CBS Reality


CBS Reality is a European pay television channel which is broadcast in Europe, the Middle East and Africa.

History

Reality TV was launched 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 acquired Chellomedia on 2 February 2014. Chellomedia was rebranded by AMC Networks International on 8 July 2014.

UK

The channel launched on the Sky EPG in the UK 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, struck a joint venture deal with Chellomedia to launch six CBS-branded channels in the UK during 2009. On 16 November 2009, the channel rebranded as CBS Reality and CBS Reality +1.
, CBS Reality is available on Freeview and Freesat in the United Kingdom. A timeshift channel, CBS Reality +1, was available on YouView as of 2014, but was removed on 2 June 2015.

Programming