The Smithsonian Channel is an American pay television channel owned by Paramount Global through its media networks division under MTV Entertainment Group. It offers video content inspired by the Smithsonian Institution's museums, research facilities and magazines. The channel was launched as a joint venture of Showtime Networks and Smithsonian Institution as Smithsonian On Demand in 2006, and later became Smithsonian Channel in 2007. As of the fall of 2020, it was merged into CBS All Access (later renamed Paramount+) Smithsonian Channel Plus, a US$5 monthly subscription, was launched in 2018.
last aired June 17th, 2012