Oxygen (TV channel)

Oxygen
Country	United States
Headquarters	Comcast Building, New York City, New York
Programming
Language(s)	English
Picture format	1080i HDTV; (downscaled to letterboxed 480i for the SDTV feed)
Ownership
Owner	NBCUniversal (Comcast)
Parent	NBCUniversal Media Group
Sister channels	List Bravo; CNBC; E!; MSNBC; NBC; Universal Kids; USA Network; Syfy; Telemundo; ;
History
Founded	1998
Launched	February 1, 2000
Founder	Geraldine Laybourne; Oprah Winfrey; Lisa Gersh; Marcy Carsey; Tom Werner; Caryn Mandabach;
Links
Website	www.oxygen.com
Availability
Terrestrial
Digital terrestrial television	List Channel 3.5 ; Charlotte (WBTV); Channel 4.4 ; Southern California (KNBC, DK41-CB, K25PL-D); Channel 4.4 ; New York City (WNBC); Channel 4.4 ; Washington, D.C. (WRC-TV); Channel 4.4 ; Nashville (WSMV-TV); Channel 5.4 ; Chicago (WMAQ-TV); Channel 5.4 ; Memphis (WMC-TV); Channel 5.4 ; Dallas–Fort Worth (KXTX-TV); Channel 7.6 ; Tyler (KLTV); Channel 7.7 ; Greenville (WITN-TV); Channel 8.5 ; New Orleans (WVUE-DT); Channel 10.4 ; Philadelphia (WCAU); Channel 13.7 ; Topeka (WIBW-TV); Channel 14.4 ; Springfield (WDMR-LD); Channel 15.4 ; Boston (WNEU); Channel 15.4 ; Monterey (K15CU-D); Channel 16.6 ; South Bend (WNDU-TV); Channel 25.5 ; Denver (KDEN-TV); Channel 30.4 ; Hartford (WVIT); Channel 33.6 ; Sacramento–Stockton (KCSO-LD, KMUM-CD, KMMW-LD); Channel 39.4 ; San Diego (KNSD); Channel 39.5 ; Las Vegas (KBLR); Channel 39.5 ; Phoenix (KTAZ); Channel 40.4 ; Tucson (KHRR); Channel 43.3 ; Cleveland (WUAB); Channel 45.3 ; Richmond (WZTD-LD); Channel 47.5 ; Houston (KTMD); Channel 48.6 ; San Francisco (KSTS); Channel 51.5 ; Fresno (KNSO); Channel 60.5 ; San Antonio (KVDA); Channel 68.5 ; Milwaukee (WIWN); ;
Streaming media
	Sling, YouTube TV, fuboTV, DirecTV Stream, Hulu + Live TV
ClaroTV+;	(requires subscription to access content) ch.185;

Oxygen (branded on air as Oxygen True Crime) is an American pay and over-the-air television network owned by the NBCUniversal Media Group division and business segment of NBCUniversal, a subsidiary of Comcast. The channel primarily airs true crime programming and dramas targeted towards women.

The network was founded by Geraldine Laybourne and Oprah Winfrey, and carried a format focused on lifestyle and entertainment programming oriented towards women, similar to competing channels such as Lifetime. NBCUniversal acquired the network in 2007; under NBCU ownership, the network increasingly produced reality shows aimed at the demographic, and was relaunched in 2014 to target a "modern", younger female audience. After the network experienced ratings successes with a programming block dedicated to such programming, Oxygen was relaunched in mid-2017 to focus primarily on true-crime programs. The channel initially operated as a cable network; in 2022, Oxygen began to also operate as a digital multicast television network on subchannels of NBC Owned Television Stations.

As of November 2023^[update], Oxygen is available to approximately 59,000,000 pay television households in the United States-down from its 2012 peak of 80,000,000 households.^[1] Under its current format, the network primarily competes with Investigation Discovery and HLN.^[2]

^ "U.S. cable network households (universe), 1990 – 2023". wrestlenomics.com. May 14, 2024. Retrieved July 28, 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
^ Boboltz, Sara (July 6, 2017). "The Oxygen Channel Is Becoming A True-Crime, All The Time Network". HuffPost. Retrieved July 20, 2017.

[1] "U.S. cable network households (universe), 1990 – 2023". wrestlenomics.com. May 14, 2024. Retrieved July 28, 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

[2] Boboltz, Sara (July 6, 2017). "The Oxygen Channel Is Becoming A True-Crime, All The Time Network". HuffPost. Retrieved July 20, 2017.

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