National Geographic (also known as Nat Geo) is an Indian

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channel owned by the

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National Geographic Partners National Geographic Partners, LLC is a joint venture between the Walt Disney Company (which owns 73% of the company) and the namesake non-profit scientific organization National Geographic Society (which owns 27%). The company oversees all comm ...

, a joint venture between

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(73%) and the

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(27%). The distribution and broadcasting within the Indian market is now managed under the

JioStar Disney Star (also known as JioStar), registered as JioStar India Private Limited, is an Indian media conglomerate joint venture owned with a share of 16.34% by Reliance Industries, 46.82% by Viacom18 and 36.84% by Disney India. On 14 Nove ...

, a joint venture between

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. It mainly telecasts features

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, documentaries involving nature, science, culture, and history, produced by the original American network It was broadcast in seven languages (English, Hindi,

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and

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). 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 ''Mayday'' is a Canadian documentary television program examining air crashes, near-crashes, hijackings, bombings, and other disasters. ''Mayday'' uses re-enactments and computer-generated imagery to reconstruct the sequence of events lead ...

* Gordon Ramsay Uncharted * Gourmet goes tribal *

Banged Up Abroad ''Banged Up Abroad'' (rebadged as ''Locked Up Abroad'' in Asia and the United States, and ''Jailed Abroad'' in India, for the National Geographic Channel) is a British documentary/docudrama television series created by Bart Layton that was pro ...

* India's Mega Kitchens * Airport Security Colombia * Airport security Madrid * India's Jungle Heroes * India's Incredible Rescue Ops * Primal Survivor: Mighty Mekong * Airport Security

Rome Rome (Italian language, Italian and , ) is the capital city and most populated (municipality) of Italy. It is also the administrative centre of the Lazio Regions of Italy, region and of the Metropolitan City of Rome. A special named with 2, ...

* Snakes SOS : Goa's wildest * Land of the Giants: Wild fish * Airport security Peru * Primal Survivor * Snake in the city * Airport Security Brazil * Airport Security First class * Europe from Above *

Wicked Tuna ''Wicked Tuna'' is an American reality television series about commercial tuna fishermen based in Gloucester, Massachusetts, who fish for the lucrative Atlantic bluefin tuna in the North Atlantic Ocean. The teams of fishermen battle each other to ...

* Wicked Tuna: Outer Banks *

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* Brain Games * Do or Die * Do or Die: The Animals * World's Weirdest * Genius: Picasso * Animals Gone Wild * Animal Fight Club * Deadly Game * Ultimate Animal Countdown *

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* Dirty Rotten Survival *

Science of Stupid ''Science of Stupid'' is a comedic television series on the National Geographic Channel. The British version of the show was initially hosted by Richard Hammond, later replaced by Dallas Campbell. Localised versions are produced in other territ ...

* Combat Zone * Mega Factories * China Revealed * Chain of Command * Battle of the Beasts * Monkey Thieves * Investigates * Extreme Flight

Channels

On air channels

NG Wild

NG Wild (also known as Nat Geo Wild) is an Indian pay television channel primarily focuses on wildlife and natural history non-fiction programming. It is a sister network to National Geographic Channel India.

Dissolved channels

References

External links

Official website
{{Fox Networks Group Television channels and stations established in 1998 English-language television stations in India Disney Star 1998 establishments in Maharashtra Television stations in Mumbai