| LC control no. | no2005032443 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Corporate name heading | History Television |
| Variant(s) | Alliance Atlantis (Firm). History Television |
| See also | Successor: History (Television network : Canada) |
| Beginning date | 1997-10-17 |
| Ending date | 2012-08-12 |
| Associated country | Canada |
| Located | Toronto (Ont.) |
| Field of activity | Television broadcasting Television--Production and direction Historical television programs |
| Found in | Prisoner of paradise, 2005: credits (History Television Inc.) International television & video almanac, 2005: p. 801 (History Television Inc., Toronto; [owned by] Alliance Atlantis) NLC, Apr. 6, 2005 (hdg.: History Television) Wikipedia, May 10, 2016 (History (Canada); the channel was launched as History Television on October 17, 1997. On January 18, 2008, a joint venture between Canwest and Goldman Sachs Capital Partners known as CW Media bought Alliance Atlantis and gained AAC's interest in History Television. On October 27, 2010, ownership changed again as Shaw Communications gained control of History Television as a result of its acquisition of Canwest and Goldman Sachs' interest in CW Media. On May 30, 2012, Shaw Media announced that History Television would be rebranded as a Canadian version of American cable channel History on August 12, 2012, through a wider licensing agreement with A+E Networks) |
| Associated language | eng |
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