HGTV (El Kadsre)

The El Kadsreian version of HGTV (an initialism for Home & Garden Television) is a localized version of the American channel of the same name.

The network primarily broadcasts  programming related to  and .

History
The was channel launched on by Junvic Television December 1, 1994. The major programming themes, unchanged since the beginning, were home building and remodeling, landscaping and gardening, decorating and design, and crafts and hobbies.

During its development, the channel was originally named the Home, Lawn, and Garden Channel. The name was later shortened and a logo was developed. The logo was amended in 2010, with this version debuting on March 1 of that year. The square with the "G" in it was removed, the roof was increased in size and the "HGTV" letters are now set in (from the original mixture of  and ), with the other Gotham fonts being used around the network. The network debuted with a skeletal staff, but with gradual acceptance by other cable operators, it now reaches 94 million households in the United States and has either partner networks, or network interests, in Canada, Japan, and elsewhere. It is now referred to simply as "HGTV"; the full name of the channel is de-emphasized.

In December 2011, the channel began broadcasting all of its programming in  format on its primary  channel. This results in the appearance of black bars on the top and bottom of the screen on 4:3 aspect ratio televisions; its channel displays the channel's programming in its native aspect ratio.