National Geographic (Asian TV channel)

National Geographic
National Geographic
Broadcast area	Asia
Headquarters	Head office Mumbai, Hong Kong; Studios and production facility:; 1 Fusionopolis Link, #03-01 Nexus @ One-North, Singapore 138542
Programming
Language(s)	English; Chinese; Japanese
Picture format	1080i HDTV; (downscaled to 16:9 480i/576i for the SDTV feed)
Ownership
Owner	Disney Networks Group Asia Pacific; (Disney International Operations)
Sister channels	Nat Geo People (closed); Nat Geo Wild; Star Chinese Movies; Fox Life (closed); Fox Crime (closed); FX (closed); Fox (closed); Fox Sports (closed); Fox News Channel; Channel V (closed); Fox Movies (closed); Fox Action Movies (closed); Fox Family Movies (closed); Disney Channel (March 20, 2019 - October 1, 2021); Disney Junior (2019 - 2021); Disney XD (2019 - January 1, 2021);
History
Launched	January 1, 1994; 30 years ago
Closed	September 30, 2021; 3 years ago (Transvision and Unifi TV feeds, Indonesia and Malaysia); October 1, 2021; 3 years ago (Biznet Home feed, Indonesia)
Replaced by	TechStorm (Unifi TV)
Former names	NBC Asia (1994–1998); National Geographic Channel (1998–2016)
Links
Website	natgeotv.com/asia
Availability
Satellite
Astro (Malaysia)	Channel 551 (HD)
Kristal-Astro (Brunei)	Channel 551 (HD)

The National Geographic Channel, also known as Nat Geo, is an Asian subscription television channel. It has non-fiction, programming involving nature, science, culture, and history. These programs are made by the National Geographic Society, just like Educational Broadcasting System, History Channel, the Discovery Channel and British Broadcasting Corporation.

History

The channel was launched on August 1, 1994 in partnership with STAR TV. Star TV is a Hong Kong-based satelite television service for Asia and the Pacific. It is owned by Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation. Nat Geo replaced the NBC Asia channel on July 1, 1998. As of 2008^[update], the Asian version of National Geographic Channel was available in over 56 million homes. NGC Asia has eight different channels feeds.

Operating Channels

National Geographic Channel Asia - This channel has a bilingual feed with English and Cantonese in selected programs only.
National Geographic Channel India - This channel has a bilingual feed with English and Hindi in selected programs only.
National Geographic Channel Korea - With Korean subtitles.
National Geographic Channel Japan - This channel has a bilingual feed with English and Japanese in selected programs only.
National Geographic Channel MENA - Simulcast from NGC Asia from 11:00 P.M. to 5:00 A.M. HK Time.
National Geographic Channel Philippines - Same with Asia feed with local advertisement.
National Geographic Channel Taiwan - With Traditional Chinese subtitles.
National Geographic Channel Israel - With Hebrew subtitles.
National Geographic Channel HD Asia

Related pages

National Geographic Channel

References

Other websites

National Geographic Channel Asia Archived 2010-03-29 at the Wayback Machine
National Geographic Channel Hong Kong Archived 2009-12-12 at the Wayback Machine
National Geographic Channel Taiwan Archived 2014-05-17 at the Wayback Machine
National Geographic Channel Korea Archived 2010-02-06 at the Wayback Machine
National Geographic Channel India Archived 2012-05-11 at the Wayback Machine
National Geographic Channel Middle East
National Geographic Channel Japan
National Geographic Channel China Archived 2006-08-20 at the Wayback Machine
National Geographic Channel Israel