AETN UK Grows Presences For HISTORY™ HD & SD in the Benelux

July 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

Taipei, 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

History 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

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.

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A&E Transforms iPhones into Paranormal Detectors

NETWORK LAUNCHES ITS FIRST IPHONE APPLICATION FOR PARANORMAL STATE SEASON THREE

NEW YORK, NY – February 9, 2009 – iPhone and iPod Touch owners can now use their mobile devices to track the paranormal, thanks to A&E Network’s first iPhone application, the Paranormal State EMF Reader. Converting these devices into “EMF readers” that pick up fluctuations in electromagnetic fields (EMFs), the application makes every user a paranormal investigator, able to sweep their surrounding areas and search for paranormal entities.
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IRT2 / Ax Men Ratings Success

HISTORY™’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*

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Ancient Chinese Games

Beyond 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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AETNi in Cannes, France

Meet our team at MIPTV in Cannes from April 7^th to April 10^th, 2008. Book your appointment now or visit us at booth G3-18.

Olympic Forgotten Games

So, 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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