National Geographic Wild (shortened as Nat Geo Wild and abbreviated NGW) is a global
pay television
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network owned by
National Geographic Partners
National Geographic Partners, LLC is a joint venture between The Walt Disney Company (which owns 73% of shares) and the namesake non-profit scientific organization National Geographic Society (which owns 27%). The company oversees all commercial ...
, a joint venture between
The Walt Disney Company
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(73%) and the
National Geographic Society
The National Geographic Society (NGS), headquartered in Washington, D.C., United States, is one of the largest non-profit scientific and educational organizations in the world.
Founded in 1888, its interests include geography, archaeology, and ...
(27%).
The channel primarily focuses on
wildlife
Wildlife refers to domestication, undomesticated animal species (biology), species, but has come to include all organisms that grow or live wilderness, wild in an area without being species, introduced by humans. Wildlife was also synonymous ...
and
natural history non-fiction programming. It is a sister network to
National Geographic TV.
The channel first launched in
Hong Kong
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on 1 January 2006.
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
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wildlife service, available in English and
Cantonese
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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, approximately 57,891,000 American households (49.7% of households with television) receive Nat Geo Wild.
Programming
Availability
Africa
The channel launched in
South Africa
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in mid-2009, and is available on the South African Satellite Network
DStv
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.
It was launched on Zuku TV on Channel 416.
National Geographic Wild launched on Azam TV along with National Geographic.
In July 2021, National Geographic Wild was replaced by Animal Planet on Zuku TV and given to Channel 420.
Southeast Asia
In Singapore, the channel is carried on the
StarHub TV
StarHub TV is a pay television service provided by StarHub in Singapore. It has been a subsidiary of StarHub Limited since StarHub acquired Singapore Cable Vision (SCV) in 2001, and was the sole pay-TV operator in the country until 2007 when mi ...
subscription services.
Astro
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Entertainment and media
* Astro (South Korean band), a South Korean boy band
* Astro (UB40) (1957–2021), member of the British reggae band UB40
* Astro (Chilean band), a Chilean indie rock band
* Astro (Japanese band), ...
and
Unifi TV
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carried the channel in Malaysia with four language audio tracks included. Some shows on Nat Geo Wild are aired in Filipino (Tagalog) in the Philippines, which also have multiple languages available. Selected shows also aired on
Fox Filipino
Fox Filipino was a Philippine pay television channel focused on Philippine-produced programming from GMA Network, TV5 and Sari-Sari Channel as well as Filipino movies from GMA Pictures, entries from the Cinemalaya Philippine Independent Film F ...
(now defunct).
East Asia
In
Hong Kong
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, the channel is carried on the
Now TV
Now most commonly refers
to the present time.
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Organizations
* Natal Organisation of Women, a South African women's organization
* National Organization for Women, an American feminist organization
* No ...
subscription services. The channel launched in
South Korea
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on 16 April 2009.
In Japan, the channel launched on January 10, 2011 and its carried on the
Sky PerfecTV!
is a direct broadcast satellite (DBS) service that provides satellite television, audio programming and interactive television services to households in Japan, owned by parent company SKY Perfect JSAT Corporation
The SKY Perfect JSAT Group is ...
subscription services. The Japanese version of the channel was closed on January 31, 2021.
Middle East and North Africa
OSN and
beIN Bein (German for ''leg'') is a German and Yiddish surname and may refer to:
People
* Alex Bein, Jewish scholar
* Kazimierz Bein, Polish ophthalmologist, the founder and sometime director of the Warsaw Ophthalmic Institute
* Uwe Bein, German footbal ...
carries the channel for
Middle East and North Africa
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n viewers. The channel launched in
Israel
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on 23 July 2008.
Australia
The Asian version of the channel launched in Australia on 15 November 2009 on
Austar
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and
Foxtel
Foxtel is an Australian pay television company—operating in cable television, direct broadcast satellite television, and IPTV streaming services. It was formed in April 2018, superseding an earlier company from 1995. The service was establi ...
.
A high definition feed launched on Foxtel on 1 November 2010.
Although the HD feed was expected to launch on Austar in late 2010/early 2011, the channel did not launch until 1 July 2012, after Foxtel acquired Austar.
On 1 February 2015, Nat Geo Wild launched on
Australian IPTV service
Fetch TV
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.
Canada
The Canadian version of Nat Geo Wild launched on 7 May 2012. Similar to
National Geographic Channel
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, this channel is controlled by
Corus Entertainment
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.
India
The channel launched in India on 31 July 2009. In 2013, a
Hindi
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audiotrack of was launched on the channel. It features 4 audio track, which are in English,
Telugu
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* Telugu language, a major Dravidian language of India
*Telugu people, an ethno-linguistic group of India
* Telugu script, used to write the Telugu language
** Telugu (Unicode block), a block of Telugu characters in Unicode
S ...
, Hindi and
Tamil
Tamil may refer to:
* Tamils, an ethnic group native to India and some other parts of Asia
**Sri Lankan Tamils, Tamil people native to Sri Lanka also called ilankai tamils
**Tamil Malaysians, Tamil people native to Malaysia
* Tamil language, nativ ...
languages.
Europe
Pan-European feed
The channel launched on 1 March 2007 in Europe,
and now reaches up to 10.5 million homes in the UK.
France
A French Nat Geo Wild was launched on 9 September 2008. Its HD feed launched on 8 November 2011. It is available in France, Belgium, Luxembourg, Switzerland, Africa and many other islands.
In France, it was exclusive of
Canalsat
Canal+ is a French subscription provider associated to the channel of the same name. It is owned by Vivendi (owner of Canal+) with a hundred percent share.
History
In 1992, Canalsatellite was launched, the shareholders were Canal+ Group (66 pe ...
and
Numericable
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. In 2014, it joined ISP offers, but in 2018 it became a
Canal+
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exclusive again.
Italy
On 14 October 2007, an Italian Nat Geo Wild was launched on
Sky Italia
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. It is also available in Switzerland. Its HD feed was launched on 1 February 2012 and a 1-hour timeshift feed on 28 September 2014. The channel shut down on October 1, 2022, alongside the National Geographic channel in Italy.
Spain
A Spanish Nat Geo Wild was launched on 1 October 2011.
Americas
The channel was launched in the United States on 29 March 2010, replacing
Fox Reality Channel
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. Providers which carried the channel at the time of its launch included
Time Warner Cable
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,
Comcast
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,
Cox Communications
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,
Verizon Fios and
AT&T U-verse
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Dish Network
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did not reach a carriage agreement at launch, but began to broadcast the channel on 19 April 2010.
DirecTV
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didn't carry the channel at the time of its launch either, but it added the channel to its lineup on 30 June. DirecTV added the HD feed on 15 August 2012.
On August 15 four exciting channels will be available in eye-popping HD!
DirecTV press release, August 15, 2012
The Latin America
Latin America or
* french: Amérique Latine, link=no
* ht, Amerik Latin, link=no
* pt, América Latina, link=no, name=a, sometimes referred to as LatAm is a large cultural region in the Americas where Romance languages — languages derived f ...
n version of the channel was launched on November 1, 2009 and ended operations on March 31, 2022, with its content moving to NatGeo, Disney+
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and Star+
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.
See also
* National Geographic TV
* National Geographic Society
The National Geographic Society (NGS), headquartered in Washington, D.C., United States, is one of the largest non-profit scientific and educational organizations in the world.
Founded in 1888, its interests include geography, archaeology, and ...
* Nat Geo People
Nat Geo People was an international pay television channel owned by National Geographic Partners, a joint venture between The Walt Disney Company (73%) and the National Geographic Society (27%). Targeted at female audiences, with programming fo ...
* List of programs broadcast by Nat Geo Wild
The following is a list of programs broadcast by Nat Geo Wild
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 ...
References
External links
Nat Geo Wild - United States
Nat Geo Wild - Australia
Nat Geo Wild - Germany
Nat Geo Wild - Poland
Nat Geo Wild - Romania
Net Geo Wild - Middle East & North Africa
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Wild
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* Wild animal
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* Wildness, the quality of being wild or untamed
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