List of documentary television channels
This is a list of documentary channels, including channels that have been affected by "channel drift".[1] It also contains channels accused of a biased point of view.
Name | Launch | Country | Language | Content focus | Change of content/bias | Examples of content in original focus (past and present) | |
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24 DOC | 2005 | Russia | Russian | Biographies | |||
A&E | 1984 | United States | English | Documentaries, biographies and crime dramas (originally) | Reality shows, stereotypes (Southerners) | The First 48, Criminal Minds, CSI:Miami | |
ABC | 1956 | Australia | English | Mass media, United States cable | Live broadcasts (sports), tv shows (television programs), reality shows | ||
Al Jazeera Documentary Channel | 2007 | Qatar | Arabic | Documentary films | Al Jazeera has been criticized for being state media owned by Qatar and assailed as anti-Semitic, anti-American bias. | ||
AMC | 1984 | USA | English | Classic movies | TV shows, reality shows | The Three Stooges | |
American Heroes Channel | 1999 | USA | English | World War II, U.S. war documentaries | |||
Animal Planet | 1996 | USA | English | Wildlife, animals, relation between humans and animals | Speculative fiction and pseudo-documentaries (mermaids, dragons), non-animal shows[2][3][4][5] | Cats 101, Dogs 101 | |
APTN | 1992 | Canada | English | Programs and news about Aboriginal peoples in Canada | Some non-Aboriginal programming[6] | APTN National News, Blackstone, Cooking With the Wolfman | |
Arte | 1992 | France, Germany | French, German | Arts, culture | |||
BBC | 1922 | UK | English | Mass media, public broadcasting | |||
BBC Four | 1999 | UK | English | Culture, current affairs | |||
BBC Knowledge | 2007 | UK | English | Non-interrupted documentaries | |||
BBC Parliament | 1992 | UK | English | Parliamentary and legislative programs | |||
Bravo | 1995 | Canada | English | Television dramas, films, art-related programming | Film-dramas, non-art TV shows[7][8] | Inside the Actors Studio, Blue Bloods, 19-2, Dallas, Criminal Minds | |
C-SPAN | 1979 | USA | English | Government proceedings and public affairs | |||
C-SPAN 2 | 1986 | USA | English | Government proceedings and public affairs | |||
C-SPAN 3 | 2001 | USA | English | Government proceedings and public affairs | |||
C.A.F. Tv | 2016 | Egypt | Arabic | Sports | Champions, news | Sports doc.[9] | |
Canal D | 1995 | Canada | French | Crime, biographies, nature, and science | |||
CBS (originally as United Independent Broadcasters) | 1927 | USA | English | United States cable news | |||
CCTV-9 | 2011 | China | It has two editions: one in Chinese for mainland China, one in English for international broadcasting. | Documentary shows | |||
Challenge (formerly Family Channel UK) | 1993 | UK | English | Sitcoms, game shows, dramas, general entertainment | Only game shows | ||
CMT (Canada) | 1995 | Canada | English | Country music, country music videos | Blue Collar Comedy Tour, Canadian Country Music Awards, CMT Music Awards | ||
CNBC | 1989 | USA | English | Business news, stocks | |||
CNN | 1980 | USA | English | United States cable news, documentaries | Accused of both conservative and liberal bias in news[10] | News covering both conservative and liberal topics | |
Comedy Network | 1997 | Canada | English | Comedy programming | |||
Crime and Investigation Network | 2004 | USA | English | Crime-related | |||
Da Vinci Learning | 2007 | Germany | English | History, sociology, biology, physics | |||
DD National | 1957 | India | Hindi | ||||
DD Bharati | 1985 | India | Hindi | History | |||
Destination America | 1996 | USA | English | Traveling, how-to travel, hotel and cities touring, lifestyle, history | Speculative fiction[11] | Hidden in America | |
Discovery Channel | 1985 | USA | English | Popular science, technology and history | Reality shows, speculative fiction (time-travel, alternate universes, the paranormal, etc.), speculative fiction[12][13][14][15][16] | Mythbusters, Daily Planet, Curiosity, The Big Brain Theory: Pure Genius, Frozen Planet, Life | |
Discovery Historia | 2006 | Poland | Polish | History | |||
Discovery History | 1999 | UK | English | History | |||
Discovery Life | 2011 | USA | English | Fitness and health | |||
Discovery World | 1998 | USA | English | Travel, culture and history | |||
Documentary Channel | 2001 | Canada | English | Documentary films | |||
DTour | 1997 | Canada | English | Travel, lifestyle | |||
Encore | 1991 | USA | English | Theatrically released feature films (older to more recent), TV shows (on some channels) | |||
Encuentro | 2007 | Argentina | Spanish | History, science and general culture | |||
Food Food | 2006 | India | Hindi | Food, Cooking | |||
Food Network | 1993 | USA | English | Food, cooking, cuisine, the food industry | |||
Food Network (Canada) | 2000 | Canada | English | Food, cooking, cuisine, the food industry | |||
Fox News Channel | 1996 | USA | English | United States cable news | Accused of conservative bias[17][18][19] in news although this has been stated as unsubstantiated by members of Fox News[20][21][22][18][23][24] | ||
France 5 | 1994 | France | French | Documentaries, educational programming | |||
Focus | 2012[25] | Italy | Italian | Documentaries, programming | |||
FYI | 1999 | USA | English | Biographical shows | Reality shows, speculative fiction (curses, alien and ghost encounters)[26] | Biography | |
HGTV | 1994 | USA | English | How-to shows with a focus on home improvement, gardening, remodeling and crafts | |||
Historia | 2000 | Canada | French | Historic dramas, documentaries, movies, human interests programs | |||
History | 1995 | USA | English | Documentary and historical fiction series | Reality shows, speculative documentaries (Ancient Aliens), apocalypse shows, US-biased history, non-historic reality shows, stereotypes (Southerners), bias in program topics (World War II, Nazis)[27][28][29][30][31][16] | Museum Secrets, Ancients Behaving Badly | |
History (Canada) | 1997 | Canada | English | Documentary and historical fiction series | Reality shows, apocalypse shows, speculative fiction[32] | ||
HLN | 1984 | USA | English | 30-minute newscast | Tabloid, Crime, opinion,[33][34][35] and entertainment news-related programming[36] | Morning Express with Robin Meade | |
Investigation Discovery | 1996 | USA | English | Crime-related | |||
Knowledge Network | 1981 | Canada | English | Politics, culture, history, arts, music, health, parenting, and science | |||
KTN LEO | 2014 | Kenya EACU | Swahili | News, educational | Today shows | jicho pevu | |
Kunskapskanalen | 2004 | Sweden | Swedish | Government proceedings, Educational | |||
MCM | 1989 | France | French | Music videos (popular music, French music) | Reality shows, horror series, anime shows[38] | Top 50 hebdo, MCM sur le dancefloor, Top 50 quotidien | |
Military History | 1999 | USA | English | World War II, wars, generals | |||
IRIB Mostanad | 2011 | Iran | Persian | Culture, arts, society, politics, history, wilderness, nature and the Iran–Iraq War | |||
MSNBC | |||||||
MTV India (previously MTV3 Fakta) | 2006 | India | Hindi | Documentaries | |||
Nat Geo | 1997 | USA | English | Nature, culture, science, engineering & technology, history & society | Reality shows/stereotypes (Navajo, Southerners shows, the Amish and other minority groups) and apocalypse shows[39][16][40] | Explorer, Taboo | |
Nat Geo Music | 2007 | Italy, India | English | Documentaries about cultures and music around the world | |||
Nat Geo Wild | 2010 | Hong Kong, India | English | Wildlife, natural history | |||
National Geographic Abu Dhabi | 2009 | United Arab Emirates | Arabic | Documentaries | |||
National Geographic Adventure | 1994 | Singapore | English | Outdoor, travel and exploration | |||
NBC | 1926 | USA | English | United States cable news, commercial broadcast television and radio network | |||
OLN | 1997 | Canada | English | Fact-based outdoor adventure shows | Speculative fiction (aliens, ghosts, monsters, paranormal), reality shows, conspiracy theories[41] | Departures, Wild Things with Dominic Monaghan, Descending, Duck Commander, Python Hunters, Survivorman, Mantracker | |
PBS | 1970 | USA | English | Non-profit television, fine arts, drama, science, history, music, public affairs, independent films, home improvement, interviews | Accused of anti-Communist and liberal point-of-view[42][43] | ||
Phoenix | 1997 | Germany | German | Documentaries, news broadcasts, special events, discussion programmes | |||
Planète+ | 1988 | France | French | Documentaries | |||
Rai Scuola | 2009 | Italy | Italian | Educational | |||
Rai Storia | 2009 | Italy | Italian | Historical events, occasionally with current relevance | |||
RT Documentary | 2011 | Russia | English, Russian | Russia | |||
Russian Travel Guide | 2009 | Russia | English, Russian, Turkish | Nature, science, culture, and history of the Russian Federation | |||
Science | 1996 | USA | English | Space, technology and science | Speculative fiction, non- science shows[44][16] | The Challenger Disaster, How Do They Do It?, How It's Made, Futurescape, What Is That?, How The Universe Works, Wonders of Life | |
Showcase | 1995 | Canada | English | Canadian and worldwide independent films, drama, comedy, mini-series | American shows and movies | ||
Space | 1997 | Canada | English | Science fiction, space-related programming | Reality shows, fantasy, horror, paranormal[45] | InnerSPACE, Star Trek: The Next Generation, Star Trek: Voyager, Stargate Universe, Stargate Atlantis, Stargate SG-1, Doctor Who | |
Spektrum | 1995 | Hungary, Czech Republic | Hungarian, Czech | ||||
Spike (formerly the Nashville Network) | 1983 | USA | English | Originally country music videos, now male-oriented programming | Reality shows, speculative fiction[46] | ||
Syfy (formerly Sci Fi Channel) | 1996 | USA | English | Classic science fiction shows | Supernatural, drama, fantasy, reality, paranormal, wrestling, horror | ||
Teletoon | 1997 | Canada | English | Cartoons | Cartoon-based live action movies | ||
TPA | 2016 | Angola | Portugues | Political, national, social | Livestream | TPA Internacional,[47] Quem quer ser milionário? | |
Travel Channel | 1987 | USA | English | Traveling, how-to travel, hotel and cities touring | Paranormal (haunted places, ghosts)[48] | Marianela's Best Beaches, Edge of America, No Reservations, Samantha Brown, Best of the Road, Off Limits, Top 5 | |
TruTV | 1991 | USA | English | Legal programming | Reality shows[49] | ||
TCM | 1994 | USA | English | Classic movies | |||
TV4 Fakta | 2005 | Sweden | Swedish | Science | |||
TVC | 2017 | Nigeria | Pidgen | Continental | Your link to Entertainment | [50] | |
TVZ | 2017 | Eacu | Swahili | Doc.tv | |||
VH1 Indi | 1985 | India | English | Music videos, adult contemporary | TV shows, reality tv | The Greatest | |
Viasat Explorer | 2002 | Sweden | English | Wild animals, extreme sports, adventure, travel and technology | |||
Viasat History | 2004 | Sweden | English | History, culture and society | |||
Viasat Nature | 1994 | Sweden | Swedish, Danish, Norwegian | Nature and wildlife | |||
W Network | 1995 | Canada | English | Women-oriented feminist programming[51] | Primetime movies | ||
WBS | 2016 | Eacu | English-pidgen, Luganda, Swahili | Life and talk | Livestream | Our-Africa[52] | |
The Weather Channel | 1982 | USA | English | Weather news and information | Documentary programs[53] | ||
The Weather Network | 1988 | Canada | English | Weather news and information | |||
Zee Documentary | 2001 | India | English, Hindi | Learning, culture and sciences | |||
Zing | 2006 | India | Hindi | Indian Music |
See also
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