The History Channel (also known as History) is a

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that primarily broadcasts programming related to

history History is the systematic study of the past, focusing primarily on the Human history, human past. As an academic discipline, it analyses and interprets evidence to construct narratives about what happened and explain why it happened. Some t ...

and historical fiction. It is owned by History Television, Inc., a subsidiary of

Corus Entertainment Corus Entertainment Inc. (often simply known as Corus) is a Canadian mass media and television production company. The company was founded in 1987 as Shaw Radio Ltd. as a subsidiary of Shaw Communications and was spun-off from Shaw in 1999. It h ...

. History was launched on October 17, 1997, as History Television under the ownership of

Alliance Atlantis Alliance Atlantis Communications Inc. (commonly known as Alliance Atlantis) was a Canadian media company that operated primarily as a specialty service operator in Canada. Alliance Atlantis also had offices in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Halifax, Los ...

. Through various ownership changes, the channel adopted its current name in 2012, with the

History Channel History (formerly and commonly known as the History Channel) is an American pay television television broadcaster, network and the flagship channel of A&E Networks, a joint venture between Hearst Communications and the Disney General Entertainme ...

branding used under a licensing agreement with

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. The History Channel operates two time-shifted feeds: East (

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) and West (

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). The West Coast feed was launched on September 1, 2006.

History

Licensed by the

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(CRTC) on September 4, 1996, as ''The History and Entertainment Network'', the channel was originally owned by

Alliance Atlantis Communications Alliance Atlantis Communications Inc. (commonly known as Alliance Atlantis) was a Canadian media company that operated primarily as a specialty service operator in Canada. Alliance Atlantis also had offices in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Halifax, Los ...

and launched as History Television on October 17, 1997. On January 18, 2008, a joint venture between

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and

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known as CW Media bought Alliance Atlantis and gained AAC's interest in History Television. On October 8, 2009, Canwest launched a high definition simulcast of History Television. History Television HD initially only had one national feed operating from the

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. It is available through all major TV providers in Canada. On October 27, 2010, ownership changed again as

Shaw Communications Shaw Communications Inc. was a Telecommunications in Canada, Canadian telecommunication, telecommunications company which provided telephone, Internet, television, and mobile services. The company was founded in 1966 as Capital Cable Televisio ...

gained control of History Television as a result of its acquisition of Canwest and Goldman Sachs' interest in CW Media. On May 30, 2012,

Shaw Media Shaw Media, Inc. was the television broadcasting division of Shaw Communications. It owned the Global Television Network, which broadcasts nationally via 13 television stations, as well as 19 specialty channels including Slice (TV channel), Slice ...

announced that History Television would be rebranded as a Canadian version of U.S. cable channel

History History is the systematic study of the past, focusing primarily on the Human history, human past. As an academic discipline, it analyses and interprets evidence to construct narratives about what happened and explain why it happened. Some t ...

on August 12, 2012, through a wider licensing agreement with

. Fellow Shaw network, The Cave, was also rebranded as a Canadian version of spin-off network H2. On April 1, 2016, History and its sister channel H2 were sold to

. An HD feed for the network in western Canada was launched on September 18, 2019. In January 2022, the network converted its imaging to the current American logo introduced in the fall of 2021, and like the American network, it uses "History" and "The History Channel" interchangeably.

Programming

The channel's programming includes documentaries, reality shows, films, and human interest series. In addition to shows acquired from its American counterpart, History also produces and commissions several original programs of its own, including ''Restoration Garage'', '' Yukon Gold'', and ''

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''. The channel also frequently commissions original documentary television films on historical topics, with noteworthy examples having included the World War II documentaries '' The Real Inglorious Bastards'' and '' Cheating Hitler: Surviving the Holocaust'', the four-part

Black Canadian Black Canadians () are Canadians of full or partial Afro-Caribbean or sub-Saharan African descent. Black Canadian settlement and immigration patterns can be categorized into two distinct groups. The majority of Black Canadians are descendants ...

history series '' BLK, An Origin Story'',Michelle Butterfield
"Groundbreaking new series explores Canada’s shocking, untold Black history"

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, February 26, 2022. and the

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history ''True Story''.Becca Longmire
"The History Channel’s Groundbreaking Documentary ‘True Story’ Is Returning For ‘Part Two’"
''

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'', September 1, 2023. Under the ''History Television'' branding, the network also aired a special called ''Fact & Film'', which shows a program on a topic and then a movie on the same subject.

Logo

File:History TV Logo.svg, First logo as History Television (October 17, 1997 - May 3, 2008) File:Historytv.svg, Second and final logo as History Television (May 3, 2008 - August 12, 2012) File:History-TV-HD.png, HD logo for History Television (October 8, 2009 - August 12, 2012) File:History Logo 2008-2015.svg, First logo as History (August 12, 2012 - May 31, 2015) File:History Logo.svg, Second logo as History (June 1, 2015 - January 2022)

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External links

* {{A+E Networks Television channels and stations established in 1997 Specialty television channels in Canada A&E Networks Corus Entertainment networks English-language television stations in Canada Television channels and networks about history 1997 establishments in Canada

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Programming

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