National Geographic Wild (European TV channel)
National Geographic Wild is a Pan-European pay television channel that features documentaries produced by the National Geographic Society. It features documentaries about nature, wildlife, natural phenomenon, and earth. The channel replaced Adventure One in Europe on 1 March 2007.[1]
| National Geographic Wild | |
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| Launched | 1 March 2007 |
| Owned by | National Geographic Society Fox Networks Group (Walt Disney Direct-to-Consumer & International) |
| Picture format | 1080i HDTV (downscaled to 16:9 576i for the SDTV feed) |
| Audience share | UK: 0.11% (April 2019, BARB) |
| Broadcast area | Europe |
| Formerly called | Nat Geo Wild (2007–2019) |
| Replaced | Adventure One (1999–2007) |
| Sister channel(s) | National Geographic 24Kitchen Fox Life Fox Netherlands Fox Sports BabyTV |
| Website | See listing below |
Availability | |
| Satellite | |
| Digiturk (Turkey) | Channel 185 (SD) Channel 385 (HD) |
| Sky (UK and Ireland) | Channel 165 (HD) Channel 839 (SD) On Demand |
| Canal Digitaal (Netherlands) | Channel 47 (HD) |
| Sky Italia (Italy) | Channel 409 (HD) Channel 459 (SD) |
| NOVA Greece (Greece) | Channel 406 |
| DigitAlb (Albania) | Channel 11 |
| Canalsat (France) | Channel 71 |
| Cyfrowy Polsat (Poland) | Channel 89 (SD) Channel 109 (HD) |
| Platforma Canal+ (Poland) | Channel 82 (HD) |
| Skylink (Czech) | Channel 125 (HD) |
| Orange (Poland) | Channel 78 (SD) Channel 86 (HD) |
| StarTimes | Channel 907 |
| Cable | |
| Ziggo (Netherlands) | Channel 204 (HD) |
| Caiway (Netherlands) | Channel 27 (HD) |
| Virgin Media (UK) | Channel 264 (SD) Channel 265 (HD) |
| RCS&RDS (Romania) | Channel 48 |
| UPC Romania | Channel 311 (Digital with DVR) Channel 51 (Digital) |
| Teledünya (Turkey) | Channel 5 (HD) |
| Multimedia Polska (Poland) | Channel 214 |
| UPC Poland | Channel 371 (SD) Channel 372 (HD) |
| Vodafone (Germany) | Channel 145, 705 (HD) Channel 445 (SD) |
| DELTA (Netherlands) | Channel 33 (HD) |
| Kabel Noord (Netherlands) | Channel 256 (SD) |
| UPC Switzerland | Channel 171 (HD) |
| SFR (Luxembourg) | Channel 150 |
| Telenet (Belgium) | Channel 355 (Flanders) Channel 345 (Brussels) |
| NOS (Portugal) | Channel 107 (SD) Channel 117 (HD) |
| Nowo (Portugal) | Channel 22 (SD) Channel 322 (HD) |
| IPTV | |
| KPN (Netherlands) | Channel 87 (HD) |
| T-Mobile (Netherlands) | Channel 83 (HD) |
| Meo (Portugal) | Channel 96 |
| Neostrada TP z telewizją (Poland) | Channel 78 |
| BT (UK) | Channel 318 (SD) Channel 374 (HD) |
| BT TV (via Now TV) | Channel 352 (SD) Channel 367 (HD) |
| TalkTalk TV (UK) | Channel 318 |
| eir Vision (Ireland) | Channel 528 (SD) Channel 544 (HD) |
| Tele2 (Netherlands) | Channel 21 (HD) |
| Vodafone (Portugal) | Channel 124 (HD) Channel 624 (SD) |
| Streaming media | |
| Sky Go (UK and Ireland) | Watch live |
| Now TV | Watch live (UK and Ireland only) |
| TVPlayer | Watch live (UK only) |
| Virgin TV Anywhere (UK) | Watch live |
| Ziggo GO (Netherlands) | ZiggoGO.tv (Europe only) |
History
The channel was launched as Nat Geo Wild on 1 March 2007, replacing Adventure One. The channel launched its own high-definition feed in the UK and Ireland on 1 April 2009.[2]
In the Netherlands, the HD feed was launched on 14 October 2010 through Caiway,[3] later followed by KPN (8 February 2011),[4] Glashart Media (14 April 2011),[5] Ziggo (1 September 2011)[6] and UPC Netherlands (1 October 2013).[7]
Nat Geo Wild was rebranded as National Geographic Wild on 1 February 2019.[8]
On 20 March 2019, The Walt Disney Company acquired 21st Century Fox, including Fox Networks Group.[9]
Logo between 2007–2019
Programming
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See also
- Nat Geo Wild
- National Geographic Channel
- National Geographic Society
References
- Robert Briel (20 February 2007). "Nat Geo goes Wild". BroadbandTVNews.com.
- Julian Clover (25 March 2009). "Nat Geo goes Wild in HD". Broadband TV News.
- "Uitbreiding aantal HD-zenders Caiway" (in Dutch). Digitale Kabeltelevisie. 9 October 2010.
- "Nat Geo Wild in HD TV pakket van KPN" (in Dutch). HDTV Nieuws. 8 February 2011.
- Robert Briel (14 April 2011). "Glashart voegt StarTV en NatGeo HD toe" (in Dutch). Broadband TV Nieuws.
- "Ziggo komt per 1 september met meer HD zenders" (in Dutch). HDTV Nieuws. 27 June 2011. Archived from the original on 23 October 2017. Retrieved 28 September 2012.
- Jarco Kriek (25 September 2013). "UPC biedt grootste HD-aanbod in Nederland" (in Dutch). Totaal TV.
- Timo Niemeier (31 January 2019). "Rebranding: Aus Nat Geo Wild wird National Geographic Wild" (in German). DWDL.de.
- New Disney Registration Statement
External links
- Official Website Denmark
- Official Website Greece & Cyprus
- Official Website Romania
- Official Website Russia
- Official Website Turkey
- Official Website Ukraine
- Official Website United Kingdom & Ireland
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