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| Country | Singapore, India |
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| Broadcast area | International |
| Headquarters | Asia:New Delhi America:New York City Europe:London |
| Programming | |
| Language | English |
| Picture format | 1080iHDTV (downscaled to16:9576i for theSDTV feed) |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | National Geographic Partners (Walt Disney Television) |
| Sister channels | National Geographic Nat Geo Wild National Geographic Abu Dhabi |
| History | |
| Launched | 1 November 1999; 26 years ago (1999-11-01) 1 June 2011; 14 years ago (2011-06-01) (Malaysia) 1 February 2014; 11 years ago (2014-02-01) (Turkey) 5 April 2014; 11 years ago (2014-04-05) (Germany) 31 August 2015; 10 years ago (2015-08-31) (Malaysia) 1 September 2015; 10 years ago (2015-09-01) (Romania, 1st launch) 1 October 2015; 10 years ago (2015-10-01) (Poland) 18 February 2020; 5 years ago (2020-02-18) (Romania, 2nd launch) |
| Closed | 12 September 2017; 8 years ago (2017-09-12) (Germany and Austria) 28 February 2018; 7 years ago (2018-02-28) (Australia) 1 July 2018; 7 years ago (2018-07-01) (Romania, 1st launch) 1 October 2019; 6 years ago (2019-10-01) (Italy) 31 May 2020; 5 years ago (2020-05-31) (Turkey) 2 July 2020; 5 years ago (2020-07-02) (SD, Brunei) 1 October 2021; 4 years ago (2021-10-01) (Middle East and Asia)[1] |
| Replaced by | Nat Geo Wild (Europe) |
| Former names | Adventure One Channel (1999-2003) Adventure One (A1) (2003–2007) Nat Geo Adventure (2007–2014) |
| Links | |
| Website | [1] MENA:[2] |
Nat Geo People (short forNational Geographic People) is an internationalpay television channel owned byNational Geographic Partners, a joint venture betweenThe Walt Disney Company (73%) and theNational Geographic Society (27%).[2] Targeted at female audiences, with programming focusing on people and cultures, the channel is available in 50 countries in both linear and non-linear formats.[3]
The channel was launched asAdventure One Channel on 1 November 1999, rebranded on 2003 asAdventure One (A1) and was later rebranded on 1 May 2007 asNational Geographic Adventure, strengthening the overall Nat Geo presence.[4] All countries adopted the change, except in Europe which instead changed A1 toNat Geo Wild.[5] Nat Geo Adventure is also a global adventure travel video and photography portal, which launched worldwide in 2009.
Nat Geo Adventure was aimed at younger audiences, providing programming based around outdoor adventure, travel and stories involving people having fun while exploring the world.
In early 2008, National Geographic Adventure Australia and Italy launched a new video sharing feature on their website called Blognotes.
In 2010, Nat Geo Adventure launched its own HD feed in Asia via AsiaSat 5.
Nat Geo Adventure Italy upgraded to HD onSky Italia on 1 February 2012, At the time of launch (0500UTC).
On 30 September 2013, it was announced that Nat Geo Adventure would be replaced byNat Geo People on 1 March 2014. This would see Nat Geo People launch in HD where currently available, as well as in linear and non-linear formats, in 50 countries internationally. The rebrand would see the channel become more female-focused, with programming to focus on people and cultures.[3]
Nat Geo People was replaced by Nat Geo Wild in Germany and Austria on 12 September 2017. The channel was closed down in Australia on 28 February 2018 with all popular TV shows moving to the National Geographic Channel. Nat Geo People in Italy closed on 1 October 2019, along with the Italian versions ofDisney XD,Disney in English,Fox Comedy andFox Animation, due to Sky Italia's deal with The Walt Disney Company Italy not being renewed. In Romania, the channel closed on 1 July 2018, but will be available again in 2020. The channel closed in Turkey on 31 May 2020. On April 27, 2021, for the 21 years of television broadcasting history, Disney and Fox Networks Group announced that Nat Geo People will be closing down and will be merging withNational Geographic Asia (which would also ceased its broadcasting two years later) on 1 October 2021, as well as a part of its winddown of traditional cable/satellite networks across Southeast Asia and Hong Kong in favor ofDisney+ (in Singapore, Hong Kong, Taiwan and the Philippines) andDisney+ Hotstar (in Southeast Asia outside Singapore and the Philippines),[1] thus the channel space once occupied by Adventure One Channel ceased to exist. The final program aired was an episode of Airport Below Zero.[citation needed]
As of 2025, Poland and Romania are the only regions where Nat Geo People is still active.
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