Licensed by the
Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) on September 4, 1996, as
The History and Entertainment Network, the channel was originally owned by
Alliance Atlantis Communications and launched as
History Television on October 17, 1997. On January 18, 2008, a joint venture between
Canwest and
Goldman Sachs Alternatives known as CW Media bought Alliance Atlantis and gained AAC's interest in History Television. On October 8, 2009, Canwest launched a
high definition simulcast of History Television. History Television HD initially only had one national feed operating from the
Eastern Time Zone that was available through all major TV providers in Canada. 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 U.S. cable channel
History on August 12, 2012, through a wider licensing agreement with
A+E Networks. Fellow Shaw network,
The Cave, was also rebranded as a Canadian version of spin-off network
H2. On April 1, 2016, History and its sister channel H2 were sold to
Corus Entertainment. An HD feed for the network in western Canada was launched on September 18, 2019. In January 2022, the network converted its imaging to the current American logo introduced in the fall of 2021, and like the American network, it uses "History" and "The History Channel" interchangeably. ==Programming==