History Channel
| Country | United States |
|---|---|
| Broadcast area | Nationwide Canada (Rogers Cable) |
| Headquarters | 235 E. 45th St., New York City, New York, U.S. |
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| Ownership | |
| Owner | A+E Global Media |
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| History | |
| Launched | January 1, 1995 |
| Links | |
| Website | www |
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| Streaming media | |
| Service(s) | Philo, Frndly TV, Sling TV, DirecTV Stream, Hulu + Live TV, Vidgo[1] |
History (formerly and commonly known as the History Channel) is an American pay television network and the flagship channel of A+E Global Media, a joint venture between Hearst Communications and the General Entertainment Content division of The Walt Disney Company's Disney Entertainment segment.
The network was originally focused on history-based, social/science documentaries as well as the news. During the late 2000s, the History Channel pivoted into reality television programming and ancient alien conspiracy hypotheses.[2] In addition to this change in format, the network has been criticized by many scientists, historians, and skeptics for broadcasting pseudo-documentaries and pseudoscientific, unsubstantiated, sensational investigative programming.[3]
As of November 2023, the History Channel is available to approximately 63,000,000 pay television households in the United States-down from its 2011 peak of 99,000,000 households.[4] International localized versions of the History Channel are available, in various forms, in India, Canada, Europe, Australia, the Middle East, Africa, Asia and Latin America.
- ^ "I don't have a TV package. Can I subscribe directly to HISTORY? – HISTORY". Archived from the original on December 4, 2023. Retrieved December 14, 2023.
- ^ Clarendon, Dan (January 1, 2025). "The Biggest History Channel Controversies in Its 30-Year History". TV Insider. Retrieved September 7, 2025.
- ^ Catalano, Joshua; Pocratsky, Briana (2020). "What's on History?: Tuning In to Conspiracies, Capitalism, and Masculinity". Current Research in Digital History. 3. doi:10.31835/crdh.2020.02. ISSN 2637-5923.
- ^ "U.S. cable network households (universe), 1990 – 2023". wrestlenomics.com. May 14, 2024. Archived from the original on December 31, 2023. Retrieved July 28, 2019.