Country | Greece |
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Broadcast area | Greece Cyprus |
Headquarters | Athens, Greece |
Programming | |
Language(s) | English (with Greek subtitles) Greek (only advertisements) |
Picture format | 720p HDTV (downscaled to 16:9 576i for the SDTV feed) |
Ownership | |
Owner | The Walt Disney Company Greece (Disney Entertainment) |
Sister channels | FX FX Life |
History | |
Launched | 2001 |
Former names | National Geographic Channel (2001–2016) |
Links | |
Website | www |
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.
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