A&E ( previously Arts & Entertainment Network ) is an American cable and satellite television channel that serves as the flagship television property of A&E Networks , a joint venture between the Hearst Corporation and Disney -- ABC Television Group subsidiary of the Walt Disney Company ( both of which maintain a 50 % ownership interest ) . The number is a mathematical constant that is the base of the natural logarithm : the unique number whose natural logarithm is equal to one .
A&E is an Australian channel only.