History Television

History Television
Launched	October 17, 1997
Owned by	Alliance Atlantis
Country	Canada
Broadcast area	National
Headquarters	Toronto, Ontario
Website	history.ca
Availability
Satellite
Bell ExpressVu	Channel 522
Star Choice	Channel 506 (East) Channel 516 (West)
Cable
Available on most Canadian cable systems	Check local listings, channels may vary

History Television is a Canadian English language cable television specialty channel that presents programming about history and some non-historical programming of military, science and technology interest. It is owned by Alliance Atlantis Communications. Licensed by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) on September 4, 1996 as The History and Entertainment Network, the channel was launched as History Television on October 17, 1997. The channel operates two time shifted feeds: East (Eastern Time) and West (Pacific Time). The West Coast feed was launched on September 1, 2006.

Programming

History Television airs programs from various genres including documentaries, dramas, films, and human interest series.

Noted programs

• Twelve O'Clock High
• Ancestors In the Attic
• Antiques Roadshow
• Antiques Roadshow FYI
• Band of Brothers
• China Beach
• Conquest
• CSI: NY (The CRTC ordered CSI: NY removed from History Television lineup due to non-channel compliance.)^[1]
• Crime Stories
• Deadwood
• Digging for the Truth
• Disasters of the Century
• Dogfights
• For King and Country
• For King and Empire
• Foyle's War
• Frontiers of Construction
• Full Throttle
• Great Canadian Lakes
• History Bites
• History on Film
• It Seems Like Yesterday
• JAG
• Mad Labs
• Manhunt
• Marine Machines
• Masterminds
• Over There
• The Canadians
• The Sea Hunters
• Things That Move
• Tour of Duty
• Turning Points of History
• The Worst Jobs in History
• Zero Hour

References

See also

• List of documentary channels

External links

• Official History Television website