Nat Geo Wild | |
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Nat Geo Wild logo
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Launched | August 21, 2006 (Asia) March 1, 2007 (Europe, Middle East & Africa) 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) |
Owned by |
National Geographic Society News Corporation 21st Century Fox (STAR TV and Fox International Channels) |
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 |
Hong Kong Singapore Australia United Kingdom United States United Arab Emirates |
Language |
English Arabic |
Broadcast area |
Asia Australia Europe Latin America United States Middle East & Africa |
Headquarters | Washington, District of Columbia |
Formerly called |
Adventure One (UK) Fox Reality Channel (United States) |
Replaced |
Adventure One (UK) Fox Reality Channel (United States) |
Sister channel(s) |
National Geographic Channel Nat Geo People National Geographic Abu Dhabi |
Website | MENA: [2] |
Availability
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Terrestrial | |
5Network (Myanmar) |
Channel 15 |
evotv (Croatia) | Channel 108 |
Digita (Finland) | Channel 84 (SD) |
Satellite | |
DStv (South Africa) | Channel 182 |
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) |
Tata Sky (India) | Channel 712 (SD) Channel 711 (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 142 |
ZAP (Angola) | Channel 126 (HD) |
Videocon d2h (India) | Channel 461 (SD) Channel 462 (HD) |
Sky Net (Myanmar) | Channel 67 (SD) |
4TV DTH (Myanmar) | Channel 18 (SD) Channel 66 (HD) |
beIN (Middle East & North Africa) |
Channel 102 (HD) |
Good TV (Thailand) | Channel 54 (HD) |
Dish Home (Nepal) | Channel 414 (SD) |
Canal Digital (Finland) | Channel 22 (HD) |
Cable | |
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) |
Sky Cable (Philippines) | Channel 66 (Digital) Channel 193 (HD) |
Macau Cable TV (Macau) | Channel 420 (HD) |
Destiny Cable (Philippines) | Channel 66 (Digital) Channel 102 (Analog) |
Cablelink (Philippines) | Channel 57 |
Surigao Cable TV (Philippines) | Channel 42 |
In digital (India) | Channel 291 (SD) Channel 889 (HD) (Hindi feed) |
Available on many US cable providers | Check local listings |
IPTV | |
Verizon FiOS | Channel 132 (SD) Channel 632 (HD) |
PEO TV (Sri Lanka) | Channel 57 |
now TV (Hong Kong) | Channel 216 (SD/HD) |
QOOK TV (South Korea) | Channel 125 |
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 |
Streaming media | |
PlayStation Vue | Internet Protocol television |
Sling TV | Internet Protocol television |
Foxtel Go | Channel 616 |
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. 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.
The channel launched in South Africa in mid-2009, and is available on the South African Satellite Network DSTV.