Crime & Investigation (European TV channel)
Crime & Investigation (stylized as Crime + Investigation) is a pan-European television channel based in the United Kingdom, owned by A&E Networks UK (a joint venture of A&E Networks and Sky Group). The channel primarily broadcasts true crime programming, and is a European version of the U.S. network of the same name.
Logo used since 2019 | |
| Country | United Kingdom |
|---|---|
| Broadcast area | Benelux Central Europe & Eastern Europe Ireland Italy Africa Middle East |
| Programming | |
| Language(s) | English Italian Dutch Arabic |
| Picture format | 1080i HDTV (downscaled to 16:9 576i for the SDTV feed) |
| Timeshift service | Crime & Investigation +1 |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | A&E Networks UK (A&E Networks/Sky Group) |
| Sister channels | List of Sky UK channels |
| History | |
| Launched | 10 July 2006 |
| Closed | April 19, 2022 (Portugal and Spain) November 1, 2023 (Italy) |
| Replaced by | AMC Crime (Portugal and Spain) Sky Crime (Italy) |
| Links | |
| Website | www |
| Availability | |
| Terrestrial | |
| Zuku TV (Kenya) | Channel 418 |
| Streaming media | |
| TVPlayer | Watch live (UK only) (TVPlayer Plus subscription required) |
| Sky Go | Sky (UK & Ireland only) |
| Virgin TV Anywhere | Virgin Media (UK only) |
| BT TV Everywhere | BT TV (UK only) |
| Ziggo GO (Netherlands) | ZiggoGO.tv (Europe only) |
TVT Media is responsible for the signal distribution across mainland Europe, and local subsidiaries of A&E Networks are the distribution representatives across Europe, except for Spain and Portugal. In Spain, it is named Crimen + Investigación and in Portugal, it is named Crime + Investigation and it is operated by AMC Networks International Southern Europe. The Portuguese version also airs in Portuguese-speaking African countries (Angola, Cape Verde, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Mozambique and São Tomé and Príncipe).
Its programming is mainly in English and locally subtitled or dubbed. It is available through numerous satellite, cable, terrestrial and IPTV distributors across Europe, the Middle East and Africa.