Country | Singapore Indonesia Thailand Malaysia Philippines Vietnam Japan South Korea Hong Kong Taiwan |
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Broadcast area | Cambodia Fiji Hong Kong Indonesia Japan Macau Malaysia Maldives Mongolia Myanmar Pacific Islands Palau Papua New Guinea Philippines Singapore South Korea Taiwan Thailand Vietnam |
Headquarters | Singapore |
Programming | |
Language(s) | English Chinese (Mandarin/Cantonese) Japanese Korean Thai Vietnamese Indonesian Malay Filipino |
Picture format | 1080i HDTV |
Ownership | |
Owner | A+E Networks Asia |
Sister channels | Fyi (2008-2019) Crime & Investigation Network H2 Lifetime |
History | |
Launched | 15 June 2007 |
Closed | 28 February 2021 (Malaysia) (SD) 1 April 2022 (Brunei) |
Former names | The History Channel (2007–2008) |
Links | |
Website | www.historyasia.com |
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 (Bengali, English, Gujarati, Hindi, Marathi, Tamil, Telugu & Urdu) in India.