National Geographic (Portuguese TV channel)

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National Geographic
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Country Portugal
Broadcast area Portugal
Angola
Mozambique
Cape Verde
Barbados
Headquarters Madrid, Spain
Programming
Picture format 1080i HDTV
(downscaled to 16:9 576i for the SDTV feed)
Ownership
Owner The Walt Disney Company Portugal
ParentThe Walt Disney Company Iberia S.L.
Sister channels Nat Geo Wild
Star Channel
Star Comedy
Star Life
Star Crime
Star Movies
24Kitchen
BabyTV
History
LaunchedJanuary 2001
Links
Website http://www.natgeo.pt/

National Geographic is a Portuguese pay television channel that features documentaries produced by the American channel of the same name, owned by The Walt Disney Company Portugal. [1] It competes with other widely available cable channels, the Discovery Channel and Odisseia.

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