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National Geographic (other)
*''National Geographic'' is the official journal of the National Geographic Society. National Geographic or NatGeo may also refer to: * National Geographic Society, an American non-profit scientific and educational institution * National Geographic Partners, a for-profit media and travel company * List of National Geographic cover stories, Cover stories from to * National Geographic Global Networks, formerly National Geographic Channels, the cable channel company of National Geographic Partners operating the following channels: ** National Geographic (American TV channel) ** National Geographic (Asian TV channel) ** National Geographic (Australian and New Zealand TV channel) ** National Geographic (British and Irish TV channel) ** National Geographic (Canadian TV channel) ** National Geographic (Dutch TV channel) ** National Geographic (French TV channel) ** National Geographic (German TV channel) ** National Geographic (Greek TV channel) ** National Geographic (Indian T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Geographic
''National Geographic'' (formerly ''The National Geographic Magazine'', sometimes branded as ''Nat Geo'') is an American monthly magazine published by National Geographic Partners. The magazine was founded in 1888 as a scholarly journal, nine months after the establishment of the society, but is now a popular magazine. In 1905, it began including pictures, a style for which it became well known. Its first color photos appeared in the 1910s. During the Cold War, the magazine committed itself to present a balanced view of the physical and human geography of countries beyond the Iron Curtain. Later, the magazine became outspoken on environmental issues. Until 2015, the magazine was completely owned and managed by the National Geographic Society. Since 2015, controlling interest has been held by National Geographic Partners. Topics of features generally concern geography, history, nature, science, and world culture. The magazine is well known for its distinctive appearance: a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Geographic (Dutch TV Channel)
National Geographic is a Dutch free-to-cable television channel that features documentaries produced by the National Geographic Society. It features some programming similar to that on the Discovery such as nature, science, culture, and history documentaries. The channel launched in the Netherlands in 1998 and initially time shared with CNBC Europe. It was later launched worldwide including in Asia and the United States. Today, the channel is available in over 145 countries, seen in more than 160 million homes and in 25 languages. History ''National Geographic Channel'' launched in the Netherlands on 1 July 1998. It replaced NBC Europe, formerly known as ''NBC Super Channel'' and ''Super Channel''. At the start ''National Geographic Channel'' time shared with ''CNBC Europe''. In 2006 NBCUniversal sold its 25% shares to the News Corporation but it took 3 years before National Geographic Channel became a 24 hours channel. On 1 December 2009 ''CNBC Europe'' ceased airing in the mor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Geographic (Scandinavian TV Channel)
National Geographic Channel is a Nordic free-to-air television channel broadcasting documentaries and related programmes to the Nordic countries. The National Geographic was launched in Scandinavia in September 1997 when BSkyB launched the Sky News & Documentaries 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 CNBC Nordic in the morning. Programmes and continuity has English audio, with subtitles in Swedish, Finnish, Danish and Norwegian,Russian. Advertising has sound in different languages. The channel is carried on most digital cable networks in the region, including TDC Kabel TV and Com Hem. Initially it was only available on satellite from Canal Digital, but it launched on the Viasat satellite platform on 15 August 2006. In the digital terre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Geographic (Portuguese TV Channel) ...
National Geographic is a Portuguese pay television channel that features documentaries produced by the National Geographic Society, owned by The Walt Disney Company Portugal. It competes with other widely available cable channels, the Discovery Channel and Odisseia. References {{Authority control Portuguese-language television stations Television channels and stations established in 2001 Television stations in Portugal Portugal Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic, is a country on the Iberian Peninsula in Southwestern Europe. Featuring Cabo da Roca, the westernmost point in continental Europe, Portugal borders Spain to its north and east, with which it share ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Geographic (Indian TV Channel)
National Geographic (also known as Nat Geo) is an Indian pay television channel owned by the National Geographic Global Networks unit of Disney Entertainment and National Geographic Partners, a joint venture between The Walt Disney Company (73%) and the National Geographic Society (27%). The distribution and broadcasting within the Indian market is now managed under the JioStar, a joint venture between Viacom18 and Disney India. It mainly telecasts features non-fiction, documentaries involving nature, science, culture, and history, produced by the original American network It was broadcast in seven languages (English, Hindi, Kannada, Malayalam, Telugu, Tamil and Bengali). A HD version of the channel, National Geographic HD was launched on 20 February 2010 . Shows The channel broadcast the following shows: * Air Crash Investigation * Gordon Ramsay Uncharted * Gourmet goes tribal * Banged Up Abroad * India's Mega Kitchens * Airport Security Colombia * Airport security Madrid ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Geographic (Greek TV Channel)
National Geographic is a subscription television network, launched in Greece in 2001 by the Fox Networks Group. The channel features documentaries with factual content involving nature, science, culture, and history. Shows can be watched in English with Greek subtitles. For the first 12 years, the channel was available only to the subscribers of Nova satellite bouquet. During the 2000s, foreign versions used to be available (Dutch & Romanian), but as from September 2011, the channel has been fully relaunched in Greek. Programmes on National Geographic * Air Crash Investigation *Banged Up Abroad * Big, Bigger, Biggest *Bite Me *Britain's Greatest Machines * Dog Whisperer with Cesar Millan *Great Migrations *Hooked * Hunter Hunted * Is It Real? *Lockdown * Mad Labs *Megacities in Judge Dredd *Megafactories *Megastructures * Mysteries of the Bible *Mysteries of the Deep * Mystery Files * Naked Science *Shark Men *Stonehenge Decoded *Storm Stories * Strange Days on Planet Earth *Tabo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Geographic (German TV Channel)
National Geographic is a German pay television channel dedicated to documentaries and factual programmes. The channel was launched on 1 November 2004 on Kabel Deutschland's digital platform, broadcasting 24 hours per day from the start. The channel also launched on other cable networks such as Unitymedia, Kabel BW, and UPC Cablecom On 16 May 2009, National Geographic Channel replaced Discovery Geschichte on the Premiere satellite platform. This was followed by the launch of the German Nat Geo Wild when it replaced Animal Planet on Premiere on 1 July, a few days before Premiere was rebranded and became Sky Deutschland. National Geographic Channel HD was also launched on Sky in July 2009. Distribution of the Nat Geo People program derivative was discontinued in German-speaking countries as of September 12, 2017. On December 1, 2022 it was announced that the National Geographic Channel and Nat Geo Wild would be dropped from Sky Deutschland by the end of January 2023. The channel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Geographic (French TV Channel)
National Geographic is a French television channel that broadcasts documentaries and factual programmes produced by the American counterpart, in French. It was launched on 22 September 2001 on CanalSatellite and cable television. In 2014, National Geographic became a free channel on French IPTV platforms, but it become again a Canal exclusive in 2018. Since 1 January 2025, the channel, along with National Geographic Wild, Disney Channel and Disney Jr. are no longer available on Canal+ due to the non-renewal of its exclusive agreement with Disney. National Geographic and Disney Channel returned to the basic offers of Orange and Free, while National Geographic Wild and Disney Junior have become unavailable in France. References External links Official website Television stations in France French-language television stations Television channels and stations established in 2001 2001 establishments in France France France, officially the French Republic, is a co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Geographic (Canadian TV Channel)
National Geographic (formerly National Geographic Channel) is a Canadian English language television channel owned by Corus Entertainment. It is a licensed version of the eponymous American cable television channel. It features documentary and human interest programming that explores the natural world. The service, like its international counterparts, is based on '' National Geographic Magazine''. Programming Programming includes specials and theme weeks such as 'Pharaoh's Week' and 'Shark Week'. The programs broadcast revolve around the following topics: wildlife, history, science and technology, people and culture, and travel and adventure. History In November 2000, Alliance Atlantis (on behalf of a corporation to be incorporated) was granted approval by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) to launch a national English-language Category 2 specialty television service called National Geographic Channel. It was described as a service that ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Geographic Society
The National Geographic Society, headquartered in Washington, D.C., United States, is one of the largest nonprofit scientific and educational organizations in the world. Founded in 1888, its interests include geography, archaeology, natural science, the promotion of environmental protection, environmental and historical preservation, historical conservation movement, conservation, and the study of civilization, world culture and World history (field), history. The National Geographic Society's logo is a yellow page orientation, portrait frame—rectangular in shape—which appears on the Margin (typography), margins surrounding the front covers of its magazines and as its television channel logo. Through National Geographic Partners (a joint venture with The Walt Disney Company), the Society operates the National Geographic, magazine, National Geographic Global Networks, TV channels, a website, worldwide events, and other media operations. Overview The National Geographic S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Geographic (British And Irish TV Channel)
National Geographic is a British pay television channel that features documentaries. It is a localized version of the original namesake American channel. It features some programming similar to that on the Discovery Channel such as nature and science documentaries. The channel was launched in Europe in September 1997 and time shared initially with the failing NBC Europe until NBC Europe's demise in 1998, at which point it began timesharing with Fox Kids (in the UK, replacing the failed first iteration of Sky 2); with analogue transmission of the channel ending, and the sale of Fox Kids to Disney, timesharing was eventually superseded by 24-hour broadcasting. It was later launched worldwide including in Asia and the United States. Today, the channel is available in over 143 countries, seen in more than 160 million homes and in 25 languages. It is owned by a company called the "NGC-UK Partnership", which initially was jointly owned by the National Geographic Society and British ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Geographic (Australian And New Zealand TV Channel)
National Geographic Oceania was a subscription television documentary network in Oceania that featured programmes on subjects such as nature, science, culture and history, plus some reality television and pseudo-scientific entertainment programming. It was the Oceanian version of the National Geographic Channel Asia Pacific. From 2020 to 2023, it was the only Disney-owned network in Oceania (alongside Nat Geo Wild, ESPN and Baby TV) and to broadcast as a linear television channel, with the Disney Channel and Disney Junior having been shut down in favour of the streaming service Disney+. Overview Many of the network's documentaries are produced by the U.S. counterpart, It features some programming similar to that on the Discovery Channel and History, such as nature and science documentaries. The channel is available through Foxtel, Optus (through Foxtel), and Fetch TV in Australia, and on Sky and Vodafone TV (through Sky) in New Zealand. Its advertising sales are handled by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
