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A&E Networks

A&E Television Networks, LLC, stylized as A+E NETWORKS, is an American multinational broadcasting company that is a 50–50 joint venture between Hearst Communications and The Walt Disney Company through its Entertainment division. The company owns several non-fiction and entertainment-based television brands, including its namesake A&E network, History Channel, Lifetime, FYI, and their associated sister channels. The company also holds stakes in, or licenses, their international branches.

Trade name

A&E Networks

Mass media

1984 (1984)

,
United States

est. $20 billion (2013)

  • Consumer Enterprises
  • A+E Networks International
  • Digital Media
  • A+E Network
  • History Network

Nationwide

1080i HDTV
(downscaled to letterboxed 480i for the SDTV feed)

A&E Networks

April 1, 2005 (2005-04-01)

2013 (2013)

A&E Networks

A&E Networks International

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Atlas Obscura

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Six West Media

45th & Dean, in-house ad agency

which has the same ownership partners as A+E Networks

ESPN Inc.

American Broadcasting Company

Hearst Communications

The Walt Disney Company

Official website