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"Investigation Discovery makes crime pay
JERICHO, N.Y. — In September, Seth Techel received a life sentence in Iowa for murdering his pregnant wife to pursue a romance with a co-worker. In October, a production crew descended on a suburban home in this Long Island town to recreate the drama for an episode of “Scorned: Love Kills,” a popular series on the real-crime network Investigation Discovery. Producers packaged the shots into an hourlong program that will be televised in the spring to more than 100 million homes in 157 countries and territories. The Discovery network has found that crime pays. Filled with a sensational mix of murder mysteries like “Scorned: Love Kills” and “Deadly Affairs,” Investigation Discovery has attracted a global audience. Investigation Discovery, which debuted in the United States in 2008, has become one of the fastest growing cable television networks. It is especially popular among women. Discovery quickly discovered a global appetite for romantic, suspenseful crime dramas when it started expanding in 2009. That expansion is set to continue in 2015, to a total of 200 global markets. “Crime is universal,” said David M. Zaslav, chief executive of Discovery Communications, which owns the Investigation Discovery network. “The stories are set in an American town, but it could be anywhere.”
