Posts Tagged ‘history’
AETN International Reaches Agreement With Samsung for a HISTORY™ Branded Widget
Monday, March 22nd, 2010
This Day in History® Widget to Be Offered on Samsung Television Sets, Blu-ray Disc Players and Mobile Devices in Europe and Asia
March 22, 2010 – New York – AETN International, a division of A&E Television Networks, has reached an agreement with Samsung to provide a HISTORY™ branded This Day in History® widget on all television sets, Blu-ray Disc players and mobile devices outside the US enabled with the Samsung Widget Engine.
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MIPCOM 2009 Short Form Highlights
Thursday, September 17th, 2009Check the latest short form highlights and get ready for MIPCOM 2009!
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AETN UK Grows Presences For HISTORY™ HD & SD in the Benelux
Tuesday, July 28th, 2009July 28, 2009 – New York/London – AETN® UK, a joint venture between A&E Television Networks (AETN) and British Sky Broadcasting (BSkyB), has announced two new agreements to launch Dutch-languaged services of HISTORY™ and HISTORY HD™ onto two additional platforms in the Benelux.
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AETN All Asia Networks’ Channels Debut in Taiwan with Four Major MSOs
Friday, July 24th, 2009Taipei, 24 July 2009 – AETN All Asia Networks (AAA Networks), a joint venture of A&E Television Networks and ASTRO All Asia Entertainment Networks Limited, announced today the launch of its channels in Taiwan with four key Multiple System Operators (MSOs): TBC, kbro, CNS and TFN Media.
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HISTORY HD™ To Debut in Germany and Austria
Wednesday, July 1st, 2009History HD and SD and The Biography Channel® to launch on Sky July 4th
July 1, 2009 – New York/Munich – A&E Television Networks (AETN) and The History Channel Germany will launch their factual portfolio of channels on Sky in Germany and Austria. HISTORY HD™ and SD and The Biography Channel® (BIO™) will debut on the platform on July 4, 2009. The History Channel Germany is a joint venture of AETN and NBC Universal Global Networks Deutschland.
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Five New Chello Multicanal Channels on Digital+ móvil
Thursday, February 26th, 2009
Madrid, 23rd Feb 2009: Five Chello Multicanal channels, Odisea, Canal Cocina, Decasa, HISTORIA TM, and BIO TM have been added to “Digital+ móvil”, the Spanish mobile TV platform.
IRT2 / Ax Men Ratings Success
Monday, July 28th, 2008HISTORY™’s ICE ROAD TRUCKERS Season 2 Premiere Scores Hot Numbers Sunday Night topping Season 1 debut with 3.9 million Total Viewers*
Key Demos of
- 2.3 Million Adults 25-54*
- and 2.3 Million Adults 18-49*
- plus a 2.7 AA household rating*
Ancient Chinese Games
Monday, July 28th, 2008Beyond the martial arts and its acrobatics, few are aware of the colorful sports that were created in the courts of Imperial China.
From the military warfare exercise known as Choi-Wan, to the ceremonial role of archery, or the birth of dragon boat racing, these six short-form clips will be the perfect compliment to the upcoming Beijing Olympics. These are available for all platforms: mobile, online and television.
View here: Ancient Chinese Games short form series with 6 x 2-3 min clips.
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Olympic Forgotten Games
Monday, April 21st, 2008So, the Olympics is this summer? You think you know it all? But what about Live Pigeon Shooting? Find out more about these Olympic Forgotten Games with 10 exclusive pieces.
From the wacky, weird and out-there world of sports comes some long-forgotten events from the Olympic Games. Discover both vintage and current footage of hilarious, historical and regional sports oddities in these fast-moving short-form clips. For various reasons—from cleaning up the mess of dead pigeons to the lack of broad fan support for croquet—these games were taken out of the Olympics schedule. They may have been axed from official competition decades ago, but enthusiasts have kept many of these sports alive today.
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