History TV18

Last updated

History TV18
Country India
Headquarters Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Programming
Language(s) English
Hindi
Tamil
Telugu
Marathi
Picture format 576i (SDTV)
1080i (HDTV)
Ownership
Owner A&E Networks (50%)
Network18 Group (50%)
History
Launched30 November 2003;20 years ago (2003-11-30)
Former namesThe 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 A&E Networks, owner of the American History Channel, and Network18 Group, an Indian media group subsidiary of Reliance Industries. It is available in four languages in full HD across the Indian subcontinent.

Contents

History

Logo Used As The History Channel The History Channel-Logo.svg
Logo Used As The History Channel

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

Original programming

Source: [6]

Acquired programming

From History Channel

Upcoming programs

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">History Channel</span> US-based international satellite and cable TV channel

History, formerly and commonly known as the History Channel, is an American pay television network and flagship channel owned by A&E Networks, a joint venture between Hearst Communications and The Walt Disney Company's General Entertainment Content Division.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">ETV Network</span> Indian Telugu-language television network

ETV Network is a network of Telugu language news and entertainment satellite television channels in India. It is based in Hyderabad, Telangana, India. It also had some non Telugu-language satellite television channels. All non-Telugu satellite television channels were acquired by Reliance Industries-owned TV18 for ₹2,053 crore in FY 2014–15 and later rebranded.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">A&E Networks</span> American media company

A&E Television Networks, LLC is an American multinational corporation and broadcasting company.

Sanjay Pugalia is a veteran Indian political and business journalist with print and broadcast experience who is the former editor-in-chief of CNBC Awaaz in Mumbai, India. He was hired as a senior news director by several start-up Hindi-language news channels at their launching, including Star News and CNBC Awaaz. He is the Editorial Director of The Quint as of 2021.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">CNN-News18</span> Indian English-language news television channel

CNN News18 is an Indian English-language news television channel founded by Raghav Bahl based in Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India. It is currently co-owned by Network18 Group and Warner Bros. Discovery. CNN provides international coverage for the channel, while Indian Broadcasting Network concentrates on Indian and local reports.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">TV18</span> Branch of Network 18

TV18 Broadcast Limited was an Indian television company based in Mumbai and owned by Network18 Group. TV18 owned and operates various national channels in separate partnerships with NBCUniversal and Warner Bros. Discovery (CNN-News18). In December 2023, it merged with its parent company Network18 Group.

Network18 Group, is an Indian media conglomerate, based in Mumbai. It is owned by Reliance Industries. Rahul Joshi is the managing director, chief executive officer and group editor-in-chief of Network18 Group, and Adil Zainulbhai is the chairman of its board of directors.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">CNBC Awaaz</span> Indian television channel

CNBC Awaaz is an Indian pay television Hindi business news channel, owned by Network18 Group and CNBC based in New Delhi.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">History (European TV channel)</span> European television channel

History is a European documentary television channel which broadcasts programs related to historical events and persons. There are also reality television, ufology and paranormal programs.

Viacom18 Media Private Limited is an Indian Media Conglomerate based in Mumbai, Maharashtra. Founded in 2007 by the MTV Networks Europe division, it later became a joint venture between Network18 Group and Viacom in 2014, with TV18 becoming the majority shareholder in the company in January 2018 and Bodhi Tree Systems currently owning minority stakes. The company owns and operates various channels, as well as content production studios in India.

Raghav Bahl is an Indian businessman, a serial entrepreneur, and an investor best known for his past ownership of several television channels, including TV18 India. He was the Founding/Controlling shareholder & managing director of Network18 Group, a media group that he started in 1993 and grew into one of the largest collection of media properties in India.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Colors Bangla</span> Indian general entertainment pay TV channel

Colors Bangla is an Indian general entertainment pay television channel owned by Network18 Group and operated by Disney Star broadcasting in Bengali language. It was launched in 2000 as ETV Bangla, owned by the Hyderabad-based ETV Network. It was later sold to TV18 and was rebranded to Colors Bangla.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">History (Southeast Asian TV channel)</span> Asian television channel

History, formerly known as The History Channel, is a Southeast Asian pay television channel broadcasting programming related to historical events and people. The channel is owned by A+E Networks Asia. In India History TV18 owned by a joint-venture between A+E Networks and under permission registered Discovery Communications, owner of the American History and Network 18, Indian media group & available in eight languages in India.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Krushna Abhishek</span> Indian actor and comedian (born 1983)

Abhishek Sharma, popularly known by his screen name Krushna Abhishek, is an Indian actor, comedian and television host from Mumbai, Maharashtra. He is notable for his humorous work in comedy shows on Indian television such as Comedy Circus, Comedy Nights Bachao and The Kapil Sharma Show, The Great Indian Kapil Show.

Disney Star is an Indian Media Conglomerate owned by Network18 Group, a joint venture between Disney India and Reliance Industries based in Mumbai, Maharashtra, which operates various channels and content production studios in India.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Chumlee</span> American television personality (born 1982)

Austin Lee Russell, better known by his stage name Chumlee, is an American businessman and reality television personality, best known for his appearances on the History Channel television show Pawn Stars, which depicts day-to-day business at the Gold and Silver Pawn Shop in Las Vegas where he works. Chumlee went to work at the pawn shop five years before filming the first season, having been a childhood friend of Corey Harrison whose father and grandfather founded the shop.

Kalaiyur is a revenue village in Cuddalore district, state of Tamil Nadu, India.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">CNBC TV18</span> Indian pay television business and financial news channel

CNBC TV18 is an Indian pay television business and financial news channel operated as a joint venture between NBCUniversal and Network18 Group.

Kalaiyur is a village in Ramanathapuram in Tamil Nadu, India. It is located 25 km towards north from Ramanathapuram and 9 km away from Paramakkudi. Kalaiyur is known as the Village of Cooks. The village was featured in History TV18's show OMG! Yeh Mera India - Season 2, hosted by Krishna Abhishek.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Ritu Kapur</span> Indian media entrepreneur

Ritu Kapur is an Indian media entrepreneur. She is the Co-founder, Managing Director, and CEO of Quint Digital Limited, the parent company of The Quint, a web-based digital news site and was one of the founding members of Network18 in 1992.

References

  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. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "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.