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Unsure. I know we haven't had cable/sat for six years now and haven't looked back. Sure, I miss the history channel from time to time, but the only time we watch TV is for superbowl, etc. The rest of the time we stream through netflix or amazon, so we went from $150 or so a month to 7.00 for amazon prime and 8.00 netflix.

I don't think we're alone, which gets to your point about how many people are out there. How would you even begin to measure that number?

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If you miss the history channel of six years ago, trust me, you're not missing anything now.

Right. It doesn't exist, so I don't see the point in mourning.

I've found netflix's offering of old History channel programs to be pretty good. They are from the heyday of The History Channel (late 90s, early 2000s) when HC was making high production-quality shows that were actually about history. It's better than the live channel content.

It may be limited in how much content it has, but I've been watching it on and off for a few months and I still have a lot left.

I would recommend the old HC shows to anyone remotely interested in history. The 13 part mini-series on the US revolutionary war is the pinnacle of depth and production-value that you just can't find anywhere else, especially not on live TV. National Geographic also has high-quality stuff, but I have explored it less.

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