Geo Television (Germany)

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Geo Television
Geo Television Logo 2014.svg
Country Germany
Broadcast area Germany, Austria
Headquarters Cologne, Germany
Programming
Language(s) German
Picture format 576i (16:9 SDTV)
1080i (HDTV)
Ownership
Owner RTL Group
Parent RTL Deutschland
Sister channels RTL
VOX
n-tv
Super RTL
RTL Zwei
Nitro
RTLup
VOXup
RTL Crime
RTL Living
RTL Passion
History
Launched8 May 2014;10 years ago (2014-05-08)
Links
Website www.geo-television.de
Logo of the HD version Logo of GEO HD.png
Logo of the HD version

Geo Television is a German-language pay-TV station of the RTL Group. It is the TV offshoot of the magazine with the same name (GEO). Geo Television focuses on reports and documentaries.

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Broadcasting

The channel started on 8 May 2014 and was distributed at the beginning only via the IPTV offer Telekom Entertain. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] Since 17 May 2017, Geo Television is also available in the cable network of Kabel Deutschland, [7] followed by Amazon Prime on 23 May 2017. [8]

Programming

Source: [9]

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  5. INFOSAT: Neuer Pay-TV-Sender Geo Television startet am 8. Mai bei „Entertain“ – Standard- und HD-Auflösung
  6. GmbH, DWDL de. "Geo Television zum Start über Entertain empfangbar". DWDL.de.
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