Arts & Entertainment
| A&E | |
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| Launched | February 1, 1984 (sharing time with Nickelodeon) January 1, 1985 (as a 24-hour channel) |
| Owned by |
A&E Networks (Hearst Corporation (50%), Disney–ABC Television Group (The Walt Disney Company) (50%)) |
| Picture format |
1080i (HDTV) (480i letterboxed for SDTV feed) |
| Slogan | We Are A&E |
| Country | United States |
| Broadcast area | United States Canada |
| Headquarters | New York City, New York, United States |
| Formerly called | Arts & Entertainment Network (1984–1995) A&E Network (1995–1997) |
| Sister channel(s) |
History FYI Lifetime LMN Viceland |
| Website | AETV.com |
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Availability
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| Satellite | |
| DirecTV | 265 |
| Dish Network | 118 9419 (HD) |
| Bell TV (Canada) | 1721 615 (SD) |
| Shaw Direct (Canada) | 124 520 (SD) |
| Cable | |
| Time Warner Cable | 102 (HD/SD) |
| Available on most U.S. and Canadian cable providers | Check local cable listings, channels may vary |
| IPTV | |
| Verizon FiOS | 681 181 (SD) |
| Optik TV (Canada) | 300 9300 (SD) |
| Bell Fibe TV (Canada) | 1615 615 (SD) |
| Zazeen (Canada) | 86 (HD) |
| VMedia (Canada) | 270 (HD) |
| Streaming media | |
| fuboTV | OTT Subscription |
| Apple TV | Watch A&E Application |
| Roku | Watch A&E Application |
| Sling TV | OTT Subscription |
| DirecTV Now | OTT Subscription |
A&E (previously Arts & Entertainment Network) is an American digital cable and satellite television network that serves as the flagship television property of A&E Networks, a joint venture between the Hearst Corporation and Disney–ABC Television Group subsidiary of the Walt Disney Company (both of which maintain a 50% ownership interest).
The flagship channel originally focused programming on biographies, documentaries, and drama series (especially crime dramas and mysteries) but has later expanded to include reality television programming. As of July 2015, the A&E network is available to approximately 95,968,000 pay television households (82.4% of households with television) in the United States.
The network is headquartered in New York City and operates offices in Atlanta, Georgia; Chicago, Illinois; Detroit, Michigan; London, United Kingdom; Los Angeles, California and Stamford, Connecticut. The U.S. version of the channel is shown in Canada while international versions exist for Australia, Latin America, and Europe.
A&E launched on February 1, 1984, initially available to 9.3 million cable television homes in the U.S. and Canada. The network is a result of the 1984 merger of Hearst/ABC's Alpha Repertory Television Service (ARTS) and (pre–General Electric merger) RCA-owned The Entertainment Channel. When A&E debuted, the channel took over the satellite transponder timeslot that ARTS occupied from its launch in 1981. Children's television channel Nickelodeon signed off just before 9:00 p.m. Eastern Time, and A&E took over at 9:00 p.m. with a three-hour programming block, which was repeated at 9:00 p.m. Pacific Time. In January 1985, A&E moved to its own dedicated transponder and began delivering its programming 24 hours a day, while Nickelodeon replaced the vacated A&E programming with a classic television block, Nick at Nite, on July 1 of that year. However, some cable providers continued to carry Nickelodeon and A&E on the same channel and would usually switch over to A&E at 8:00 p.m. Eastern. It was not until the early 1990s, when providers began installing advanced headend equipment that allowed for expanded channel capacity, that these companies allocated separate channels for both networks.
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