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US-based international satellite and cable TV channel

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Television channel

History (stylized in all caps), formerly and commonly known as the History Channel, is an American pay televisionnetwork and flagship channel owned by A&E Networks, a joint venture between Hearst Communications and The Walt Disney Company's entertainment division. The network was originally focused on history-based, social/science documentaries as well as the news.

During the late s, the History Channel pivoted into reality television programming, similar to the Discovery Channel. In addition to this change in format, the network has been criticized by many scientists, historians, and skeptics for broadcasting pseudo-documentaries and pseudoscientific, unsubstantiated, sensational investigative programming.

As of November&#;, the History Channel is available to approximately 63,, pay television households in the United States-down from its peak of 99,, households. International localized versions of the History Channel are available, in various forms, in India, Canada, Europe, Australia, the Middle East, Africa, Asia and Latin America.

History

Twentieth century

The company indicated that plans for a history channel were in the works in , it purchased the Lou Reda Productions documentary library and long-term rights for the Hearst Entertainment documentaries archive. The History Channel was launched on January 1, , initially owned by A&E Television Networks. With its UK counterpart, a partnership with Britis

This excursion had us traveling away from the podcast mic to a seat in front of a camera.

We had the honor of spending  a bit of time as historical consultants for the Biography Channel this past year. We made our maiden voyage to the A&E offices and studios in New York, sat down in front of  camera and told the tales of some of history&#;s most interesting people. The result of that work is the mini-biographies listed below. We really enjoyed doing this, hope that we get the opportunity again and want to give a big, &#;thank you&#; to Producer Caitlin Van Mol for bringing us not only to New York but also onto these videos.

So, if you ever want to SEE us talking about historical figures, here is your first chance (and not just women, we can chat about the roosters, too). (The links below will lead you to the website biographies in another window. The videos play at the top, load times vary.)

Elizabeth I

Henry VIII

Henry VIII and Catherine of Aragon

Louis XIV

Marie Antoinette

Marie Antoinette and the Affair of the Diamond Necklace

Marie Antoinette and the Petit Trianon

Nefertiti

The Palace of Versailles

Written account of a person's life

For other uses, see Biography (disambiguation).

A biography, or simply bio, is a detailed description of a person's life. It involves more than just basic facts like education, work, relationships, and death; it portrays a person's experience of these life events. Unlike a profile or curriculum vitae (résumé), a biography presents a subject's life story, highlighting various aspects of their life, including intimate details of experience, and may include an analysis of the subject's personality.

Biographical works are usually non-fiction, but fiction can also be used to portray a person's life. One in-depth form of biographical coverage is called legacy writing. Works in diverse media, from literature to film, form the genre known as biography.

An authorized biography is written with the permission, cooperation, and at times, participation of a subject or a subject's heirs. An unauthorized biography is one written without such permission or participation. An autobiography is written by the person themselves, sometimes with the assistance of a collaborator or ghostwriter.

History

At first, biographical writings were regarded merely as a subsection of history with a focus on a particular individual of historical importance. The independent genre of biography as distinct from general history writing, began to emerge in the 18th century and reached its contemporary form at the turn of the 20th century.

Historical biography

Biography is the earliest literary genre in history. According to Egyptologist Miriam Lichtheim, writing took its first steps toward literature in the context of the private tomb funerary inscriptions. These were commemorative&#;biographical&#;texts recounting the careers of deceased high royal officials. The earliest biographical texts are from the 26th century BC.

In the 21st century BC, another famous biography was composed in Mesopotamia about Gilgamesh. One