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Television channel History TV18

Logo used since 2022
Country	India
Headquarters	Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Programming
Languages	EnglishTeluguTamilHindi
Picture format	576i (SDTV)1080i (HDTV)
Ownership
Owner	A&E Networks (50%) Network18 (50%)
History
Launched	30 November 2003; 22 years ago (2003-11-30)
Former names	The History Channel (2003-2011)
Links
Website	www.historyindia.com

History TV18 (formerly known as The History Channel) is a television channel in India. It broadcasts infotainment[1] and documentary shows. It is owned by a joint venture between American media group A&E Networks, and Network18 Group, an Indian media group a subsidiary of Reliance Industries. The distribution and broadcasting within the Indian market.

History

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History was first launched as The History Channel on 30 November 2003.[2] It was launched by a joint venture between AETN International and News Corporation's Star, through its subsidiary NGC Networks. It had aired series like Boy's Toys, Biography, Conspiracy?, Crusades, Secret Agents and Breaking Vegas and television movies like Marilyn and Me. Following the expiration of the deal between AETN and Star on 21 November 2008, Star took over the channel and re-branded it as Fox History & Entertainment. That channel has since been re-branded again as Fox History & Traveller, then Fox Traveller and Fox Life and is currently available in India as Star Life.

On 9 October 2011, The History Channel was re-launched in India as History TV18, by a joint venture between A&E Networks and Network18 Group.[3]

Programming

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Original programming

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• Modern Marvels: Treasures of the Indus
• Vital Stats of India
• OMG! Yeh Hai Mera India[4]
  • OMG! Chhattisgarh
• Taj Mahal History
• Saving the Ganga
• Ansuni Kahani – Shantanu (Untold Story of Shantanu and Cricket)
• Saving the Western Ghats
• Republic Day Line Up
• Lost World of Kamasutra
• India's Deadliest Roads[5]
• India on Four Wheels
• India Showcase
• India 70 Wonders
• Independence Day Special
• History of Sex
• Genius
• Air India 182
• 26/11 Mumbai Terror Attack
• A Brush With Life: Satish Gujral
• Bollywood@100
• A Passage Through India

Source:[6]

Acquired programming

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• Tour de Royal with Neel Madhav
• Dynamo: Magician Impossible[7]
• Four Rooms[8]
• In Search of Aliens[9]
• Metropolis[8]
• Serial Killer Earth[10]
• Tamas: India's Partition

From History Channel

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• American Restoration
• Ancient Aliens
• Baggage Battles
• Barbarians Rising[11]
• Biker Battleground Phoenix
• The Bible[12]
• Bonnie & Clyde[8]
• Cajun Pawn Stars
• Counting Cars
• Food Tech
• Forged in Fire
• Houdini[8]
• Hunting Hitler[13]
• Leepu & Pitbull[8]
• Pawn Stars[14]
• Pawn Stars UK
• Pawnography[8]
• Spartan X
• Stan Lee's Superhumans
• Storage Wars

Upcoming programs

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• Crassy Wheels

References

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1. ^ Anusha Parthasarathy; Shruthi Mathews (14 October 2011). "History re-invents itself". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 16 October 2011. Retrieved 26 October 2011.
2. ^ "History Channel to be launched in India on Nov 30". The Hindu Business Line. 26 November 2003. Archived from the original on 10 August 2014. Retrieved 26 October 2011.
3. ^ Shibani Gharat (10 October 2011). "A+E Networks | TV18 launches History channel". afaqs!. Archived from the original on 10 October 2011. Retrieved 26 October 2011.
4. ^ "History TV18 brings back OMG! Yeh Mera India by Krushna Abhishek". 21 June 2017. Archived from the original on 10 January 2018. Retrieved 17 December 2017.
5. ^ "History TV18 brings Indian version of 'Ice Road Truckers' starring Mandira Bedi". 19 October 2016. Archived from the original on 1 April 2017. Retrieved 17 December 2017.
6. ^ History India Shows Archived 14 December 2017 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 14 December 2017
7. ^ "History TV 18 kicks off 'Dynamo: Magician Imposible'". 20 October 2012. Archived from the original on 27 January 2018. Retrieved 18 December 2017.
8. ^ a b c d e f "History TV18 preps to unveil eight new shows". 19 October 2015. Archived from the original on 23 October 2016. Retrieved 17 December 2017.
9. ^ "History TV18 launches 'In Search of Aliens". 28 November 2014. Archived from the original on 1 November 2015. Retrieved 17 December 2017.
10. ^ "Meet 'Serial Killer', explore Mother Nature on History TV18". Retrieved 21 April 2017.
11. ^ "'Barbarians Rising', Roman & Barbarian battle on History TV18". 23 January 2017. Archived from the original on 10 November 2021. Retrieved 17 December 2017.
12. ^ "'The Bible' on History TV18 from 24 December". 23 December 2016. Archived from the original on 12 November 2017. Retrieved 18 December 2017.
13. ^ "History TV18 to air "Hunting Hitler"". 19 January 2016. Retrieved 17 December 2017.
14. ^ "HISTORY's Blockbuster Show – Pawn Stars Topped the Rating Chart as Audiences Warm-up to Factual entertainment genre". 30 May 2012. Archived from the original on 27 January 2018. Retrieved 17 December 2017.

External links

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• History Channel official website

v t e Network18 Group
Key people	Mukesh Ambani Adil Zainulbhai Rahul Joshi
Companies	TV18 Viacom18 AETN18 Web18
Channels	TV18 News18 India News18 Lokmat (JV) News18 Urdu News18 Rajasthan News18 Uttar Pradesh Uttarakhand News18 Bihar-Jharkhand News18 Bangla News18 Odia News18 Kannada News18 Kerala News18 Tamil Nadu News18 Assam-North East Home Shop 18 (Shop CJ) Viacom 18 (JV) Colors TV Colors Bangla Colors Cineplex Bollywood Superhits Colors Gujarati Colors Infinity Colors Kannada Cinema Colors Marathi Colors Rishtey Colors Super Colors Tamil MTV Nickelodeon Nick Jr. Sonic AETN18 (JV) History TV18 Franchise CNN-News18 CNBC TV18 CNBC Awaaz CNBC Bajar Defunct channels ETV Network BR18 Viacom18 FYI TV18 Sports18 1 2 3 Khel Vh1 Comedy Central MTV Beats
Web portals	Firstpost HomeShop18 In.com Moneycontrol.com Voot Yatra.com
Publications	Forbes India (Franchise) Overdrive Better Interiors

v t e A+E Global Media
U.S. networks	A&E Crime & Investigation FYI History History en Español Military History Vice TV Lifetime Lifetime LMN LRW Defunct Alpha Repertory Television Service H2
Internationalnetworks(joint venturepartner)	A+E Turkey (Digiturk) History A+E Networks Italy Sky Crime History AETN18 Media Pvt. Ltd. History TV18 FYI TV18 A+E UK (Sky) Blaze UK Crime + Investigation Europe History Africa Europe History 2 Sky History UK Sky History 2 UK Lifetime Africa Poland Defunct Bio. UK Lifetime UK Sold Viceland UK A+E Germany History Crime + Investigation Defunct A&E A+E Latin America (Ole Communications) A&E History History 2 Lifetime (joint-venture with Sony Pictures Television) Defunct Bio A+E Asia History History 2 Crime & Investigation Lifetime Defunct FYI Foxtel (AU licensee) History Crime + Investigation Defunct A&E Bio. Corus (Canada licensee) History History 2 Historia Lifetime Crime & Investigation Defunct FYI AMC Southern Europe(Spain & Portugal licensee) História Portugal Historia Spain Defunct A&E Blaze Crimen & Investigación Crime & Investigation Portugal
Owners The Walt Disney Company (through Disney Entertainment) 50% Hearst Communications 50%

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