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.
List[]
| Name | Launch | Country | Language | Content focus | Change of content/bias | Examples of content in original focus (past and present) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PBS America | 2011 | United Kingdom | English | History, Science, Current Affairs and Arts & Culture | Available on Sky, Virgin Media, Freeview and Freesat | |
| 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. | |
| 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 | ||
| Canal D | 1995 | Canada | French | Crime, biographies, nature, and science | ||
| CCTV-9 | 2011 | China | It has two editions: one in Chinese for mainland China, one in English for international broadcasting. | Documentary 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[9] | News covering both conservative and liberal topics |
| 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[10] | |
| Discovery Channel | 1985 | USA | English | Popular science, technology and history | Reality shows, speculative fiction (time-travel, alternate universes, the paranormal, etc.), speculative fiction[11][12][13][14][15] | 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 | Replaced by DTX in Europe | |
| 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 | ||
| Epic | India | Hindi, English | Infotainment, Travel | |||
| 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[16][17][18] in news although this has been stated as unsubstantiated by members of Fox News[19][20][21][17][22][23] | |
| France 5 | 1994 | France | French | Documentaries, educational programming | ||
| Focus | 2012 | Italy | Italian | Documentaries, programming | ||
| FYI | 1999 | USA | English | Biographical shows | Reality shows, speculative fiction (curses, alien and ghost encounters)[24] | 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 history, non-historic reality shows, fairly homogeneous viewpoint, concentrated program topics (World War II,[25][26][27][28][29][15] | Museum Secrets, Ancients Behaving Badly |
| History (Canada) | 1997 | Canada | English | Documentary and historical fiction series | Reality shows, apocalypse shows, speculative fiction[30] | |
| HLN | 1984 | USA | English | 30-minute newscast | Tabloid, Crime, opinion,[31][32] and entertainment news-related programming[33] | 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 | ||
| Kunskapskanalen | 2004 | Sweden | Swedish | Government proceedings, Educational | ||
| MCM | 1989 | France | French | Music videos (popular music, French music) | Reality shows, horror series, anime shows[34] | , , |
| 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[35][15][36] | 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 Adventure | 1994 | Singapore | English | Outdoor, travel and exploration | ||
| OLN | 1997 | Canada | English | Fact-based outdoor adventure shows | Speculative fiction (aliens, ghosts, monsters, paranormal), reality shows, conspiracy theories[37] | Departures, Wild Things with Dominic Monaghan, , Duck Commander, , Survivorman, Mantracker |
| PBS | 1970 | USA | English | , fine arts, drama, science, history, music, public affairs, independent films, home improvement, interviews | Accused of anti-Communist and liberal point-of-view[38][39] | |
| 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[40][15] | The Challenger Disaster, How Do They Do It?, How It's Made, , , 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[41] | InnerSPACE, Star Trek: The Next Generation, Star Trek: Voyager, Stargate Universe, Stargate Atlantis, Stargate SG-1, Doctor Who |
| Spike (formerly the Nashville Network) | 1983 | USA | English | Originally country music videos, now male-oriented programming | Reality shows, speculative fiction[42] | |
| Travel Channel | 1987 | USA | English | Traveling, how-to travel, hotel and cities touring | Paranormal (haunted places, ghosts)[43] | , Edge of America, , , , Off Limits, |
| TruTV | 1991 | USA | English | Legal programming | Reality shows[44] | |
| TV4 Fakta | 2005 | Sweden | Swedish | Science | ||
| 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[45] | Primetime movies | |
| The Weather Channel | 1982 | USA | English | Weather news and information | Documentary programs[46] | |
| 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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