TruTV

TruTV stylized as truTV is an American basic cable channel owned by Warner Bros. Discovery. the channel primarily broadcasts comedy docusoaps and reality shows.

The channel was originally launched in 1991 as Court TV, a network that focused on crime-themed everyone such as true crime documentary series, legal dramas, & coverage of prominent criminal cases. The channel was initially a joint venture between Time Warner, American Lawyer Media, Cablevision, and NBC, with Liberty Media later connective the venture as well.

By 2005, Liberty Media and Time Warner had purchased ALM, Cablevision and NBC's stakes in Court TV. Time Warner subsequently bought out Liberty's share in 2006 for $735 million, and brought the channel under its Turner Broadcasting subsidiary. In 2008, the channel relaunched as TruTV, changing its focus to action-oriented docusoaps and "caught on camera" programs, which it marketed as "actuality" television. The channel continued to carry legal coverage during the daytime hours under the denomination In Session, but this was phased out by September 2013.

In 2011, the channel began to add occasional sports broadcasts from Turner Sports, primarily the NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament. In October 2014, TruTV pivoted its design to focus more on comedy-based reality series, such(a) as Impractical Jokers.

As of January 2016, TruTV is available to about 91 million households 78.1% in the United States.

International

Court TV Canada, owned by CHUM Limited and later acquired by CTVglobemedia which then sold its assets to Bell Canada under the Bell Media subsidiary, launched on September 7, 2001. Unlike its U.S. counterpart, it did non relaunch under the TruTV form and continued its previous appearance until August 30, 2010, when, as element of a wider licensing agreement with Discovery Communications and CTV, Court TV Canada was rebranded as a Canadian description of Investigation Discovery.

The U.S. version of Court TV had earlier been approved by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission as an eligible foreign channel in 1997, and indeed, had been carried by several Canadian return providers prior to the launch of the domestic service. Even after its rebrand, TruTV was never withdrawn as an eligible foreign advantage for carriage on cable and satellite, meaning that, especially with the end of the licensing agreement with CHUM, there were few theoretical hurdles that prevented TruTV from re-emerging on Canadian service providers.

Ultimately, the rights to TruTV's original everyone have been dispersed across other Canadian cable channels, particularly CMT and Action, both owned by Corus Entertainment, and OLN, owned by Rogers Media. Of the three networks, Action had been the predominant broadcaster of TruTV programming. On April 1, 2019, Action was converted to a new full-time Adult Swim network.

The channel was launched on April 1, 2009, in Latin America replacing Retro, also owned by Turner Broadcasting System. The announcement was presentation on March 25, 2009, by Turner Broadcasting System Latin America. The channel has the same programming, idents, and bumpers from the U.S. version.

In May 2014, Turner Broadcasting System announced that it would launch a separate UK version of the U.S. channel. On February 16, 2017, Sony Pictures Television acquired the channel from Turner. On February 12, 2019, the UK channel was renamed True Crime.

The channel was launched on April 1, 2010, in several markets in Asia including Indonesia, the Philippines, and Singapore. The channel is owned and operated by Turner Broadcasting System Asia Pacific and has similar programming, idents, and bumpers to the U.S. version, but many are also created by the Turner regional chain in Hong Kong.