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| Broadcast area | |
|---|---|
| Programming | |
| Picture format | 576i (SDTV),1080i (HDTV) |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | The Walt Disney Company Nordic (Walt Disney Direct-to-Consumer & International) |
| History | |
| Launched | September 1997 |
| Links | |
| Website | |
| Availability | |
| Terrestrial | |
| Boxer (Sweden) | Channel 66 (HD) |
| RiksTV (Norway) | Channel 17 |
| Televarpið (Faeroe Islands) | Channel 189 |
| Digital terrestrial (Finland) | Channel 20 |
National Geographic Channel is a Nordicfree-to-airtelevision channel broadcasting documentaries and related programmes to theNordic countries.
The National Geographic was launched in Scandinavia in September 1997 when BSkyB launched theSky News & Documentaries channel, carrying National Geographic between 8 p.m. and 2 p.m. (CET) withThe Computer Channel between 6 and 8 p.m. andSky News the remaining time. The broadcasting hours has since then been extended and as of 2006 the channel is broadcasting from noon to 6 a.m., showingCNBC Nordic in the morning.
Programmes and continuity has English audio, with subtitles inSwedish,Finnish,Danish,Norwegian, andRussian. Advertising has sound in different languages.
The channel is carried on most digital cable networks in the region, includingTDC Kabel TV andCom Hem. Initially it was only available on satellite fromCanal Digital, but it launched on theViasat satellite platform on 15 August 2006.
In the digital terrestrial networks the channel has been available from the launch of theRiksTV platform in September 2007. In March 2008, the channel received a license to broadcast terrestrially in Sweden, but its launch has been postponed. It is also available terrestrially on theFaeroe Islands. The channel is not available in the Finnish terrestrial network.
The sister channelAdventure One had moderate carriage for some time in Scandinavia. Adventure One was replaced byNat Geo Wild in some cable networks in 2007. On 24 February 2009, Nat Geo Wild was launched on theViasat satellite platform.[1] It had then already launched on the SwedishCom Hem network on 8 January 2009.[2]
TheNational Geographic Channel HD was launched into the Nordic region on theCanal Digital platform on 1 April 2007. In January 2008, the HD channel was launched on the Viasat platform.[3] It came to Com Hem in Sweden on 23 May 2008.[4]
On 13 May 2009 special feeds of the channel for the Danish and Norwegian markets were launched.[5][6]
