HISTORY & Crime+Investigation Expand Serbian Footprint

A+E Networks UK has expanded the distribution of HISTORY and Crime+Investigation in Serbia, launching the channels on Telekom Srbija’s mts service, one of the country’s largest platforms.

mts subscribers can choose from a wide range of Serbian premieres of factual and docu-scripted entertainment across A+E Networks brands this fall. HISTORY has been added to the Start package, while Crime+Investigation is on Plus tier. Both channels join previously available HISTORY2.

Content highlights on HISTORY include Battle of the 80s Supercars with David Hasselhoff, Chuck Norris’ Epic Guide to Military Vehicles and the return of the competition series Forged in Fire. Upcoming premieres include The Tesla Files, profiling the life and work of Nikola Tesla, the engineer and futurist who changed the world as we know it.

Crime+Investigation content highlights include 60 Days In: Narcoland, in which six new participants immerse themselves in some of the most dangerous areas in America to tackle the drug crisis. Meanwhile, Homicide: Hours to Kill follows investigators as they reconstruct the timeline of a murder to reveal the motive and identify the perpetrator, and the six-episode series Surviving R. Kelly exposes the truth behind the life of the R&B singer and was seen by over 20 million Americans.

Marijana Vukašinović, head of the multimedia department at Telekom Srbija, said: “We are pleased to extend the long-term partnerships between A+E Networks and Telekom Srbija by introducing two more channels, HISTORY and Crime+Investigation, in mts TV’s portfolio. We are confident that these two channels will significantly improve the quality of mts TV offer and strengthen our position on the multimedia market.”

Izabella Wiley, general manager for Poland and CEE at A+E Networks UK, commented: “We are pleased to expand our partnership with Telekom Srbija with the launch of our key channel brands HISTORY and Crime+Investigation. With our programming mix from around the world, mts subscribers will enjoy the best-in-class factual and entertaining shows in the coming months, including a country premiere on genius inventor and scientist, Nikola Tesla. The expansion of the distribution in Serbia follows the recent successful launches of Crime+Investigation in Poland and as the only dedicated true crime brand in German-speaking markets, Germany, Austria and Switzerland.”