Nat Geo Wild

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Nat Geo Wild
Logo Nat Geo Wild.svg
Nat Geo Wild logo
Launched August 21, 2006 (Asia)[1]
March 1, 2007 (Europe, Middle East & Africa)[2]
September 9, 2008 (France)
October 14, 2007 (Italy)
July 31, 2009 (India)
July 2009 (Romania)
November 1, 2009 (Latin America)
November 15, 2009 (Australia)
March 29, 2010 (United States)
August 30, 2010 (Malaysia)
October 4, 2011 (Spain)
May 7, 2012 (Canada)[3]
Owned by Fox Networks Group Philippines
National Geographic Society
Fox Cable Networks
(21st Century Fox)
Picture format 576i (SDTV)
1080i (HDTV)
480i 16:9 letterbox format (US)
720p (HDTV US)
Slogan Think again.
Dare to Explore
Follow your instincts
Get Closer
Country Worldwide
Language English
Broadcast area Asia
Australia
Europe
Latin America
United States
Middle East & Africa
Headquarters Washington, District of Columbia
Replaced Adventure One (UK)
Fox Reality Channel (United States)
Sister channel(s) Nat Geo
Nat Geo Music
Availability
Terrestrial
5Network
(Myanmar)		 Channel 15
evotv (Croatia) Channel 108
Satellite
DStv (South Africa) Channel 182[4]
OSN (Middle East
& North Africa)		 Channel 515 (HD)
Indovision (Indonesia) Channel 204
Yes (Israel) Channel 36
Dish TV (India) Channel 471(SD)
Channel 52 (HD)
Dialog TV (Sri Lanka) Channel 45
Foxtel (Australia) Channel 616 (SD/HD)
Channel 1616 (SD)
Aora TV (Indonesia) Channel 201
TVB Network Vision (Hong Kong) Channel 71 (SD)
Channel 271 (HD)
Tata Sky (India) Channel 556 (SD)
Channel 555 (HD)
Dish Network (US) 190 (SD/HD)
Astro (Malaysia) Channel 550
Njoi (Malaysia) Channel 550
DishHD (Taiwan) Channel 6192
Skylife Channel 84 (HD)
Cignal Digital TV (Philippines) Channel 77
ZAP (Angola) Channel 126 (HD)
Videocon d2h (India) Channel 461 (SD)
Channel 462 (HD)
Sky Net (Myanmar) Channel 67 (SD)
4TV (Myanmar) Channel 15 (SD)
Channel 31 (HD)
beIN
(Middle East & North Africa)		 Channel 102 (HD)
GMMZ (Thailand) Channel 397 (SD)
Channel 423 (HD)
Verizon FiOS Channel 132 (SD)
Channel 632 (HD)
StarHub TV (Singapore) Channel 413 (SD/HD)
First Media (Indonesia) Channel 111 (SD)
Channel 361 (HD)
HOT (Israel) Channel 45 (HD 545 )
Cable TV Hong Kong (Hong Kong) Channel 50 (SD)
Channel 250 (HD)
Kbro (Taiwan) Channel 97
TOP UP TV (Thailand) Channel 7
Parasat Cable TV (Philippines) Channel 320
MediaNet (Maldives) Channel 402
Channel 805 (HD)
SkyCable (Philippines) Channel 66 (Digital)
Channel 193 (HD)
Macau Cable TV (Macau) Channel 53
Destiny Cable (Philippines) Channel 66 (Digital)
Cablelink (Philippines) Channel 57
In digital (India) Channel 291 (SD)
Channel 889 (HD) (Hindi feed)
Available on many US cable providers Check local listings
IPTV
PEO TV (Sri Lanka) Channel 57
now TV (Hong Kong) Channel 216
TrueIPTV (Thailand) Channel 18
QOOK TV (South Korea) Channel 453
AT&T U-verse Channel 1266 (HD)
Channel 266 (SD)
Mio TV(Singapore) Channel 207(HD)
Fetch TV (Australia) Channel 123
VMedia (Canada) Channel 69

Nat Geo Wild (stylized as Nat Geo WILD or abbreviated as NGW) is a cable/satellite TV channel focused primarily on wildlife and natural history programming. It is a sister network to National Geographic Channel and it is the latest channel to be jointly launched by the National Geographic Society and Fox Cable Networks.

It first launched in Hong Kong on January 1, 2006.[1] The channel 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. The channel launched in Latin America on November 1, 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.[5]

Programming

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Main article: List of programs broadcast by Nat Geo Wild

Availability

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Nat Geo Wild HD Logo

Africa

The channel launched in South Africa in mid-2009, and is available on the South African Satellite Network DSTV.[6]

Southeast Asia

In Singapore, the channel is carried on the StarHub TV subscription services. Astro carried the channel in Malaysia with four languages audio tracks included. Some shows in Nat Geo Wild are aired in Filipino (Tagalog) in the Philippines which is also as a Multiple Language Available and it's selected shows also aired on Fox Filipino.

East Asia

In Hong Kong, the channel is carried on the Now TV subscription services. The channel launched in South Korea on April 16, 2009.

Middle East & North Africa

OSN and beIN carries the channel for Middle East and North African viewers. The channel also launched in Israel on July 23, 2008.

Australia

The Asian version of the channel launched into Australia on November 15, 2009 on Austar and Foxtel.[7]

A high definition feed launched on Foxtel on November 1, 2010.[8] Although the HD feed was expected to launch on Austar in late 2010/early 2011, the channel did not launch until July 1, 2012 after Foxtel acquired Austar.[9]

On February 1, 2015, Nat Geo Wild launched on Australian IPTV service Fetch TV.[10][11]

Canada

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The Canadian version of Nat Geo Wild launched on May 7, 2012. Similar to National Geographic Channel, this channel is controlled by Shaw Media.[12]

India

The channel launched in India on July 31, 2009. It is available on all leading Satellite and Digital Cable operators. In 2013, Hindi audio feed of Nat Geo Wild was launched. As of 2014, Nat Geo Wild is available in more than 90% of Indian households.

Europe

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The channel launched on March 1, 2007 in Europe,[2] and now reaches up to 10.5 million homes in the UK via subscription providers Sky and Virgin Media. In Ireland it has more than 500,000 viewers on its UPC Ireland service and Sky Digital.

Americas

The channel launched in the United States on March 29, 2010, replacing Fox Reality Channel.[13][14] Providers that carried it at launch include Time Warner Cable, Comcast, Cox Communications, Verizon Fios and AT&T U-verse. Dish Network did not reach a carriage agreement at launch, but began to broadcast the channel on April 19, 2010. DirecTV didn't carry it at launch either, but added it on June 30, 2010. Dish Network, Time Warner Cable, Cablevision, Brighthouse Networks, Verizon FiOS, and AT&T U-verse carry the channel in 720p high definition. DirecTV added the HD feed on August 15, 2012.[15] The Latin American version of the channel launched on November 1, 2009.

See also

References

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  14. ↑ Nat Geo Wild official website
  15. ↑ On August 15 four exciting channels will be available in eye-popping HD! DirecTV press release, August 15, 2012

External links

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