CBS Reality is a European 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. 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'', Reality Extra in UK became ''Zone Reality Extra'' on 26 June 2006.
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
AMC Networks Inc. is an American entertainment company headquartered in 11 Penn Plaza, New York.
AMC Networks owns and operates the eponymous cable channel and its siblings, IFC, We TV, and Sundance TV; the art house movie theater IFC Cen ...
acquired Chellomedia on 2 February 2014. Chellomedia was rebranded by
AMC Networks International
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on 8 July 2014. On 4 November 2020, it was rebranded by
ViacomCBS
Paramount Global (doing business as Paramount) is an American multinational mass media and entertainment conglomerate owned and operated by National Amusements (79.4%) and headquartered at One Astor Plaza in Midtown Manhattan, New York. It ...
.
CBS Reality is available in HD in Poland since 23 September 2019.
UK and Ireland
Reality TV was launched by UPCtv and Zone Vision on the Sky EPG in the UK and Ireland on 10 October 2002. In February 2006, an additional channel called Reality Extra was launched.
On 14 September 2009, it was revealed that
CBS Studios International had struck a joint venture deal with Chellomedia to launch six CBS-branded channels in the UK and Ireland during 2009. On 16 November 2009, the channel rebranded as CBS Reality and CBS Reality +1.
, CBS Reality is available on
Freeview and
Freesat
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in the United Kingdom. A timeshift channel, CBS Reality +1, was available on
YouView
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, but was removed on 2 June 2015. In Ireland, the channels are available on
Sky Ireland
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Its corporate headquarters are in Dublin which were opened by Taoiseach Enda Kenny on 18 January 2013.
Sky Ireland ...
.
In addition to their slot on Freeview Channel 66, a number of CBS Reality shows can be found simulcast daily on
various Local Television channels in the UK, such as
Local TV Liverpool (Freeview channel 7).
On 30 June 2022, the British arm of the AMC-Paramount partnership revised their channel line-up with nearly all CBS branding being dropped and a new channel called Legend taking
CBS Justice's slot on a number of services and Horror's programming.
Availability
Cable
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Caiway
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: Channel 104
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Com Hem
Com Hem was a Swedish brand owned by Tele2 AB which supplied Triple Play services that included cable television, broadband internet and fixed-line telephone.
Founded in 1983 as Televerket Kabel-TV as part of the former state-owned Televerke ...
: Channel 71
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Cosmote TV
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*Cosmote TV via OTT – Streaming platform
*Cosmote TV via Satellite – Satellite tele ...
: Channel 452
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Hot : Channel 48
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Kabel Noord : Channel 222
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Naxoo
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Launched in Geneva in 1986, ''Naxoo'' offers a mixture of Swiss and foreign TV channels, bo ...
: Channel 224
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NOS and
Nowo
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Apax France and Fortino Capital have been NOWO's shareholders since September 2015. In Portugal, these groups also own th ...
: Channel 19
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RCS & RDS : Channel 28
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UPC : Channel 647
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UPC : Channel 392
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Virgin Media
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: Channel 130
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Virgin Media
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: Channel 148 and Channel 201 (+1)
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Vodafone
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, Vod ...
: Channel 303
IPTV
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Moja TV : Channel 13
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Open IPTV
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: Channel 652
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T-Mobile
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: Channel 283
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Vodafone Casa TV : Channel 112
Online
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FilmOn
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Programming
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CBS Realityan
CBS Reality +1* Virgin TV Anywhere
VirginMediaTV.ie* Virgin TV Anywhere
VirginMedia.com
Satellite
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Astra 28.2°E : 11344 V 27500 5/6 (
Free-to-air
Free-to-air (FTA) services are television (TV) and radio services broadcast in unencrypted form, allowing any person with the appropriate receiving equipment to receive the signal and view or listen to the content without requiring a subscripti ...
)
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beIN : Channel 162
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Canal Digitaal
CanalDigitaal is a provider of digital television via satellite for the Netherlands, Dutch market, using the SES Astra, Astra satellites at Astra 23.5°E, 23.5° east.
Initially customers were mainly Dutch citizens in the countryside who did ...
: Channel 410 (UK version) and Channel 411 (+1, UK version)
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DStv : Channel 132
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Freesat
Freesat is a British free-to-air satellite television service, first formed as a joint venture between the BBC and ITV plc and now owned by Digital UK. The service was formed as a memorandum in 2007 and has been marketed since 6 May 2008. Free ...
: Channel 135 and Channel 136 (+1)
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Sky : Channel 146 and Channel 246 (+1)
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Sky : Channel 146 and Channel 246 (+1)
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Yes : Channel 64
* Zuku TV (Kenya): Channel 127
Terrestrial
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Freeview : Channel 67 or Channel 7/8 (Local)
Logos
Image:Reality TV logo.svg, Reality TV (2002-2006)
Image:Zone Reality.svg, Zone Reality (2006-2012)
See also
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CBS Drama
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CBS Justice
CBS Justice (formerly CBS Action) was a television channel specialising in action film, drama and murder-mysteries programs. It launched in the UK and Ireland on 16 November 2009 and later expanded to Africa in 2019. It closed on all platforms i ...
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Paramount International Networks
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AMC Networks International
AMC Networks International is the division of AMC Networks that operates outside the United States. AMC Networks commissions and distributes TV channels, content and video services. The division's operating companies and business units currently ...
References
External links
CBS Reality EuropeCBS Reality UK
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AMC Networks International
Paramount International Networks
Television channels and stations established in 1999
Television channels in the Netherlands
English-language television stations in the United Kingdom
1999 establishments in the Netherlands