National Geographic Channel is a Nordic

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broadcasting documentaries and related programmes to the Nordic countries. The National Geographic was launched in Scandinavia in September 1997 when BSkyB launched the

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channel, carrying National Geographic between 8 p.m. and 2 p.m. (CET) with The Computer Channel between 6 and 8 p.m. and Sky News the remaining time. The broadcasting hours has since then been extended and as of 2006 the channel is broadcasting from noon to 6 a.m., showing

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in the morning. Programmes and continuity has English audio, with subtitles in

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and

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. Advertising has sound in different languages. The channel is carried on most digital cable networks in the region, including

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and

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. Initially it was only available on satellite from

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, but it launched on the Viasat satellite platform on 15 August 2006. In the digital terrestrial networks the channel has been available from the launch of the

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platform in September 2007. In March 2008, the channel received a license to broadcast terrestrially in Sweden, but its launch has been postponed. It is also available terrestrially on the

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. The channel is not available in the Finnish terrestrial network. The sister channel Adventure One had moderate carriage for some time in Scandinavia. Adventure One was replaced by

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in some cable networks in 2007. On 24 February 2009, Nat Geo Wild was launched on the Viasat satellite platform. It had then already launched on the Swedish

network on 8 January 2009. The National Geographic Channel HD was launched into the Nordic region on the

platform on 1 April 2007. In January 2008, the HD channel was launched on the Viasat platform. It came to Com Hem in Sweden on 23 May 2008. On 13 May 2009 special feeds of the channel for the Danish and Norwegian markets were launched.National Geographic Channel – Change of transponder - Norway
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