HGTV
American cable television network
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| October 10 2024 | HGTV added to Vodafone and NOS platforms in Portugal. |
| June 2024 | Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) announced the end of licensing agreements with Corus and Bell Media for lifestyle and factual networks, transferring Canadian rights to Rogers Communications. |
| March 27 2024 | HGTV launched in Belgium via Telenet. |
| August 1 2023 | HGTV launched a second Malaysian television platform through Unifi TV, further establishing its presence in the Malaysian market. |
| July 2023 | The Washington Post covered a study revealing that HGTV's critical 'before' renovation sequences have potentially influenced homeowners to make more neutral, standardized design choices out of unease. |
| 2021 | A New Yorker feature highlighted HGTV's 26-year history of offering cheering, conflict-free programming focused on life milestones and home transformations. |
| January 21 2021 | HGTV announced plans to launch in the Netherlands through Ziggo, though the initial launch was subsequently postponed indefinitely. |
| November 2020 | HGTV planned to launch a French version of the channel on Canal+, but the channel launch was ultimately scrapped after the website was created. |
| June 30 2020 | Hogar de HGTV, a Spanish-language spin-off network of HGTV, was launched, featuring content from HGTV, Discovery, and Food Network dubbed into Spanish, along with some original Spanish-language programming. |
| January 2020 | HGTV begins broadcasting in Bulgaria following the closure of Fine Living network in the country. |
| January 21 2020 | Channel rebranded from Home to HGTV, its current form, now owned by Warner Bros. Discovery. |
| January 21 2020 | Home rebranded as HGTV, with Homes Under the Hammer being the first programme to air at 7 am. |
| January 1 2020 | HGTV launched on CHT MOD in Taiwan, expanding its distribution in the region. |
| December 2019 | Discovery, Inc. took over the HGTV channel in New Zealand, replacing the previous joint venture arrangement with Blue Ant Media. |
| June 2019 | Discovery announced that the former UKTV channel Home would be replaced by a UK version of HGTV. |
| June 6 2019 | HGTV launched its television network in Germany, broadcasting on Astra 19.2°E satellite and available free to air on Cable TV. |
| April 1 2019 | Discovery, Inc. announced acquisition of BBC's stake in Home. |
| November 20 2018 | HGTV launched in Vietnam, becoming available on VTVCab and Viettel TV, expanding the network's international presence in the Southeast Asian market. |
| October 19 2018 | HGTV launched on Sky Net Channel 67 in Myanmar, marking its international expansion into the local television market. |
| February 14 2017 | HGTV channel was made available in HD format for Fetch TV customers in Australia, improving viewing quality for subscribers. |
| January 7 2017 | HGTV launched in Poland, replacing TVN Meteo Active, after Scripps Network Interactive acquired a majority stake in TVN from Grupa ITI. This marked HGTV's first expansion into the European market, branded as HGTV Home&Garden. |
| August 24 2016 | HGTV launched on the Freeview satellite platform and on Sky in New Zealand. |
| July 1 2016 | HGTV launched in Indonesia on MNC Vision, expanding its international presence and beginning broadcasting on multiple Indonesian cable and satellite television platforms including First Media, Indihome UseeTV, MyRepublic, and Matrix Gaurda (Nex Parabola). |
| June 27 2016 | HGTV launched in New Zealand as a free-to-air channel on the Freeview terrestrial platform, initially in a joint venture with Blue Ant Media. |
| March 1 2016 | Home became available as a free-to-air linear service on Freeview, expanding its accessibility to viewers. |
| August 31 2015 | HGTV launched in Malaysia on the Astro television platform, expanding its international presence. |
| March 1 2015 | HGTV launched in the Philippines, becoming available on multiple cable platforms including Skycable, Destiny Cable, and Cignal. |
| December 2014 | HGTV Asia was first launched in Singapore via Starhub TV |
| May 2014 | HGTV canceled the planned series Flip It Forward by the Benham Brothers due to controversy surrounding their personal views on homosexuality and abortion. |
| 2013 | HGTV's standard definition feed began carrying the full 16:9 aspect ratio programming, downgraded from the HD feed in a letterboxed format. |
| 2012 | HGTV won the Dixon Award for Best TV Channel, highlighting the network's excellence in television programming. |
| June 13 2012 | HGTV representatives publicly admitted that scenes in the original House Hunters series are mostly re-creations, with final home purchase decisions often made before filming and some homes not actually being on the market. |
| 2011 | HGTV reached its peak household viewership at 100,000,000 households in the United States. |
| January 2 2011 | HGTV received the Academy of Achievement Award at the 22nd Annual Accessories Resource Team (ARTS) gala, recognizing the network's significant impact on the home and garden décor industry. |
| November 7 2010 | Carriage dispute between AT&T U-verse and Scripps Networks was resolved through a new carriage agreement, restoring the dropped channels. |
| January 21 2010 | Cablevision and Scripps reached a deal, restoring HGTV and Food Network to Cablevision's systems in the New York City area, with channels restored in other areas by the next day. |
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