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Article: History Channel to launch in London. (in November 1995)(Brief Article)
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- Broadcasting & Cable
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- October 9, 1995
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A&E Television Networks is planning to launch its History Channel in the United Kingdom next month.
The History Channel U.K., which debuts Nov. 1., will launch with a three-hour block scheduled at 4-7 p.m. weekdays.
A&E's British migration stems from a 50-50 partnership deal struck last week between A&E and British Sky Broadcasting (BSkyB), the UK pay-TV direct-to-home operator.
"It's taken a long time to get an international network launched,', says Nickolas Davatzes, president and CEO of A&E Television Networks, "but we wanted to have the program product and partners we are comfortable with,"
Davatzes says History U.K. will expand into a ...