Historia

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Satellite

For other uses, see Historia (disambiguation).

Bell TV

Channel 133 (SD) Channel 1862 (HD)

Historia
Shaw Direct Channel 756 (SD)

Cable

Available on many Canadian Historia logo cable systems

Check local listings

Launched

January 31, 2000

IPTV

Owned by

Astral Media (50% & managing partner,) Shaw Media (50%)

Bell Aliant TV

Channel 619 (SD)

Bell Fibe TV

Channel 133 (SD) Channel 1133 (HD)

Picture format

480i (SDTV) 1080i (HDTV) Optik TV Channel 425 (SD) Channel 441 (HD)

Country

Canada

Historia is a Canadian French

Broadcast area National

language Category A specialty channel which presents informative and entertainment

Headquarters

Montreal, Quebec

programming related to history in the form of dramas, films, documentaries, and human

Sister channel(s)

History H2

interests programs. The channel is owned by Astral Media and Shaw Media.
Contents

Website

Historia (French)

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Availability

1 History

2 Historia HD 3 References 4 External links

1. 2.

^ Decision CRTC 99-111 ^ Shaw Communications closes purchase of Canwest TV assets, rebrands as Shaw Media

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3.

^ CRTC approves Shaws purchase of the Canwest Global television properties

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links

Original logo used from the channel's launch until August 23, 2010

Historia (French)

Licensed by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) as Canal Historie to Alliance Atlantisand Premier Choix Networks (Astral),[1] the channel was launched on January 31, 2000 as Historia. On January 18, 2008, a joint venture between Canwest and Goldman Sachs Capital Partners known as CW media bought Alliance Atlantis and gained its interest in Historia. The new company also acquired Historia's English language counterpart, History. On October 27, 2010, Shaw Communications completed its acquisition of Canwest and Goldman Sachs' interest in CW Media, giving it control of CW Media's 50% interest in Historia.[2][3]

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HD

On October 30, 2006 Astral Media launched an HD simulcast of Historia.

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