National Geographic Wild (European TV channel)
Pan-European pay television channel From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
National Geographic Wild is a Pan-European pay television channel that features documentaries produced by the National Geographic Society. It features documentaries about nature, wildlife, natural phenomenon, and earth. The channel replaced Adventure One in Europe on 1 March 2007.[1]
Logo used since 2019 | |
| Country | Germany |
|---|---|
| Broadcast area | Europe |
| Programming | |
| Picture format | 1080i HDTV (downscaled to 16:9 576i for the SDTV feed) |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | National Geographic Society The Walt Disney Company |
| Sister channels | National Geographic 24Kitchen Star Life Star Channel FX ESPN BabyTV Disney Channel |
| History | |
| Launched | 1 March 2007 1 July 2009 (Romania) |
| Replaced | Adventure One (1999–2007) |
| Closed | 1 October 2022 (Italy and Russia & Belarus) 1 January 2025 (France) |
| Former names | Nat Geo Wild (2007–2019) |
| Links | |
| Website | See listing below |
History
The channel was launched as Nat Geo Wild on 1 March 2007, replacing Adventure One. The Romanian version of the channel was launched on 1 July 2009 and on 30 September 2019, it launched its HD feed. The channel launched its own high-definition feed in the UK and Ireland on 1 April 2009.[2]
In the Netherlands, the HD feed was launched on 14 October 2010 through Caiway,[3] later followed by KPN (8 February 2011),[4] Glashart Media (14 April 2011),[5] Ziggo (1 September 2011)[6] and UPC Netherlands (1 October 2013).[7]
Nat Geo Wild was rebranded as National Geographic Wild on 1 February 2019.[8]
On 20 March 2019, The Walt Disney Company acquired 21st Century Fox, including Fox Networks Group.[9]
Logo between 2007–2019
Programming
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