This channel has an interesting and uncertain future. Almost everything is pointing to the status quo being maintained, i.e., History TV18 will remain confined to the AETN18 joint venture and will NOT be brought under the new merged entity when Viacom18 is brought under Disney Star, if
@SarFa bhai is correct.
However, personally I see more merit to History TV18 being brought under the Reliance/Disney merged entity and becoming a sister channel of National Geographic, Nat Geo Wild and Star Life. Then it will be able to leverage the strengths of Disney Star’s ownership, especially since A+E Networks itself is partly owned by Disney. At present, History TV18 is one of the only non-news channels owned by Network18 but not part of Viacom18, with another being Topper Channel that’s owned by Greycells18 Media.