 Licensed by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) as Canal Histoire to Alliance Atlantis and Premier Choix Networks (Astral), the channel was launched on January 31, 2000 as Historia.On January 18, 2008, a joint venture between Canwest and Goldman Sachs Captain ital Partners known as CW Media bought Alliance Atlantis and gained its interest in Historia.The new company also acquired Historia's English language equivalent, History Television (now History).