TruTV is a British television channel owned by Sony Pictures Television. The channel launched free-to-air on Freeview, Freesat and Sky platforms on 4 August 2014, by Turner Broadcasting. In May 2014, Turner Broadcasting System announced that they would launch TruTV, a separate British version of the US channel of the same name. On 13 June 2014, TruTV launched a placeholder on Freeview channel 68. On 24 July 2014, the TruTV placeholder launched on Sky channel 565.