality closed in the UK on 22 November 2023 and was rebranded as True Crime.[17]
CBS Reality closed on 31 December 2023 in the Czech Republic, Slovakia and in the Netherlands.
CBS Reality closed on 3 January 2024 in Hungary, Bulgaria, Croatia, CIS and Baltic[18].
