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History (known as Sky History in the UK and Ireland) is a European documentary television channel which broadcasts programs related to historical events and persons. There are also reality television , ufology and paranormal programs.
An HD version launched on Virgin Media on 1 December 2015, and later on BT TV in October 2016. On February 6, 2019, this version was re-branded again as History2. On May 27, 2020, to coincide with the launches of Sky Documentaries and Sky Nature, History and History2 rebranded to Sky History and Sky History2, respectively, in the UK and Ireland ...
They were initially free to receive, and Sky Movies was the first to move to a subscription early in 1990. Sky News was the UK's first dedicated news channel. The new service was the UK's first consumer satellite TV service, beating rival BSB, with which Sky would later merge to become BSkyB. Sky's satellite service grew to become a ...
The History Channel launched on February 1, 2007, on the Canal Digital DTH satellite package for viewers in Norway, Sweden, Denmark and Finland. The channel is being launched by The History Channel UK, A&E's joint venture with BSkyB. Although it broadcasts in English with local subtitles, the channel is scheduled separately from the UK version.
Channel Name Subsidiary SD HD +1 Streaming Freeview [2] Freesat [3] Sky [4] Virgin TV [5] Premier Sports 1: SSBL Limited - Subscription - Premier Sports - Premium Premier Sports 2: LFC TV: Liverpool FC LFC TV: Racing TV: Racing UK Ltd. Subscription Racing TV: MUTV: Manchester United FC MUTV: GINX eSports TV: Ginx TV Ltd./Sky/ITV plc - - Sky ...
The History Channel UK began as a joint venture of A&E Networks (the company's first international JV) and British Sky Broadcasting [94] to launch The History Channel UK on November 1, 1995, as a part-time channel broadcasting from 3 pm to 7 pm with plans to go full-time in 1996 or 1997 when its digital transponder was launched. The three ...
The majority of special events attracting large audiences are often carried on more than one channel. The most watched special event programme of all time on a single channel in the UK is the 1973 wedding ceremony of Princess Anne, shown only on BBC One. Pre-1981 figures supplied by the British Film Institute (BFI)
The channel remains a cable-exclusive service until it launches on satellite in July 1993. Swindon's cable service is re-branded as Swindon Cable and its news programme is renamed as part of this move and became Focus on Swindon. The channel increases the programme's frequency from twice a week to three times a week. 1986