National Geographic | |
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Launched | 1 August 1998 |
Owned by |
National Geographic Television & Film 21st Century Fox (Fox Networks Group) News Corporation (STAR TV and Fox International Channels) |
Picture format |
576i (SDTV) 16:9 1080i (HDTV) |
Slogan | "Further" |
Language | English |
Broadcast area | Asia |
Headquarters | Head office Mumbai, Hong Kong Studios and production facility: 1 Fusionopolis Link, #03-01 Nexus @ One-North, Singapore 138542 |
Formerly called |
National Geographic Channel (1 August 1998-November 2016) |
Replaced |
NBC Asia (1 January 1994-31 July 1998) |
Sister channel(s) |
Nat Geo People Nat Geo Wild National Geographic Abu Dhabi |
Website | MENA: [2] |
Availability
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Satellite | |
Astro (Malaysia) |
Channel 553 (SD) Channel 573 (HD) |
D-Smart (Turkey) |
Channel TBA |
Tata Sky (India) |
Channel 551 (SD) Channel 552 (HD) |
TrueVisions (Thailand) |
Channel 569 (SD) Channel 558 (HD) |
Indovision (Indonesia) |
Channel 202 (SD) Channel 450 (HD) |
Cignal Digital TV (Philippines) |
Channel 141 (SD) Channel 240 (HD) |
G Sat (Philippines) |
Channel 20 |
Dream Satellite TV (Philippines) |
Channel 28 |
CBTV Sat (China) |
Channel 306 |
HKC Sat, Cable TV Hong Kong (Hong Kong) |
Channel 52 (SD) Channel 252 (HD) |
DishHD (Taiwan) |
Channel 190 |
Dialog TV (Sri Lanka) |
Channel 39 (SD) Channel 78 (HD) |
Lippo Vision TV (Indonesia) |
Channel TBA |
OrangeTV (Indonesia) |
Channel 801 |
Top TV (Indonesia) |
Channel 202 |
Topas TV (Indonesia) |
Channel TBA |
Yes TV (Indonesia) |
Channel 444 |
SKYNET (Myanmar) | Channel 66 |
4TV DTH (Myanmar) |
Channel 46 (SD) Channel 65 (HD) |
GMMZ (Thailand) | Channel 391 (SD) Channel 422 (HD) |
beIN (Middle East & North Africa) |
Channel 100 (HD) |
DishTV (India) |
Channel 51 (HD) |
Transvision (Indonesia) |
Channel 250 (HD) |
Sun Direct TV (India) |
Channel 61 (HD) |
Airtel Digital TV (India) |
Channel 5341 |
OSN (Middle East & North Africa) |
Channel 513 |
Cable | |
First Media (Indonesia) |
Channel 110 (SD) Channel 361 (HD) |
SkyCable / Destiny Cable (Philippines) |
Channel 41 (Digital) Channel 171 (SD) Channel 723 (HD) Channel 55 (Analog) |
Pioneer Cable Vision Incorporated (PCVI) (Philippines) |
Channel 26 |
Cablelink (Philippines) |
Channel 62 (SD) Channel 331 (HD) |
TrueVisions (Thailand) |
Channel 569 (SD) Channel 558 (HD) |
UCS (Bangladesh) |
Channel 30 |
FDI Digital Cable (India) |
Channel 500 |
IndosatM2 (Indonesia) |
Channel 126 |
Macau Cable TV (Macau) |
Channel 402 (SD) Channel 419 (HD) |
Jogja Medianet (Indonesia) |
Channel ??? |
Asianet Digital TV (India) |
Channel 403 |
Max3 (Indonesia) |
Channel 140 |
Parasat Cable TV (Philippines) |
Channel 72 |
StarHub TV (Singapore) |
Channel 411 |
MediaNet (Maldives) |
Channel 400 (SD) Channel 805 (HD) |
(Vietnam) |
Channel 84 (HD) |
IPTV | |
PEO TV (Sri Lanka) |
Channel 50 |
now TV (Hong Kong) |
Channel 215 (SD) Channel 218 (HD) |
Groovia TV (Indonesia) |
Channel 61 |
IndosatM2 (Indonesia) |
Channel 10 |
PTCL Smart TV (Pakistan) |
Channel 62 |
Mio TV (Singapore) |
Channel 201 Channel 203 (HD) |
M2V Mobile TV (Indonesia) |
Channel 10 |
NBC Asia | |
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Launched | 1 January 1994 |
Closed | 31 July 1998 (Renamed by Nat Geo) |
Owned by | General Electric |
Picture format | 576i (SDTV) |
Broadcast area | Asia-Pacific |
National Geographic (Nat Geo Asia, was formerly known as NBC Asia from 1 January 1994 until 31 July 1998) is a 24-hour Asian subscription television channel that features non-fiction, factual programming involving nature, science, culture and history, produced by the National Geographic Society, just like History and the Discovery Channel.
It was launched on 1 January 1994 by the partnership and distribution with STAR TV, Fox International Channels, and now Fox Networks Group is a Hong Kong-based pan-Asian satellite network owned by Rupert Murdoch's 21st Century Fox a replacing the NBC Asia channel on 1 August 1998. As of 2008[update], the Asian version of National Geographic Channel is available in over 56 million homes. NGC Asia has six different channels feeds.
On 1 January 1994, NBC it was officially launched to grand inaugurated a pay television channel in Asia called NBC Asia available in Indonesia, Australia, New Zealand, Fiji, Cayman Islands, Micronesia, British Virgin Islands, India, Japan, Malaysia, Singapore, Brunei, Vietnam, South Korea, People's Republic of China, Hong Kong, Macau, Republic of China, Thailand and Philippines at how many of 20-countries of the Asia it like of NBC Europe, NBC Asia featured most of NBC programs as well as NBC Nightly News (a flagship daily evening primetime television news program for NBC News), The Tonight Show, Saturday Night Live and Late Night. Like its European counterpart, it could not broadcast United States-produced primetime shows due to rights restrictions. It also had NBC Sports for the latest action in selected sporting events such: NFL on NBC (a subsidiary of NFL), MLB on NBC (a subsidiary of MLB), NBA on NBC (a subsidiary of NBA) and NHL on NBC (a subsidiary of NHL). During weekday evenings, NBC Asia had a regional evening news program. It occasionally simulcast some programs from CNBC Asia and MSNBC.