True Crime Xtra

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On 14 September 2009, it was revealed that the international arm of CBS, CBS Studios International, struck a joint venture deal with Chellomedia to launch six CBS-branded channels in the UK during 2009. The new channels would replace Zone Romantica, Zone Thriller, Zone Horror and Zone Reality, plus timeshift services Zone Horror +1 and Zone Reality +1.{{cite web |url=http://newsroom.zonemedia.net/Scripts/FileDownload.asp?fPath=D%3A%5CWWW%5FDomains%5CZONE%5FPRESS%5CFiles%5CPress%5CCBS+FINALChello+Zone+partnership+press+release%2Edoc |title=CBS FINALChello Zone partnership press release |format=DOC |publisher=Chello Zone |date=2009-09-14 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110724023344/http://newsroom.zonemedia.net/Scripts/FileDownload.asp?fPath=D%3A%5CWWW_Domains%5CZONE_PRESS%5CFiles%5CPress%5CCBS+FINALChello+Zone+partnership+press+release.doc |archive-date=24 July 2011}}{{cite magazine|url=http://www.broadcastnow.co.uk/news/international/cbs-to-launch-uk-channels-with-chellomedia/5005560.article|title=CBS to launch UK channels with Chellomedia|magazine=Broadcastnow|date=2009-09-14}} On 1 October 2009, it was announced that CBS Reality, CBS Reality +1, CBS Drama and CBS Action would launch on 16 November 2009 replacing Zone Reality, Zone Reality +1, Zone Romantica and Zone Thriller. On 5 April 2010, Zone Horror and Zone Horror +1 were rebranded by Horror Channel and Horror Channel +1, following the rebrand of the portfolio's other three channels in November 2009.{{cite web|url=http://www.broadbandtvnews.com/2010/03/31/zone-horror-rebrands-as-horror-channel/|title=Zone Horror rebrands as Horror Channel|publisher=Broadband TV News|date=2010-03-31}}

On 1 August 2012 Chellomedia revealed that all European versions of the Zone Channels would be rebranded into CBS Channels.{{cite web|url=http://www.broadbandtvnews.com/2012/08/01/cbs-and-chellomedia-take-entertainment-across-emea/|title=CBS and Chellomedia take entertainment across EMEA|publisher=Broadband TV News|date=2012-08-01}} CBS Drama replaced Zone Romantica on 3 December 2012 (in Poland replaced Zone Club).{{cite web|url=http://media2.pl/media/98395-Kanaly-CBS-w-Polsce.-Co-w-ramowce.html|title=Kanały CBS w Polsce. Co w ramówce?|publisher=Media2.pl|date=2012-11-30}}

CBS Reality launched on Freeview on 1 April 2014 followed by CBS Action on 1 October 2014 and as of July 2014, CBS Reality +1, CBS Action, CBS Drama & Horror Channel are available on the YouView platform as part of TalkTalk TV's Entertainment Boost, but were removed from the EPG on 2 June 2015.

CBS Drama closed in Poland on 31 December 2016.{{cite web|url=http://www.wirtualnemedia.pl/artykul/cbs-drama-konczy-nadawanie-w-polsce|title=CBS Drama kończy nadawanie w Polsce|date=2016-11-26|language=pl}} It had broadcast UK shows such as Bad Girls, Waterloo Road and Footballers Wives, American shows such as Dallas, Beverly Hills, 90210, CSI and Knots Landing, as well as Australian shows such as Return To Eden and Bondi Rescue.

On 30 June 2022, the British arm of the AMC-Paramount partnership revised its channel line-up with all CBS branding, with the exception of CBS Reality, being dropped and new channel Legend taking CBS Justice's slot and Horror's programming. In the reshuffle, CBS Drama was renamed Reality Xtra, becoming a sister channel to the current (CBS) Reality channel.{{cite web | url=https://rxtvinfo.com/2022/cbs-name-dropped-in-major-freeview-channel-change | title=CBS name dropped in major channel change | work=RXTV info | date=18 June 2022 }}

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With the rebrand and reshuffle of channels, RealityXtra changed frequencies on Freeview and became a limited-reach channel for viewers who could receive the range of Local channels on channel 7 or 8.{{cite web | url=https://rxtvinfo.com/2022/freeview-channel-switch-off-completes | title=Freeview channel switch-off completes | date=30 June 2022 }}{{cite web |url=https://rxtvinfo.com/freeview-updates |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220921123657/https://rxtvinfo.com/freeview-updates |archive-date=2022-09-21 | title=Freeview Updates (via Wayback Machine) | orig-date=30 June 2022 | date=15 September 2022 }}

On 22 November 2023, RealityXtra rebranded as True Crime Xtra to be more in-line with the True Crime brand.

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• Bonanza (Also shown on Spotlight TV)
• CSI: Miami
• CSI: NY
• Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman
• Dynasty
• ER
• JAG
• Judge Judy
• The Love Boat
• Medium
• Touched by an Angel
• Bad Girls
• Beauty and the Beast
• Beverly Hills, 90210
• Bondi Rescue
• Boston Legal
• Charmed
• Cheers (Seasons 1–4 only) (Now on Channel 4)
• The Colbys
• Cutting It
• Dallas
• Days of Our Lives
• The Division
• Diagnosis: Murder
• Ed
• Falcon Crest
• Footballer's Wives
• Guiding Light
• Hack
• The Jerry Springer Show
• Judge Joe Brown
• Judging Amy
• Keen Eddie
• Knots Landing
• The Last Frontier
• Matlock
• Melrose Place
• Mile High
• Models Inc.
• Moonlighting
• North and South
• Outrageous Fortune
• Party of Five
• Playing the Field
• The Practice
• Return to Eden
• Sex and the City
• Sex, Love & Secrets
• Shogun
• Sunset Beach (Seasons 1 and 2 only)
• The Streets of San Francisco
• Taxi
• That's Life
• The Thorn Birds
• Twin Peaks
• Waterloo Road
• Wheel of Fortune
• The Young and the Restless

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| launch_date = {{Start date and age|2022|10|26|df=y}}

| closed_date = {{End date and age|2023|04|26|df=y}}

| network =

| owner = {{Plainlist|

• Paramount Networks UK & Australia
• AMC Networks International

}}

| picture_format = 576i 16:9 SDTV

| area = United Kingdom

| replaced_by = HorrorXtra

| timeshift_service =

| website = [https://www.realityxtra.co.uk/ realityxtra.co.uk]

| terr_serv_1 = Freeview (UK)

| terr_chan_1 = Channel 69

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RealityXtra2 was a short-lived sister channel to RealityXtra exclusively broadcast on Freeview, deemed to be a placeholder channel so AMC Networks could utilize the space for another network.{{cite web |url=https://rxtvinfo.com/2022/freeview-changes-new-services-for-october | title=Freeview changes: new services for October | date=26 October 2022 }} Unlike the main RealityXtra channel, RealityXtra2 is not available on Freesat, Sky and Virgin Media.

The channel launched on 26 October 2022, on Freeview channel 69.{{cite web |url=https://rxtvinfo.com/freeview-updates | title=Freeview Updates | orig-date=26 October 2022 | date=26 October 2022 }} with the channel only broadcasting two episodes of Donal MacIntyre's Murder Files from 12:00am until 2:00am. The channel used CBS Justice's on-screen bug from 26 October until 11 November) but with the channel ident used on-air.{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S6q5B_qKIaQ | title=RealityXtra 2 - Continuity (27th October 2022) - YouTube | website=YouTube | date=27 October 2022 }} and eventually changed to the standard RealityXtra bug.

The channel hours were changed to 3:00am to 5:00am by 2023, with the channel showing random episodes of The Fugitive{{Cite web|url=http://www.realityxtra.co.uk/shows.php?title=the+fugitive|title=The Fugitive on RealityXtra|website=www.realityxtra.co.uk}} and Written In Blood{{Cite web|url=http://www.cbsreality.tv/uk/shows.php?title=written+in+blood|title=Written In Blood on CBS Reality|website=www.cbsreality.tv}}

On 24 April 2023, it was announced that RealityXtra2 would be replaced with HorrorXtra, and that the channel space would gain full daytime hours in the process. RealityXtra2 closed on 26 April, and HorrorXtra launched on the same day.{{Cite web|url=https://rxtvinfo.com/2023/new-channels-for-freeview-viewers-from-26th-april/|title=New channels for Freeview viewers from 26th April > RXTV info|first=RXTV|last=Newsdesk1|date=24 April 2023|website=RXTV info}}

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• Donal MacIntyre's Murder Files
• Written in Blood
• The Real Prime Suspect
• The Fugitive

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• CBS Reality
• CBS Justice
• CBS Europa
• Paramount International Networks
• AMC Networks International
• Blue Ant Extreme
• Blue Ant Entertainment

{{Reflist}}

• [http://cbsdrama.co.uk/ CBS Drama]

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{{Paramount Global}}

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Category:2009 establishments in the United Kingdom