Histoire TV is a French

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, owned by Groupe TF1. The network mainly carries programming about

historical events History (derived ) is the systematic study and the documentation of the human activity. The time period of event before the invention of writing systems is considered prehistory. "History" is an umbrella term comprising past events as well ...

History

Histoire was launched on 14 July 1997 by an alliance of public holdings (

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, INA and La Sept-Arte) and private shareholders (

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and

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). In June 2004, the Groupe TF1 acquired fully Histoire, privatizing it. On 2 January 2012, the TF1 pay-TV channels joined ISP optional packages. Previously, Histoire was exclusively available on TPS,

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and for 0.49€ on

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. In December 2012,

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acquired 20% of

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pay-TV thematic channels for €170 million for

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and €14 million for

Ushuaïa TV Ushuaïa TV is a French television channel, owned by Groupe TF1. The network carries programming about nature. History Ushuaïa TV was launched on 14 March 2005 by Groupe TF1, inspired by the TF1 popular show Ushuaïa Nature. Ushuaïa TV a ...

, Histoire, Stylia and TV Breizh. On 17 July 2015,

sold its remaining 49% stake in Eurosport to Discovery Communications for €492 million. At the same time, the French group bought out the 20% stake held by the American group in its pay-TV channels (TV Breizh, Histoire and Ushuaïa) for 14.6 million euros.

Patrick Buisson Patrick Buisson (born 1949 in Paris) is a conservative French essayist, journalist and political advisor. He was a journalist for ''Minute'', '' Valeurs Actuelles'' and ''Le Crapouillot'' as well as ''La Chaîne Info''. He has written several books ...

, who was the channel managing director from 2007 to 2018, had his son Georges hired there until the latter was "exfiltrated" from the Stylia channel after disagreements with his father. On 4 December 2019, TV Breizh, Ushuaïa TV and Histoire were rebranded with a "TV" logo common between them. Its competitor is

Toute l'Histoire Toute l'Histoire is a French television channel based on historical documentaries. History La Chaîne Histoire was created in April 1996, as part of the launch of the AB Sat satellite package. It started as the French version of The History Ch ...

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