History
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Key facts
- Country
- United States
- Broadcast area
- Nationwide, Canada (Rogers Cable)
- Headquarters
- 235 E. 45th St., New York City , New York , U.S.
- Picture format
- 1080i ( HDTV )
- Owner
- A+E Global Media
- Sister channels
- Military History History en Español History TV18
- Launched
- January 1, 1995 ; 31 years ago ( 1995-01-01 )
- Website
- www .history .com
- Service s
- Philo , Frndly TV , Sling TV , DirecTV Stream , Hulu + Live TV , Vidgo
via Wikipedia infobox
Article
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 Disney Entertainment Television 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 2000s, the History Channel pivoted into reality television programming and ancient alien conspiracy hypotheses. Such shift in programming has made the History Channel a notable example of channel drift and network decay. 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.