Oxygen (TV network)

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; 27 years ago (1998)
Launched	February 1, 2000; 25 years ago (2000-02-01)
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 cable and digital multicast television network owned by the NBCUniversal Media Group unit of NBCUniversal, a division of Comcast. 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 NBC Universal 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.

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]