The joint venture to form A&E Network is official.
LIFE IS ENTERTAINING.™ ENTERTAINMENT IS OUR LIFE.
About Us
We’ve been in the business of reinventing storytelling since 1984. We took history out of the history books, and we brought biography to life. For our viewers, we’ve invented new genres, told untold stories and broken barriers. For our partners, we’ve offered new networks, new audiences, and new ways for brands to talk to customers.
A+E Networks, LLC. is an award-winning global media content company offering consumers a diverse communications environment ranging from television networks to websites, to home videos/DVDs to gaming and educational software. A+E Networks is comprised of A&E® Network, Lifetime®, HISTORY®, LMN®, BIO.™, H2™, HISTORY en Español™, Crime & Investigation Network™, Military HISTORY™, Lifetime Real Women®, A&E IndieFilms®, A+E Networks International®, A+E Networks Digital® and A+E Networks Consumer Products™. A+E Networks channels and branded programming reach more than 300 million households in over 150 countries. A+E Networks, LLC. is a joint venture of Disney-ABC Television Group and Hearst Corporation.
Our Mission
At A+E Networks, we are passionate about bringing human stories to life, knowing that it is in life itself that those stories originate. We are committed to empowering our employees, strengthening our partnerships and engaging audiences across the globe.
Life is what you make it. We make it entertaining.
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1983
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1984
A&E is launched into an estimated 6 million U.S. homes. Its first program is The Barretts of Wimpole Street
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1984
Lifetime Television is launched.
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1985
A&E wins seven CableACE Awards, more than any other basic cable network.
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1987
A&E introduces Biography® with its first profile, Josephine Baker.
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1990
A&E receives its first Emmy® nomination.
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1991
A&E breaks the 50-million-subscriber mark.
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1993
A&E’s highest-rated and most viewed calendar year in the network’s history.
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1995
The History Channel launches with 1 million subscribers. Its first program is History of the Automobile: Corvette.
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1996
A&E, History Channel and Biography® launch websites.
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1996
A&E wins its first primetime Emmy Award.
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1998
A&E begins production on its first A&E Original Movie, Murder in a Small Town.
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1998
A&E Television Networks launches two new channels, History Channel International and The Biography Channel.
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1998
The History Channel reaches 50 million subscribers.
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2000
A&E and The History Channel are rated among the top ten television brands by EquiTrend Media Brand Survey.
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2001
The History Channel reaches 70 million Nielsen subscribers, the fastest cable network to reach this figure from launch.
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2002
A&E is nominated for 22 primetime Emmys, the most in the network’s history.
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2003
A&E secures rights to CSI: Miami.
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2004
The History Channel en Español officially launches.
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2004
Growing Up Gotti is the most watched series premiere ever on A&E.
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2004
A&E garners 24 Emmy nominations, the most ever in the network’s history and more than any other basic cable network.
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2004
Dog The Bounty Hunter® ties Growing Up Gotti as A&E’s most watched series premiere ever.
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2004
Abbe Raven is appointed President of A&E Network.
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2004
A&E Network finishes the year as the fastest-growing major cable network in key demos A18-34 and A18-49.
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2005
A&E acquires exclusive cable television rights to The Sopranos.
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2005
Abbe Raven is named President & CEO, A&E Television Networks.
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2005
Military History Channel launches.
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2005
The History Channel experiences its tenth consecutive year of growth among its key demographics.
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2006
Flight 93 premieres and becomes the highest-rated original movie in A&E history.
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2006
The History Channel receives a Peabody Award for Save Our History®: Voices of Civil Rights.
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2006
Gene Simmons Family Jewels™ premieres as the highest-rated original series launch for A&E since Dog The Bounty Hunter.
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2007
The premiere of The Sopranos on A&E is the most watched off-net series premiere on cable ever.
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2007
Ice Road Truckers® premieres on The History Channel and is the network’s number one original telecast ever.
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2007
BIO. rebrands with the tagline, “True Story.™”
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2007
Nancy Dubuc is named Executive Vice President and GM of The History Channel.
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2008
The History Channel special Life After People™ is the most watched and highest-
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2008
The History Channel becomes HISTORY.
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2008
A&E rebrands with a new logo and look under the tagline “Real Life. Drama.®”
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2008
HISTORY launches “HISTORY Made Every Day™” brand image campaign.
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2008
Bob DeBitetto is promoted to President and General Manager of A&E Network and BIO.
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2008
HISTORY is the #1 cable network in primetime among adults 18-49.
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2009
An agreement to combine A&E Television Networks and Lifetime Entertainment Services is announced, with Abbe Raven serving as President & CEO of the new company.
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2009
A&E’s Intervention® wins an Emmy Award for Outstanding Reality Program.
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2010
Nancy Dubuc is named President and General Manager of Lifetime.
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2010
The first night of America: The Story of Us™ breaks all ratings records for HISTORY.
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2010
Lifetime receives 11 Emmy Award nominations – a single-year record for the network.
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2011
A&E Network launches a new community outreach program, “Real Life. Change.®”
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2011
A&E Television Networks is rebranded as A+E Networks.
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2011
HISTORY’s Gettysburg wins four Primetime Emmy Awards.
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2011
HISTORY International™ is renamed H2.
A Global Brand
A+E Networks is truly a global media company with joint ventures and channels all over the world. In addition to its New York headquarters, A+E Networks has offices in London and Singapore.
The International division oversees 50 channels around the world, reaching more than 300 million subscribers in over 150 countries in 37 languages.
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