Oxygen (TV network)
| Country | United States |
|---|---|
| Headquarters | 229 West 43rd Street, New York City, New York |
| Programming | |
| Language | English |
| Picture format | 1080i HDTV (downscaled to letterboxed 480i for the SDTV feed) |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Versant |
| Sister channels | |
| History | |
| Founded | 1998 |
| Launched | February 1, 2000 |
| Founder | |
| Links | |
| Website | www |
| Availability | |
| Terrestrial | |
| Digital terrestrial television | See ยง Over-the-air affiliates |
| Streaming media | |
| Sling, YouTube TV, fuboTV, DirecTV Stream, Hulu + Live TV | |
| ClaroTV+ | (requires subscription to access content)
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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 successes 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 as a digital multicast television network on subchannels of NBC Owned Television Stations. As of November 2023, Oxygen is available to approximately 59 million pay television households in the United States, down from its 2012 peak of 80 million households.