National Geographic is a subscription television network, launched in Greece in 2001 by the
Fox Networks Group
Fox Networks Group (FNG) is a subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company that oversees international television assets that were acquired from 21st Century Fox. It produces and distributes more than 300 entertainment, film, sports and factual channe ...
. The channel features documentaries with factual content involving
nature
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,
science
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Science may be as old as the human species, and some of the earli ...
,
culture
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, and
history
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. Shows can be watched in English with
Greek
Greek may refer to:
Greece
Anything of, from, or related to Greece, a country in Southern Europe:
*Greeks, an ethnic group.
*Greek language, a branch of the Indo-European language family.
**Proto-Greek language, the assumed last common ancestor ...
subtitles.
For the first 12 years, the channel was available only to the subscribers of
Nova satellite bouquet. During the 2000s, foreign versions used to be available (Dutch & Romanian), but as from September 2011, the channel has been fully relaunched in Greek.
Programmes on National Geographic
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Banged Up Abroad
''Banged Up Abroad'' (rebadged as ''Locked Up Abroad'' in Asia and the United States, and ''Jailed Abroad'' in India, for the National Geographic Channel) is a British documentary/ docudrama television series created by Bart Layton that was pro ...
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Big, Bigger, Biggest
*Bite Me
*Britain's Greatest Machines
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Dog Whisperer with Cesar Millan
''Dog Whisperer with Cesar Millan'' is a reality television series that featured dog trainer Cesar Millan's work with problem dogs. After nine seasons, the series finale aired on September 15, 2012.
Episodes of ''Dog Whisperer with Cesar Millan ...
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Great Migrations
*Hooked
*
Hunter Hunted
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Is It Real?
''Is It Real?'' is an American television series that originally aired from April 25, 2005 to August 14, 2007 on the National Geographic Channel. The program examines popular or persistent mysteries to determine whether the featured cryptozoolog ...
*
Lockdown
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The term is used for a prison ...
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Mad Labs
*Megacities in Judge Dredd
*Megafactories
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Megastructures
''Megastructures'' is a documentary television series appearing on the National Geographic Channel in the United States and the United Kingdom, Channel 5 in the United Kingdom, France 5 in France, and 7mate in Australia.
Each episode is an ed ...
*
Monkey Thieves
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Mysteries of the Bible
*Mysteries of the Deep
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Mystery Files
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Naked Science
*Shark Men
*Stonehenge Decoded
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Storm Stories
''Storm Stories'' is an American non-fiction television series that airs on The Weather Channel (TWC) and Zone Reality. It is hosted and narrated by meteorologist and storm tracker Jim Cantore. ''Storm Stories'' showcases various types of severe ...
*
Strange Days on Planet Earth
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Taboo
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*The Dark Side of Hippos
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The Living Edens
*Thrill Zone
*Thunder Beasts
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Totally Wild
''Totally Wild'' is an Australian children's television series which premiered on Network 10 on 12 July 1992. The series aired on 10 Peach from 2013 to 2020, and 10 Shake from 2020 to 2021. It had a current affairs program format, and did sto ...
*Wild Russia
*World of Wildlife
Programmes on Nat Geo Wild
Other National Geographic channels in Greece
National Geographic Music
National Geographic Music was a subscription television network which broadcast documentaries concerning 'the meeting between music and culture' around the world. It was available in Greece only in
Cosmote TV
Cosmote TV is the corporate name for two pay television services in Greece, owned by Greek telecommunication operator OTE. The two services are as follows:
*Cosmote TV via OTT – Streaming platform
*Cosmote TV via Satellite – Satellite tele ...
and in
OnTV. It stopped broadcasting in 2011 around the world, including Greece.
Nat Geo Wild
National Geographic Wild is a subscription television network which broadcasts documentaries about natural wildlife and wildlife history, with a focus on natures most fierce predators. It is available in
Cosmote TV
Cosmote TV is the corporate name for two pay television services in Greece, owned by Greek telecommunication operator OTE. The two services are as follows:
*Cosmote TV via OTT – Streaming platform
*Cosmote TV via Satellite – Satellite tele ...
,
Vodafone TV and in
Nova Greece
Nova Telecommunications S.M.S.A. is a telecommunications company in Greece which provides broadband, television and fixed telephony. It also offers satellite services in Cyprus. It is traded on the Athens Exchange until its delisting in 2021.
I ...
and in Cyprus it is available on
Nova Cyprus, Cablenet and on CytaVision.
National Geographic HD
National Geographic HD (NGC HD) in Greece is a
720p
720p (1280×720 px; also called HD ready, standard HD or just HD) is a progressive HDTV signal format with 720 horizontal lines/1280 columns and an aspect ratio (AR) of 16:9, normally known as widescreen HDTV (1.78:1). All major HDTV broadcast ...
high definition simulcast of the National Geographic in Greece. It launched on 22 December 2010. It is available in
Cosmote TV
Cosmote TV is the corporate name for two pay television services in Greece, owned by Greek telecommunication operator OTE. The two services are as follows:
*Cosmote TV via OTT – Streaming platform
*Cosmote TV via Satellite – Satellite tele ...
,
Vodafone TV and in
Nova Greece
Nova Telecommunications S.M.S.A. is a telecommunications company in Greece which provides broadband, television and fixed telephony. It also offers satellite services in Cyprus. It is traded on the Athens Exchange until its delisting in 2021.
I ...
and in Cyprus it is available on
Nova Cyprus, Cablenet and on CytaVision.
Nat Geo Wild HD
Nat Geo Wild HD in Greece is a
720p
720p (1280×720 px; also called HD ready, standard HD or just HD) is a progressive HDTV signal format with 720 horizontal lines/1280 columns and an aspect ratio (AR) of 16:9, normally known as widescreen HDTV (1.78:1). All major HDTV broadcast ...
high definition simulcast of the Nat Geo Wild in Greece. It launched on 17 March 2011 and is available in
Cosmote TV
Cosmote TV is the corporate name for two pay television services in Greece, owned by Greek telecommunication operator OTE. The two services are as follows:
*Cosmote TV via OTT – Streaming platform
*Cosmote TV via Satellite – Satellite tele ...
,
Vodafone TV and in
Nova Greece
Nova Telecommunications S.M.S.A. is a telecommunications company in Greece which provides broadband, television and fixed telephony. It also offers satellite services in Cyprus. It is traded on the Athens Exchange until its delisting in 2021.
I ...
and in Cyprus it is available on
Nova Cyprus, Cablenet and on CytaVision.
See also
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FX Greece
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Fox Life Greece
Fox Life is a Greek pay-television channel owned by the Fox Networks Group, which launched on 1 December 2008. The network also broadcasts to Cyprus, doing so since 15 October 2012.
The program includes foreign series such as ''Grey's Anatomy'', ...
External links
National Geographic Greece official site
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Television channels in Greece
Television channels and stations established in 2001