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H2

Logo: A+E Networks, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons3

Multinational brand of television channels

H2 (or History2) is a brand name owned by A+E Global Media (a joint venture between the Hearst Communications and the Walt Disney Television division of The Walt Disney Company), used for a sister TV network of History. The brand was debuted in September 2011 when History International in the United States was relaunched as H2. The brand was expanded outside the U.S. since then.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

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H2 (or History2) is a brand name owned by A+E Global Media (a joint venture between the Hearst Communications and the Walt Disney Television division of The Walt Disney Company), used for a sister TV network of History. The brand was debuted in September 2011 when History International in the United States was relaunched as H2. The brand was expanded outside the U.S. since then. H2 in the United States was relaunched on February 29, 2016 as Vice TV, but the H2 brand is still used for sister channels to History in other markets.2

The story

Military History

On May 4, 2013, the local version of Military History was re-branded as H2. The channel launched on TalkTalk on August 28, 2014, and a few months later on BT TV. An HD version launched on Virgin Media on December 1, 2015, and later on BT TV in October 2016.

History2 & Sky History2

On February 6, 2019, this version was re-branded again as History2. On May 27, 2020, to coincide with the launches of Sky Documentaries and Sky Nature, History and History2 rebranded to Sky History and Sky History2, respectively, in the UK and Ireland.

From Wikipedia’s article on H2 (A&E Networks), shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4

Subsidiaries and ownership

Owners

From Wikidata.1

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