National Geographic (Indian TV channel)

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National Geographic
Logo used since 2016
CountryIndia
Broadcast areaIndia
Bangladesh [1]
Nepal
Sri Lanka
Pakistan
Maldives
Programming
Language(s)
Picture format 1080i HDTV
(downscaled to letterboxed 576i for the SDTV feed)
Ownership
Owner The Walt Disney Company (73%) and the National Geographic Society (27%)
Operated by JioStar in India
Parent JioStar
Sister channels National Geographic Wild (Indian TV channel)
JioStar Channels
History
Launched1 July 1998;27 years ago (1 July 1998)
Links
Website www.natgeotv.com/in

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). [2] [3] [4] [5]

Contents

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

Shows

The channel broadcast the following shows: [6]

Sister Channels

On air channels

NG Wild

Logo used since 2020 National Geographic Wild logo.svg
Logo used since 2020

Dissolved channels

ChannelLogoSD/HD AvailabilityDefunctNotes
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
Nat Geo Music.svg
Nat Geo Tamil 2020

References

  1. যে ২৪ বিদেশি চ্যানেল প্রচারে বাধা নেই. Dhaka Tribune (in Bengali). 4 October 2021. Retrieved 8 June 2022.
  2. "National Geographic India adds Kannada feed to its language portfolio – Exchange4media". Indian Advertising Media & Marketing News – exchange4media. 28 January 2021. Retrieved 23 March 2025.
  3. "National Geographic India unveils Season 2 of #nofilter by IndiGo with Imtiaz Ali and Raghu Rai as Judges". 20 December 2024. Retrieved 23 March 2025.
  4. MBDesk1 (18 January 2025). "Nat Geo and Vivo collaborate to showcase India's lesser-known wonders in new docuseries". MediaBrief. Retrieved 23 March 2025.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  5. bureau, afaqs! news. "National Geographic India & vivo captures India's beauty in new docuseries". afaqs.com. Retrieved 23 March 2025.{{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
  6. NAT GEO INDIA SHOWS