The History Channel launches today (February 1) on the Canal Digital DTH satellite package for viewers in Norway, Sweden, Denmark & Finland. The channel is being launched by The History Channel UK, A&E’s joint venture with BSkyB. Although it will broadcast in English, the channel will be scheduled separately from the UK version. There are already separate versions of The History Channel in sub-Sahran Africa and Greece.
It is planned to also launch The History Channel HD, The Biography Channel and The Crime and Investigation Network into the Nordic market.
The History Channel previously had a joint venture with Scandinavia’s other DTH operator Viasat, but Viasat pulled out, and in November 2004 launched its own channel Viasat History.
Meanwhile, The Biography Channel is to bring its mix of portraits of celebrities and historical figures to Germany. The A&E owned network is to launch on the Kabel Deutschland network on March 29 as a free to air channel, before taking its place in the German language digital bouquet two days later. The local version of the channel is a joint venture between A&E Television Networks and NBC Universal Deutschland.
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