History is a German-language television channel dedicated to history owned by The History Channel Germany GmbH & Co. KG, which in turn is a joint-venture between NBC Universal Global Networks Deutschland

NBC Universal Global Networks

Universal Networks International, formerly NBC Universal Global Networks, is a part of NBC Universal.When NBC Universal was formed, it owned entertainment television channels in Europe and Latin America...

 and AETN International.

The channel launched on 15 November 2004 as "The History Channel", but on 11 January 2009, it was rebranded as "History".

History is available in the cable networks of Kabel Deutschland

Kabel Deutschland

-Company:Kabel Deutschland operates in 13 of the 16 states . In 2006, of the 15.4 million households passed by their cable the company served 9.6 million, however only one third of these are direct customers of Kabel Deutschland, since especially in large apartment complexes the in-house cable...

, Kabel BW, Unitymedia, Primacom

Primacom

Primacom is a private cable network operator in Germany with around 1 million connected households and approximately 0.8 million customers. primacom provides services to clients primarily in Eastern Germany and in the states of Baden-Wuerttemberg, Hesse, Lower Saxony, North Rhine-Westphalia,...

 and Eutelsat KabelKiosk in all German states. It is also available on cable in Austria and Switzerland.

On satellite, the channel is available from Arena

Arena (pay television network)

Arena was a German pay television company that secured the broadcast rights for German "Fußball Bundesliga 2006/2007" . They offer their paid services via satellite....

. It was not available on Premiere, until that platform was renamed Sky on 4 July 2009. At the same time History HD, a high-definition version of the channel, was launched.

The channel also hosts the "History-Award", which has been given annually since 2005.