History Channel

History

Country	United States
Broadcast area	Nationwide
Headquarters	235 E. 45th St., New York City, New York, U.S.
Programming
Picture format	1080i (HDTV) Downgraded to letterboxed 480i for SDTV feed
Ownership
Owner	A&E Networks
Sister channels	Military History History en Español History TV18
History
Launched	January 1, 1995; 29 years ago (1995-01-01)
Links
Website	www.history.com
Availability
Streaming media
Service(s)	Philo, Frndly TV, Sling TV, DirecTV Stream, Hulu + Live TV, Vidgo[1]

History (stylized in all caps), formerly and commonly known as the History Channel, is an American pay television network and flagship channel owned by A&E Networks, a joint venture between Hearst Communications and The Walt Disney Company's General Entertainment Content Division.

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. 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.

As of November 2023^[update], History is available to approximately 63,000,000 pay television households in the United States-down from its 2011 peak of 99,000,000 households.^[2] 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.