National Geographic Farsi
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National Geographic Farsi was a free-to-air documentary channel that was originally launched on 15 October 2011,[1] and relaunched on 1 September 2017.[2] It is the official Persian language edition of the National Geographic Channel. The channel broadcast via Eutelsat W3A. The channel features broadcasts of non-fictional, documentary series, all original National Geographic shows subtitled in Farsi including Whilst the channel was aimed to be broadcast for a Persian-speaking audience in Iran, Afghanistan and Tajikistan, the channel's broadcast was based in Dubai, U.A.E.
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Country | United Arab Emirates |
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Headquarters | Dubai Media City Dubai, United Arab Emirates |
Programming | |
Language(s) | Persian |
Picture format | 1080i HDTV (downscaled to 16:9 576i for the SDTV feed) |
Ownership | |
Owner | National Geographic Society Fox Networks Group (Walt Disney Direct-to-Consumer & International) |
History | |
Launched | 15 October 2011 1 September 2017 (relaunch) |
Closed | 1 May 2013 1 January 2020 (reclosed) |
Links | |
Website | natgeotv |
Availability | |
Terrestrial | |
Oqaab (Afghanistan) | Channel 41 |
It was co-owned by the National Geographic Society/Fox Networks Group. During the channel's shutdown, the Persian edition of the National Geographic magazine, which launched later in 2012, remained in circulation.