Toute l'Histoire is a French
television channel
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based on historical documentaries.
History
La Chaîne Histoire was created in April 1996, as part of the launch of the
AB Sat satellite package. It started as the French version of
The History Channel
History (formerly The History Channel from January 1, 1995 to February 15, 2008, stylized as HISTORY) is an American pay television network and flagship channel owned by A&E Networks, a joint venture between Hearst Communications and the Disney ...
from the United States which used its logo.
After the creation of the channel Histoire by
France Télévision and
La Sept-ARTE in 1997,
AB Groupe
Mediawan Thematics (formerly known as AB Groupe) is a French business group in the field of broadcasting.
It was founded in 1977 by Jean-Luc Azoulay and Claude Berda as a music production company, and in 1987 went into the world of television
...
renamed the channel Toute l'Histoire in 2000 to avoid confusion with these channels, and also breaking the similarity with the American version.
After rumours of the sale of the channel by
AB Groupe
Mediawan Thematics (formerly known as AB Groupe) is a French business group in the field of broadcasting.
It was founded in 1977 by Jean-Luc Azoulay and Claude Berda as a music production company, and in 1987 went into the world of television
...
at the beginning of 2006, it eventually became part of the group of channels exclusively shown on satellite via
CanalSat
Canal+ is a French subscription provider associated to the channel of the same name. It is owned by Vivendi (owner of Canal+) with a hundred percent share.
History
In 1992, Canalsatellite was launched, the shareholders were Canal+ Group (66 p ...
.
In 2020,
StarTimes ceased to offer the AB channels.
Its main rival is Histoire, owned by
TF1 Group.
The channel will become Le Monde Histoire following an agreement with
Le Monde
''Le Monde'' (; ) is a French daily afternoon newspaper. It is the main publication of Le Monde Group and reported an average circulation of 323,039 copies per issue in 2009, about 40,000 of which were sold abroad. It has had its own website si ...
.
Budget
Toute l'Histoire is 100% owned by
AB Sat SA and has a budget of €24million, provided for television by
AB Groupe
Mediawan Thematics (formerly known as AB Groupe) is a French business group in the field of broadcasting.
It was founded in 1977 by Jean-Luc Azoulay and Claude Berda as a music production company, and in 1987 went into the world of television
...
.
Programmes
The channel specialises in the history of France and the world, its programmes consisting primarily of historical documentaries, but also films and stories to explore all aspects of history. *''L'histoire à la une'' : series of unedited interviews led by
Michèle Cotta which aim to examine the news from a historical angle. In each episode, Michèle Cotta meets a person who he speaks to about a topical theme.
Broadcast
Toute l'Histoire was originally only broadcast on
AB Sat, but is now available on a contract as part of French, Monacan, Belgian and Swiss
cable
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, on the
Nouveau Canalsat satellite package, and, only on
AB Groupe
Mediawan Thematics (formerly known as AB Groupe) is a French business group in the field of broadcasting.
It was founded in 1977 by Jean-Luc Azoulay and Claude Berda as a music production company, and in 1987 went into the world of television
...
as part of the main
ADSL
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package.
See also
*
AB Groupe
Mediawan Thematics (formerly known as AB Groupe) is a French business group in the field of broadcasting.
It was founded in 1977 by Jean-Luc Azoulay and Claude Berda as a music production company, and in 1987 went into the world of television
...
External links
*
Official website*
Programmes on Toute l'Histoire
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Television channels and stations established in 1996
1996 establishments in France
French-language television stations
Television stations in France