Historia

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Historia
Launched January 31, 2000
Owned by Astral Media (50% & managing partner)
CW Media (50%)
Country Canada
Broadcast area National
Headquarters Montreal, Quebec
Website historiatv.com
Availability
Satellite
Bell ExpressVu Channel 133
Star Choice Channel 756
Cable
Available on many Canadian cable systems Check local listings

Historia is a Canadian French language cable television specialty channel which presents informative and entertainment programming related to history in the form of dramas, films, documentaries, human interests programs and more. The channel is owned by Astral Media and CW Media (a division of Canwest and GS Capital Partners).

[edit] History

Licensed by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) as Canal Historie to Alliance Atlantis and Premier Choix Networks (Astral), the channel was launched on January 31, 2000 as Historia.

On January 18, 2008, a joint venture between Canwest and GS Capital Partners bought Alliance Atlantis and gained AAC's interest in Historia.

[edit] Historia HD

On October 30, 2006 Astral Media launched an HD simulcast of Historia.

[edit] External links

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Canwest Global Communications Corp.
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David Asper • Gail Asper • Leonard Asper • Lloyd Barber • Derek Burney • Ronald Daniels • David Drybrough • Paul Godfrey • Frank King • Lisa Pankratz
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Astral Media Inc.
Corporate Directors
Normand Beauchamp • Austin Beutel • Paul Bronfman • André Bureau (Chairman) • Jack Cockwell • George Cohon • Paul Godfrey • Stephen Greenberg • Ian Greenberg (President and CEO) • Sidney Greenberg (Vice President) • Sidney Horn • Mila Mulroney • Timothy Price
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CFTK (CBC) • CJDC (CBC)
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Canal D • Canal Indigo • Canal Vie • cinépop • Family • Historia • The Movie Network • Mpix • MusiquePlus • MusiMax • Séries+ • Super Écran • TATV • Teletoon (English • French) • Teletoon Retro • Viewers Choice • VRAK.TV • Ztélé
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