Crime & Investigation Network Scores Dutch Carriage

LONDON: Continuing its European rollout, Crime & Investigation Network is headed to the Netherlands on Ziggo, with the cable operator launching the service to 2.1 million subscribers as of July 4.

Crime & Investigation Network will be Ziggo’s "Channel of the Month" in July. The service will be subtitled in Dutch, airing programs such as Snapped: Women Who Kill, The First 48 and Steven Seagal: Lawman. A fully localized companion website is also launching July 4. The channel is programmed and operated in the Netherlands by AETN UK.

Tom Davidson, the managing director for AETN UK, said: “We are delighted that Crime & Investigation Network is launching in the Netherlands. The launch on Ziggo is the first for Crime & Investigation Network in the Benelux region, but follows many successful launches by AETN UK in Poland, Serbia, Bulgaria and Croatia. There is significant consumer appetite for investigative programming so we have high hopes for this channel, which is already a high performer in the U.K. and Central and Eastern Europe. At AETN UK we look to engage new audiences with quality content that has credibility and great storytelling and aim to launch Crime & Investigation Network in new territories in the future."
 
“Following the February launch of Crime & Investigation Network in Spain, we are very pleased to see the channel’s European expansion continue with this launch on Ziggo in the Netherlands,” added Dean Possenniskie, the managing director for Europe at A+E Networks. “With its catalogue of innovative and compelling programs, Crime & Investigation Network has demonstrated tremendous appeal to TV audiences and platforms around the world, and we are confident this will extend to the Netherlands.”