History (Australian television channel)
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| Launched | 1996 |
| Owned by | Foxtel Networks |
| Picture format |
576i (SDTV) 1080i (HDTV) |
| Audience share | 0.5% (Apr '07, ) |
| Country | Australia |
| Language | English |
| Broadcast area | Australia New Zealand |
| Formerly called | Fox History (1996-1998) The History Channel (1998-2008) |
| Sister channel(s) | Foxtel Networks channels |
| Website | historychannel.com.au |
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Availability
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| Satellite | |
| Foxtel | Channel 611 (SD/HD) Channel 1611 (SD) |
| SKY Network Television (NZ) | Channel 73 |
| Cable | |
| Foxtel | Channel 611 (SD/HD) Channel 1611 (SD) |
| Streaming media | |
| Foxtel Go | Channel 611 |
History, formerly known as Fox History and The History Channel, is a television channel in Australia and New Zealand, that broadcasts non-fictional programs regarding historical events and persons, as well as various metaphysical, pseudoscientific, and paranormal phenomena—often with observations and explanations by noted historians, scholars, authors, esotericists, astrologers, and Biblical scholars as well as reenactments and interviews with witnesses, and/or families of witnesses.
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.
It started out as Fox History in 1996, and changed its name to The History Channel in November 1998. The channel used share its frequency with Fox Kids until December 2000, when it got its own 24-hour channel.
On 3 November 2014, History launched a HD feed.
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