Oxygen (TV network)

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Oxygen (branded on air as Oxygen True Crime) is an American cable and digital multicast television network owned by Versant. The network primarily airs true crime television series and police procedural dramas. The channel launched on February 1, 2000, under the ownership of Oxygen Media, a consortium including Geraldine Laybourne and Oprah Winfrey among other stakeholders. It originally carried a format of lifestyle and entertainment programming oriented towards women. Oxygen Media was acquired by NBCUniversal in 2007 for nearly $1 billion, after which the channel began to place a stronger focus on targeting young adult women. After the network experienced ratings success with a programming block dedicated to such programming, Oxygen was relaunched in mid-2017 to focus primarily on true crime programs and crime dramas. Oxygen is among the NBCUniversal channels that transferred into Versant in 2025. The channel initially operated as a cable network; in 2022, Oxygen began to also operate...

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