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| Country | Singapore Indonesia Thailand Malaysia Philippines Vietnam Japan South Korea Hong Kong Taiwan |
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| Broadcast area | Cambodia Fiji Hong Kong Indonesia Japan Macau Malaysia Maldives Mongolia Myanmar Pacific Islands Palau Papua New Guinea Philippines Singapore South Korea Taiwan Thailand Vietnam |
| Headquarters | Singapore |
| Programming | |
| Language(s) | English Chinese (Mandarin/Cantonese) Japanese Korean Thai Vietnamese Indonesian Malay Filipino |
| Picture format | 1080i HDTV |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | A+E Networks Asia |
| Sister channels | Fyi (2008-2019) Crime & Investigation Network H2 Lifetime |
| History | |
| Launched | 15 June 2007 |
| Closed | 28 February 2021 (Malaysia) (SD) 1 April 2022 (Brunei) |
| Former names | The History Channel (2007–2008) |
| Links | |
| Website | www.historyasia.com |
History, formerly known as The History Channel, is a Southeast Asian pay television channel broadcasting programming related to historical events and people. The channel is owned by A+E Networks Asia. In India History TV18 owned by a joint-venture between A+E Networks and under permission registered Discovery Communications, owner of the American History and Network 18, Indian media group & available in eight languages (Bengali, English, Gujarati, Hindi, Marathi, Tamil, Telugu & Urdu) in India.
Company
A+E Networks Asia was formed on 15 June 2007 through a joint venture between A+E Networks and Malaysia's pay TV provider Astro. Headquartered in Singapore, A+E Networks Asia also have operations in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
In 2009, A+E Networks Asia struck a US$800,000 co-production deal with the National Film Development Corporation of Malaysia to co-produce programmes to be featured across its channels. It has recently hired SPE Networks as a regional ad sales representative across the South East Asian region.
High-definition feed
On September 1, 2008, History Channel Asia officially launched their own History HD Asia channel in Singapore and Hong Kong, followed by Japan, South Korea (Localized Version Launched), India, Philippines and Malaysia.
Programming
New
- Alone
- Big Easy Motors
- Counting Cars
- Doomsday: 10 Ways The World Will End
- Forged in Fire
- Gangland Undercover
- Pawn Stars
- Storage Wars
- Six
- Vikings
Reruns
- Duck Dynasty
- Photo Face-Off
- The Pickers
- Top Shot
- Swamp People
- Kings of Restoration
- Cajun Pawn Stars
- Axe Men
- The Innovators: The Men Who Built America
- Ancient Aliens
- America's Book Of Secrets
- Modern Marvels
- Serial Killer Earth
- Stan Lee's Superhumans
- Top Guns
- IRT Deadliest Roads
- Mankind The Story of All of Us
- Storage Wars: Texas
See also
References
- "AETN International - News". Archived from the original on 2007-05-22. Retrieved 2007-06-08.
- "Advertising, Marketing, Media, Digital, PR News and more - Campaign Asia-Pacific". Archived from the original on 2019-09-18. Retrieved 2009-04-04.
- "History Press Release via SPE Network" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-04-25. Retrieved 2011-10-26.
- "StarHub to launch History Channel HD". Business Times (Singapore). 27 August 2008. Retrieved 28 August 2024.
- THE HISTORY CHANNEL HD TO LAUNCH IN SINGAPORE AND HONG KONG Archived 2009-01-30 at the Wayback Machine retrieved via www.aetninternational.com 08-26-2008
- HISTORY HD TO LAUNCH IN JAPAN Archived 2009-04-25 at the Wayback Machine retrieved via www.aetninternational.com 09-30-2008
- Herald, The Korea (2017-10-12). "A+E Networks expands into Korea, launches two of its channels". Retrieved 2018-05-01.
- History HD channel launched on SkyLife in Korea retrieved via www.medianewsline.com 05-05-2009
- History Channel Asia HD launched on SkyCable Philippines Archived 2009-05-11 at the Wayback Machine retrieved via www.skycable.com 06-09-2009
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