Nat Geo Wild
Global television channel focused on wildlife programming of National Geographic / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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National Geographic Wild (shortened as Nat Geo Wild and abbreviated NGW) is a global pay television network owned by National Geographic Partners, a joint venture between The Walt Disney Company (73%) and the National Geographic Society (27%).[2] The channel primarily focuses on wildlife and natural history non-fiction programming. It is a sister network to National Geographic TV.
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| Country | Hong Kong India Singapore United Kingdom United States United Arab Emirates Egypt |
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| Broadcast area | Asia Europe United States Middle East & Africa |
| Headquarters | Washington, D.C. |
| Programming | |
| Language(s) | English Spanish Arabic Hindi Tamil Telugu |
| Picture format | International: 1080i HDTV (downscaled to 16:9 480i/576i for the SDTV feed) United States: 720p HDTV (downscaled to letterboxed 480i for the SDTV feed) |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | The Walt Disney Company |
| Parent | National Geographic Partners (Disney Entertainment) |
| Sister channels | |
| History | |
| Launched | 21 August 2006; 17 years ago (21 August 2006) (Asia) 1 March 2007; 16 years ago (1 March 2007) (Europe, Middle East & Africa) 9 September 2008; 15 years ago (9 September 2008) (France) 14 October 2007; 15 years ago (14 October 2007) (Italy) 31 July 2009; 14 years ago (31 July 2009) (India) July 2009; 14 years ago (July 2009) (Romania) 1 November 2009; 13 years ago (1 November 2009) (Latin America) 15 November 2009; 13 years ago (15 November 2009) (Australia) 29 March 2010; 13 years ago (29 March 2010) (United States) 30 August 2010; 13 years ago (30 August 2010) (Malaysia) 9 September 2011; 12 years ago (9 September 2011) (Turkey) 1 October 2011; 11 years ago (1 October 2011) (Japan) 4 October 2011; 11 years ago (4 October 2011) (Spain) 7 May 2012; 11 years ago (7 May 2012) (Canada) |
| Replaced | Adventure One (UK) Fox Reality Channel (United States) Love Nature (Malaysia) |
| Closed | January 31, 2021; 2 years ago (2021-01-31) (Japan) March 1, 2021; 2 years ago (2021-03-01) (SD feed, Malaysia) September 23, 2021; 2 years ago (2021-09-23) (Transvision feed, Indonesia) October 1, 2021; 23 months ago (2021-10-01) (Biznet Home feed, Indonesia) March 31, 2022; 17 months ago (2022-03-31) (Latin America) October 1, 2022; 11 months ago (2022-10-01) (Italy, Russia & Belarus) February 1, 2023; 7 months ago (2023-02-01) (Malaysia) 28 February 2023; 6 months ago (2023-02-28) (Allente, (Scandinavia)) April 1, 2023; 5 months ago (2023-04-01) (Australia & New Zealand) [1] September 30, 2023; 4 days' time (2023-09-30) (Southeast Asia, Hong Kong, Korea & Taiwan) |
| Availability | |
| Terrestrial | |
| Nex Parabola (Indonesia) | Channel 202 |
| evotv (Croatia) | Channel 108 |
| Digita (Finland) | Channel 84 (SD) |
| GOtv (Sub-Saharan Africa) | Channel 51 |
| DStv (Sub-Saharan Africa) | Channel 182 |
| AzamTV (East Africa) | Channel 184 |
| StarTimes (Africa) | Channel 221 |
| Zuku TV (Kenya) | Channel 420 |
| Sky (UK and Ireland) | Channel 165 Channel 841 (HD) |
| Virgin Media (UK) | Channel 182 (HD) |
| Streaming media | |
| Service(s) | YouTube TV, Hulu + Live TV, FuboTV, Vidgo, Sling TV |
| Sky Go (UK) | Watch live (UK and Ireland, and Europe only) |
The channel first launched in Hong Kong on 1 January 2006.[3] It later launched in the United Kingdom, Turkey, Ireland, Romania, India, Vietnam, and Poland replacing the now defunct Adventure One. The channel remains the world's first bilingual wildlife service, available in English and Cantonese in the Hong Kong market as well as Tagalog in The Philippines. It launched in Latin America on 1 November 2009 as a high definition channel. In 2010, it launched in the United States.
As of February 2015[update], approximately 57,891,000 American households (49.7% of households with television) receive Nat Geo Wild.[4]