National Geographic (TV network)
National Geographic (TV network)
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| National Geographic | |
|---|---|
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| Launched | January 12, 2001 (2001-01-12) |
| Owned by | National Geographic Television & Film (25%) 21st Century Fox (75%) |
| Picture format | 480i, 576i (SDTV) 720p, 1080i (HDTV) |
| Slogan | Always wonder. (2001–2005) Live Curious. (2005–2007) Think again. (2007–2009) Dare to Explore. (2009–2012) This is Who We Are. (2012–2016) Further. (2016–present) |
| Country | United States |
| Broadcast area | Worldwide |
| Headquarters | Manhattan, New York City, New York |
| Formerly called | National Geographic Channel (2001–2016) |
| Sister channel(s) | Nat Geo Wild |
| Website | Channel.NationalGeographic.com |
Availability | |
| Satellite | |
| DirecTV | Channel 276 (HD/SD) Channel 1276 (VOD) |
| Dish Network | Channel 197 Channel 9429 |
| DigitAlb | 75 (HD only) |
| Cable | |
| Available on many cable providers | Check local listings |
| IPTV | |
| Verizon FiOS | Channel 621 (HD) Channel 121 (SD) |
| AT&T U-verse | Channel 265 Channel 1265 |
| HuronTel Digital TV | Channel 370 |
| Streaming media | |
| Sling TV | Internet Protocol television |
| PlayStation Vue | Internet Protocol television |
| DirecTV Now | Internet Protocol television |
National Geographic (formerly National Geographic Channel and also commercially abbreviated and trademarked as Nat Geo or Nat Geo TV) is an American digital cable and satellite television network and flagship channel that is owned by National Geographic Partners, majority-owned by 21st Century Fox with the remainder owned by the National Geographic Society.
The flagship channel airs non-fiction television programs produced by National Geographic and other production companies. Like History and Discovery Channel, the channel features documentaries with factual content involving nature, science, culture, and history, plus some reality and pseudo-scientific entertainment programming. Its primary sister network worldwide, including the United States, is Nat Geo Wild, which focuses on animal-related programming, including the popular Dog Whisperer with Cesar Millan.
As of February 2015, National Geographic is available to approximately 86,144,000 pay television households (74% of households with television) in the United States.[1]
Contents
1 Overview
2 TV shows
3 Theme fanfare music
4 Other National Geographic US channels
4.1 National Geographic Channel HD
4.2 Nat Geo Wild
4.3 Nat Geo People
4.4 Nat Geo Mundo
5 Controversy and criticism
6 See also
7 References
8 External links
Overview[edit]
In the United States, the National Geographic Channel, launched on January 12, 2001, is a joint venture of National Geographic Television & Film and Fox Cable Networks. National Geographic provides programming expertise and the Fox Networks Group provides its expertise on distribution, marketing, and advertising sales.
National Geographic Channel logo (2005–2016)
The ’90s: The Last Great Decade, a documentary series narrated by Rob Lowe, pulled in 1.10 million viewers, and was the second highest-rated July telecast in the National Geographic Channel rating history. The 2000s: A New Reality, also narrated by Lowe, premiered on July 12, 2015.[2]
On November 14, 2016, National Geographic Channel was rebranded as simply National Geographic, dropping the "Channel" from its name.
On December 14, 2017, in a deal valued at over $52 billion, The Walt Disney Company announced it will buy the majority of 21st Century Fox. Disney would assume control of Fox's stake in the National Geographic partnership.[3]
TV shows[edit]
National Geographic Channel's TV shows, in alphabetical order:
- Abandoned
- Access 360° World Heritage
- Air Crash Investigation
- Alaska State Troopers
- American Chainsaw
- American Colony: Meet the Hutterites
- American Genius
- American Gypsies
- American Weed
- America's Lost Treasures
- Amish: Out of Order
- Ancient Secrets
Apocalypse 101[4]
- Are You Tougher Than a Boy Scout?
- Battleground Afghanistan
- Beast Hunter
- Bid & Destroy
- Big, Bigger, Biggest
- Big Picture with Kal Penn
- Bizarre Dinosaurs
- The Boonies
- Border Wars
- Brain Games
- Breakout
Building Wild[5]
- Cesar 911
- Chasing UFOs
- Construction Zone
- Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey
- Crowd Control
- Diggers
- Dino Autopsy
- Dino Death Match
- Dino Death Trap
- Dinosaurs Decoded
- Dogs with Jobs
- Doomsday Castle
- Doomsday Preppers
- Drugged
- Drugs, Inc.
- Drain the Oceans
- Duck Quacks Don't Echo
- Eat: The Story of Food
- Expedition Wild Week
- Explorer
- Eyewitness War
- Family Beef
- Family Guns
- Forecast: Disaster
- Genius
- Going Ape
- Hacking The System
- Hard Time
- Hell on the Highway
- Highway Thru Hell
- Inside the American Mob
- Inside Combat Rescue
- Inside: Secret America
- Inside: Thirumala Tirupathi
- Kentucky Justice
- Lawless Oceans
- The Legend of Mick Dodge
- Let it Ride
- Life After Dinosaurs
- Life Below Zero
- Life Hacker
- The Link
- Live Free or Die
- Locked Up Abroad
- Lords of War
- Mars
- Megastructures
- Meltdown
- Mountain Movers
- Mudcats
- The Numbers Game
- ’’Origins: The Journey of Humankind
- ”One Strange Rock”
- ”Polygamy, USA’’
- Port Protection
- Remote Survival
- Richard Hammond's Engineering Connections
- Rocket City Rednecks
- Scam City
- Science of Stupid
- Seconds From Disaster
- Sky Monsters
- Snake Salvation
- Southern Justice
- StarTalk
- The Story of God with Morgan Freeman
- The Story of Us with Morgan Freeman
- Supercars
- SuperCroc
- Taboo
- To Catch A Smuggler
- The '80s: The Decade that Made Us
The '90s: The Last Great Decade?
(also entitled The '90s: The Decade that Connected Us)- The 2000s: The Decade We Saw It All
- The Truth Behind
- T-Rex Autopsy
- T-Rex Walks
- Ultimate Airport Dubai
- Ultimate Dino Survivor
- Ultimate Factories
- Ultimate Survival Alaska
- When Crocs Ate Dinosaurs
- Wicked Tuna
- Wicked Tuna: Outer Banks
- Wild Amazon
- Wild Justice
- Witness: Disaster
- WW2 Hell Under the sea
- You Can't Lick Your Elbow
- Yukon Gold
- Yukon River Run
Theme fanfare music[edit]
The National Geographic Channel's signature theme fanfare music, which is played at the beginning of many of the channel's television programs, was composed by Elmer Bernstein. It was originally written in 1964 for the Society's television specials, which were broadcast on CBS, ABC, PBS and NBC from 1964 until the early 2000s.
Other National Geographic US channels[edit]
National Geographic Channel HD[edit]
The United States 720p high definition simulcast of the National Geographic Channel launched in January 2006. It is available on all major cable and satellite providers.
Nat Geo Wild[edit]
Nat Geo Wild (stylized as Nat Geo WILD or abbreviated as NGW) is a cable/satellite TV channel focused on animal-related programs. 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 was launched in United States on March 29, 2010, focusing primarily on wildlife and natural history programming.
Nat Geo People[edit]
Nat Geo People, formerly known as National Geographic Adventure and Adventure One (A1), commonly known as Nat Geo Adventure, is a subscription TV channel part of National Geographic Channels International and 21st Century Fox. It is aimed at younger audiences, providing programming based around outdoor adventure, travel and stories involving people having fun while exploring the world.
Nat Geo Mundo[edit]
| Nat Geo Mundo | |
|---|---|
| Launched | 2011 (2011) |
| Owned by | National Geographic Society |
| Slogan | So easy and convenient |
| Country | United States |
| Language | Spanish |
| Broadcast area | Nationwide |
Availability | |
| Cable | |
| Available on most other U.S. cable systems | Consult your local cable provider for channel availability |
| IPTV | |
| Verizon FiOS | Channel 1584 |
| Streaming media | |
| PlayStation Vue | Internet Protocol television |
Nat Geo Mundo is broadcast in American Spanish, and was launched in 2011.[6] It shares programming with the Nat Geo Channel available in Hispanic American countries.
For the International channels, click here.
Controversy and criticism[edit]
In 2013, the network began airing the reality show Are You Tougher Than a Boy Scout?. National Geographic Channel was criticized for their association with the Boy Scouts of America, an organization which, until a vote in May of that year that overturned its ban, had forbidden openly gay members.[7]
Archaeologists have protested that National Geographic shows such as Diggers and Nazi War Diggers promote the looting and destruction of archaeological sites by promoting the work of metal detecting souvenir hunters and collectable dealers.[8] In 2013 the National Geographic Channel set off a firestorm of controversy with its reality show Diggers. Professional archaeologists from the Society for Historical Archaeology, the largest scholarly group concerned with the archaeology of the modern world (A.D. 1400–present), roundly criticized the network for promoting the theft of cultural materials on public and private land.[9] The show Nazi War Diggers was accused of showing unscientific and disrespectful handling of human remains. A promotional quote from a military relic dealer, "I feel that by selling things that are Nazi-related and for lots of money, I am preserving things that museums don't want to deal with," was removed from the channel's website in March 2014. National Geographic expressed regret for how the series was presented by its own website but maintained that many of the accusations against the series were based on misinformation.[10] The program was subsequently pulled from the schedules while National Geographic reviewed allegations against the series.[11] The show was repackaged, amid controversy, as Battlefield Recovery for air during 2016 on Channel 5 in the UK.[12]
See also[edit]
- List of documentary television channels
- List of programs broadcast by National Geographic Channel
- National Geographic Abu Dhabi
- National Geographic Channel (Asia)
- National Geographic (Australia and New Zealand)
- National Geographic (Canadian TV channel)
- National Geographic Channel (France)
- National Geographic Channel (Germany)
- National Geographic Channel (Greece)
- National Geographic Channel (India)
- National Geographic Channel (Netherlands)
- National Geographic Channel (South Korea)
- National Geographic Channel (UK and Ireland)
- National Geographic Farsi
- Nat Geo People
References[edit]
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^ Gabrielle Pantera. "Nat Geo Channel The 2000s, Rob Lowe Narrates the Naughties". HollywoodDailyStar.com. Retrieved July 12, 2015.
^ "The Walt Disney Company To Acquire Twenty-First Century Fox, Inc., After Spinoff Of Certain Businesses, For $52.4 Billion In Stock" (Press release). The Walt Disney Company. December 14, 2017. Archived from the original on December 14, 2017. Retrieved December 14, 2017.
^ https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2716082/?ref_=ttep_ep_tt
^ https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2903156/?ref_=ttep_ep_tt
^ "National Geographic Launches Nat Geo Mundo, New Network For Multi-Generational And Bicultural U.S. Latinos". April 4, 2011. Archived from the original on July 1, 2011. Retrieved July 6, 2011.
^ Wong, Curtis (January 24, 2013). "Boy Scout Reality Series Deemed Anti-Gay 'Marketing Ploy' By LGBT Activists". Huffington Post.
^ " 'Diggers,' 'American Digger' TV Shows Said To Promote Looting Of Archaeological Sites, Huffington Post, March 2, 2012
^ "National Geographic's Diggers: is it better?". Society for Historical Archaeology. Retrieved 13 July 2016.
^ "TV Series is Criticized in Handling of Deceased", New York Times, March 28, 2014
^ "'Nazi War Diggers' television show scrapped by National Geographic after furious viewers complain about insensitive historians excavating Second World War graves". Daily Mail Online.
^ Guy Walters, Katherine Rushton (8 January 2016). "Channel 5 accused of disrespecting war dead after showing TV series Nazi War Diggers that was already scrapped by other stations for being 'tasteless and ghoulish'". Daily Mail. Retrieved 4 August 2016.
External links[edit]
- National Geographic Channel U.S.A.
- National Geographic Channel UK
- National Geographic Channel Russia
- National Geographic Channel India
- National Geographic Channel Australia
- National Geographic Channel Netherlands
National Geographic Channel Iran (in Persian)
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Gilbert Melville Grosvenor, Chairman Emeritus (since 2010) Jean Case, Chairman (since 2016) Gary Knell, President and CEO (since 2014) | ||
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