National Geographic (also known as Nat Geo) is an Indian pay television channel owned by the National Geographic Global Networks unit of Disney Entertainment and National Geographic Partners, a joint venture between The Walt Disney Company (73%) and the National Geographic Society (27%). The distribution and broadcasting within the Indian market is now managed under the JioStar, a joint venture between Viacom18 and Disney India. It mainly telecasts non-fiction, documentaries involving nature, science, culture, and history, produced by the original American network It broadcasts in seven languages (English, Hindi, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam, Tamil and Bengali).[2][3][4][5]
 Logo used since 2016 | |
| Country | India |
|---|---|
| Broadcast area | India Bangladesh[1] Nepal Sri Lanka Pakistan Maldives |
| Programming | |
| Languages | |
| Picture format | 1080i HDTV (downscaled to letterboxed 576i for the SDTV feed) |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | The Walt Disney Company (73%) and the National Geographic Society (27%) Operated by JioStar in India |
| Parent | JioStar |
| Sister channels | National Geographic Wild JioStar channels |
| History | |
| Launched | 1 July 1998 |
| Links | |
| Website | www |
A HD version of the channel, National Geographic HD was launched on 20 February 2010.
Shows
editThe channel broadcast the following shows:[6]
- Air Crash Investigation
- Airport Security Brazil
- Airport Security Colombia
- Airport Security First Class
- Airport security Madrid
- Airport Security Peru
- Airport Security Rome
- Animal Fight Club
- Animals Gone Wild
- Banged Up Abroad
- Battle of the Beasts
- Brain Games
- Chain of Command
- China Revealed
- Combat Zone
- Deadly Game
- Dirty Rotten Survival
- Do or Die
- Do or Die: The Animals
- Europe from Above
- Extreme Flight
- Genius: Picasso
- Gordon Ramsay: Uncharted
- Gourmet Goes Tribal
- India's Incredible Rescue Ops
- India's Jungle Heroes
- India's Mega Kitchens
- Investigates
- Land of the Giants: Wild Fish
- Monkey Thieves
- Primal Survivor
- Primal Survivor: Mighty Mekong
- Science of Stupid
- Snakes in the City
- Snakes SOS: Goa's Wildest
- Taboo
- Ultimate Animal Countdown
- Mega Factories
- Wicked Tuna
- Wicked Tuna: Outer Banks
- World's Weirdest
Sister channels
editOn air channels
editNational Geographic Wild
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Dissolved channels
edit| Channel | Logo | SD/HD Availability | Defunct | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adventure One |  |
SD | 2007 | |
| Nat Geo Adventure | SD+HD | 2014 | ||
| Nat Geo People |  |
2019 | ||
| Nat Geo Music |  |
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| Nat Geo Telugu | 2020 | |||
| Nat Geo Tamil |
References
edit- ↑ যে ২৪ বিদেশি চ্যানেল প্রচারে বাধা নেই. Dhaka Tribune (in Bengali). 4 October 2021. Archived from the original on 8 June 2022. Retrieved 8 June 2022.
- ↑ "National Geographic India adds Kannada feed to its language portfolio – Exchange4media". Indian Advertising Media & Marketing News – exchange4media. 28 January 2021. Retrieved 23 March 2025.
- ↑ "National Geographic India unveils Season 2 of #nofilter by IndiGo with Imtiaz Ali and Raghu Rai as Judges". 20 December 2024. Retrieved 23 March 2025.
- ↑ MBDesk1 (18 January 2025). "Nat Geo and Vivo collaborate to showcase India's lesser-known wonders in new docuseries". MediaBrief. Retrieved 23 March 2025.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ↑ "National Geographic India & vivo captures India's beauty in new docuseries". afaqs.com. Retrieved 23 March 2025.
- ↑ NAT GEO INDIA SHOWS. natgeotv.com.