Classica was owned by Unitel, a distributor of filmed classical music performances also headquartered in Germany.

A Dutch version, available in the Netherlands and Flanders, was originally launched as Brava NL on 1 July 2009.

Stingray acquired Brava (along with its sister channel Djazz TV) on 31 July 2015.

On 1 December 2015, the Dutch version of Brava replaced Cultuur 7 in Belgium (which Stingray acquired earlier in October 2015) in its former channel slot.

[8][9] After Stingray and Bell Canada expanded television distribution deal in May 2018,[10] the channel (along with Stingray's other TV channels) was made available to Bell Fibe TV subscribers in August 2018.