CBS Reality was launched as Reality TV on 1 December 1999 as a joint-venture between
UPCtv and
Zone Vision. The Reality TV channel began broadcasting in Poland on 17 March 2000 on the UPC subsidiary Wizja TV satellite platform. The channel started broadcasting to Africa on 1 November 2001. 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. 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 as
AMC Networks International on 8 July 2014. CBS Reality is available in HD in Poland since 23 September 2019. A dedicated Romanian feed was launched on 13 May 2022, with a different schedule and Romanian adverts. However, promos and trailers are subtitled in Romanian. CBS Reality closed on 1 June 2022 in
Russia, and on 1 July 2022 in
Portugal. CBS Reality closed in the
UK on 22 November 2023 and was renamed
True Crime. CBS Reality closed on 31 December 2023 in the
Czech Republic,
Slovakia and in the
Netherlands. CBS Reality closed on 3 January 2024 in
Hungary,
Bulgaria,
Croatia,
CIS and
Baltic. ==Logos==