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People+Arts

Investigation Discovery
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Launched October 1995 (as Travel Channel)
October 1997 (as People+Arts)
April 12, 2010 (as Liv)
July 9, 2012 (as Investigation Discovery)
Owned by Landmark Communications (1995-1997)
Discovery Networks Latin America/Iberia (1997-present)
Picture format 1080i (HDTV)
480i (SDTV)
Slogan Tu nueva obsesión (Spanish)
Sua nova obsessão (Portuguese)
("Your new obsession")
Country Latin America
Language Spanish and Portuguese
Broadcast area Latin America
Formerly called Travel Channel (1995-1997)
People+Arts (1997-2010)
Liv (2010-2012)
Website InvestigacionDiscovery.com
InvestigacaoDiscovery.com.br
Availability
Satellite
DirecTV
Latin America
Channel 223
Dish Network Mexico Channel 216
Cable
NET
Brazil
Channel 52

Investigation Discovery (Investigação Discovery in Brazil) is a television channel in Latin America dedicated to crime- and investigation-themed programming, owned by Discovery Communications.

The channel was launched in October 1995 as the local version of Travel Channel. After the purchase by Discovery Communications and the BBC, the channel was then renamed "El Nuevo / O Novo Travel Channel: People+Arts" (pronounced as "people and arts"), and again renamed as simply "People+Arts".

The station's programming consisted of a mix of British series, reality shows, hobby programs and some American series, either in their original language with subtitling (Portugal) or dubbed in Spanish/Portuguese with optional English soundtrack; a few Spanish programs originally broadcast by generalist networks also ran on People+Arts.

In January 2010 it was replaced in Portugal on TV Cabo's Channel 82 by Discovery Travel & Living. On April 13, 2010, People+Arts in Latin America was replaced by Liv, originally a channel dedicated to women's entertainment, but quickly evolved into a general entertainment channel, with the addition of series such as Blue Bloods and the 2010 remake of Hawaii Five-O.

On 15 November 2010, BBC Worldwide sold 50% interest in Animal Planet and Liv to Discovery Communications for $156 million.

On July 9, 2012, Liv was relaunched as the Latin American version of Investigation Discovery (and called Investigação Discovery in Brazil).


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