Military History Channel to Launch on Virgin Media

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LONDON: AETN UK is launching the Military History channel on Virgin Media today, available in the XL TV package.

The network, which launched in July 2008 in the U.K., features programming from ancient battles to modern-day warfare, and has a focus on military figures. Tom Davidson, the managing director of AETN UK, commented, “This is very exciting news for the continued expansion of our brands and for Virgin Media customers who enjoy our factual content. Military History is the natural home for all of our classic and current conflict programming which strikes such a strong cord with the U.K. audience.”
 
Katharine Burns, the executive director of content acquisition at Virgin Media, said: “We are delighted to add Military History to our line up of compelling documentary channels, spanning the natural world, science, engineering, history and real life. Military History will be a great new channel for all our XL TV customers.”