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History

Launched	1996
Owned by	Foxtel
Audience share	0.5% (Apr '07, ^[1])
Country	Australia
Broadcast area	Australia, New Zealand
Formerly called	Fox History, The History Channel
Website	historychannel.com.au

History is a television channel in Australia and New Zealand.

The channel is operated by Foxtel Management Pty Limited, and the programming and name of the channel is licensed to them by A&E Television Networks.

The channel started out as Fox History in 1996. It changed its name to The History Channel in November 1998.^[2]^[3] The channel used share its frequency with Fox Kids until December 2000, when it got its own 24 hour channel.^[4] History launched in New Zealand on SKY Network Television in December 2003.

[edit] References

^ http://www.oztam.com.au/documents%5C2007%5CB1_20070422.pdf
^ "Investigation into Expenditure Requirement for Pay TV Documentary Channels". Australian Broadcasting Authority. http://www.acma.gov.au/webwr/aba/newspubs/radio_tv/investigations/documents/general/paytvdocs.pdf.
^ "The History Channel". http://www.aetninternational.com/content/sales/client_list.doc.
^ "New Pay Tv Offerings From Australia's Foxtel". The Hollywood Reporter. November 28, 2000. http://www.allbusiness.com/services/motion-pictures/4829937-1.html.

A&E Television Networks

U.S. channels

A&E Network · Bio. · CITV · History · History en Español · History International · Lifetime · Lifetime Movie Network · Lifetime Real Women · Military History

International channels

AETN UK (AETN / British Sky Broadcasting)	History UK · CITV UK · Bio. UK

AETN All Asia Networks (AETN / Astro)	History South East Asia · CITV South East Asia · Bio. South East Asia

Foxtel	History Australia · CITV Australia · Bio. Australia

Defunct channels

History India

v • d • e Television channels owned by Foxtel

111 Hits • Bio. • Crime & Investigation • FBO • FOX Classics • Fox8 • The Comedy Channel • The History Channel • W. XYZnetworks (50%) • Main Event (33%)

Subscription television in Australia

Austar (channels) · Foxtel (channels) · Neighbourhood Cable · Optus Television (channels) · SelecTV · TransACT · UBI World TV

Channels

Entertainment	111 Hits · 13th Street · Arena · Bio. · Comedy · E! · Fashion TV · FOX Classics · Fox8 · Gaysat.tv · Hallmark · HOW TO Channel · The LifeStyle Channel · LifeStyle Food · LifeStyle You · Ovation · Sci Fi · Style · TV1 · UKTV · W.

Movies	Family Movie Channel · Movie One · Movie Extra · Movie Greats · showcase · showtime action · showtime comedy · showtime drama · showtime premiere · Turner Classic Movies · World Movies · Starpics

Sports	ESPN · Eurosport Asia Pacific · Eurosport News · FOX Sports · Fox Sports News · Fuel TV · Main Event · National Geographic Adventure · Setanta Sports · Sky Racing · TVN

News	Sky News Australia · Sky News Business Channel · Al Jazeera English · A-PAC · BBC World News · Bloomberg Television · Channel NewsAsia · CNBC Australia · CNN International · Euronews · Fox News Channel · HLN · NDTV 24x7 · The Weather Channel · Weatherzone

Documentary	Animal Planet · BBC Knowledge · Crime & Investigation Network · Discovery Channel · Discovery Home & Health · Discovery Science · Discovery Travel & Living · Discovery Turbo · The History Channel · National Geographic Channel · Nat Geo Wild ·

Kids & Family	Boomerang · CBeebies · Cartoon Network · Disney Channel · KidsCo · Nick Jr. · Nickelodeon · Playhouse Disney Channel

Music	Channel [V] · [V] Hits · Country Music Channel · MAX · MTV · VH1 · TMF · MCM

Specialty	Al Jazeera · Antenna Pacific · ART · Aurora Community Channel · Australian Christian Channel · The Filipino Channel · LBC · MAD World · Raitalia · Expo · TVSN

High Definition	Discovery HD · ESPNHD · National Geographic Channel HD

Defunct	Asia Business News · BBC HD · C7 Sport · CNNfn · Fox Footy Channel · Fox Sports HD · Odyssey · Oh! · Horizon Learning Channel · showtime greats · TechTV · Wine TV

Additional
resources

Articles	Subscription television in Australia · Television in Australia · Television broadcasting in Australia · Regional television in Australia

Lists	Timeline of Australian television · List of Australian television series (long running) · List of Australian television presenters

Free-to-air television in Australia · Television in Canada · Television in New Zealand · Television in the United Kingdom · Television in the United States

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