National Geographic Wild is a

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English-language Category B

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owned by

Corus Entertainment Corus Entertainment Inc. is a Canadian mass media company. Formed in 1999 as a spin-off from Shaw Communications, it has prominent holdings in the radio, publishing, and television industries. It is headquartered at Corus Quay in Toronto, Onta ...

and

National Geographic Global Networks National Geographic Global Networks (formerly National Geographic Channels Worldwide and National Geographic Channels International) is a business unit within National Geographic Partners (a joint venture between The Walt Disney Company and the Nat ...

. The channel airs programming devoted to wildlife, nature, and animals.

History

In April 2010,

Canwest Canwest Global Communications Corporation, which operated under the corporate name Canwest, was a major Canadian media conglomerate based in Winnipeg, Manitoba, with its head offices at Canwest Place. It held radio, television broadcasting an ...

(the majority owner and operator of the Canadian version of National Geographic Channel) had requested the

Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC; french: Conseil de la radiodiffusion et des télécommunications canadiennes, links=) is a public organization in Canada with mandate as a regulatory agency for broadcasti ...

(CRTC) to add the U.S. version of

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 Disney Company (73%) and the National Geographic Society (27%). T ...

to the list of available foreign channels permitted to broadcast in Canada. Both

High Fidelity HDTV High Fidelity HDTV was a Canadian licensed television broadcaster specializing in HD content. The company was founded in 2003 by co-founders John Panikkar and Ken Murphy, both of whom have been involved in the Canadian broadcasting industry for m ...

(the owner of Oasis HD) and CTV Speciality Television Inc. (the major owner of the Canadian version of

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) sent letters to CRTC to oppose the request because they considered Nat Geo Wild to be competitive with Oasis HD and Animal Planet. Canwest was acquired by

Shaw Communications Shaw Communications Inc. is a Canadian telecommunications company which provides telephone, Internet, television, and mobile services. Headquartered in Calgary, Alberta, Shaw provides home telecommunications services primarily in Alberta and ...

later that year. The CRTC denied the application on February 15, 2011. In October 2011, NGC Channel Inc. (a company owned by Shaw and National Geographic Channel in the U.S.) put forth its own application to the CRTC in order to launch a Canadian version of Nat Geo Wild. The licence was approved by the CRTC on April 13, 2012. Neither High Fidelity HDTV nor

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voiced a concern about Nat Geo Wild competing with their services. On April 30, 2012, Shaw released a statement that the Canadian version of Nat Geo Wild was scheduled to be launched on May 7, 2012. The channel was launched in

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and high definition. Bell Aliant Fibe TV is the only provider no to carry the channel. On April 1, 2016, Shaw Media was sold to

. Nat Geo Wild was rebranded as National Geographic Wild in 2019.

Logo

Nat Geo Wild Canada.svg, Logo used from 2012 to 2019

Programming

Noted series

* '' Dr. Oakley, Yukon Vet'' * ''

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'' * '' The Incredible Dr. Pol'' * ''

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 st ...

'' * ''

Zoo Diaries ''Zoo Diaries'' is a Canadian documentary television series airing on Life Network. The series documents the live of animals and people at a zoo with a record of breeding endangered species. 74 episodes have been produced since 2000 by DocuTainmen ...

References

External links

* {{National Geographic English-language television stations in Canada Digital cable television networks in Canada Television channels and stations established in 2012 Corus Entertainment networks National Geographic (American TV channel) 2012 establishments in Canada