National Geographic (Indian TV channel)

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National Geographic
Natgeologo.svg
Country India
Broadcast area India
Bangladesh [1]
Nepal
Sri Lanka
Network Disney Star
Programming
Language(s)
Picture format 1080i HDTV
(downscaled to letterboxed 576i for the SDTV feed)
Ownership
Owner National Geographic Partners (Disney Entertainment)
Sister channels National Geographic Wild (Indian TV channel)
Disney Star Channels
History
Launched1 July 1998
Links
Website www.natgeotv.com/in

National Geographic (also known as Nat Geo) was an Indian pay television channel owned by The Walt Disney Company India. a wholly owned by The Walt Disney Company. It mainly telecast 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).

Contents

A HD version of the channel, National Geographic HD was launched on 20 February 2010 .

Shows

The channel broadcast the following shows: [2]

Channels

On air channels

ChannelLogoSD/HD AvailabilityNotes
National Geographic Natgeologo.svg SD+HD
Nat Geo Wild National Geographic Wild logo.svg

Dissolved channels

ChannelLogoSD/HD AvailabilityDefuctNotes
Adventure One
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SD 2007
Nat Geo Adventure SD+HD 2014
Nat Geo People
New NatGeo People logo.svg
2019
Nat Geo Music
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Nat Geo Tamil 2020

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References

  1. যে ২৪ বিদেশি চ্যানেল প্রচারে বাধা নেই. Dhaka Tribune (in Bengali). 4 October 2021. Retrieved 8 June 2022.
  2. NAT GEO INDIA SHOWS