National Geographic (British and Irish TV channel)
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National Geographic is a British
It is owned by a company called the "NGC-UK Partnership", which initially was jointly owned by the
This includes an English-language version for the United Kingdom, Ireland, Malta and Iceland. It also includes Dutch, Italian, Norwegian and Turkish speaking channels among others. The channel's musical signature is the Elmer Bernstein composed theme that has also appeared on the National Geographic broadcast-TV specials.
Company
The channel is owned by the NGC-UK Partnership, which was formed in 1997 as a joint venture between National Geographic Television & Film, a division of the National Geographic Society and British Sky Broadcasting through its Sky Ventures division. The NGS provides programming expertise, while BSkyB provides its expertise on distribution, marketing, commercial and advertising sales. The partnership builds and operates National Geographic channels and services across Europe. It is headquartered in London. In December 2006, News Corporation purchased 25 percent of the Society's stake in the company. This meant that BSkyB owned half company, while the National Geographic Society and News Corp held 25 percent share each.[1] In December 2007, BSkyB sold its stake in the partnership to the Fox Entertainment Group,[2][3] through its Fox Networks Group subsidiary.
HD feed
The channel launched its own high-definition feed on 22 May 2006 on
Programmes
- Air Crash Investigation
- Ape Man
- Banged Up Abroad
- Be the Creature
- Big Bang
- Britain's Greatest Machines with Chris Barrie
- Built for the Kill
- Car S.O.S.
- Doomsday Preppers
- Drain the Oceans
- End Day
- Escape Tech
- Explorations Powered by Duracell
- Explorer
- Family Guns
- Gordon Ramsay: Uncharted
- Gospel of Judas
- Highway Thru Hell
- Hollywood Science
- Hunter Hunted
- Interpol Investigates
- Is It Real?
- Living Wild
- Megacities
- Megafactories
- MegaStructures
- Mysteries of the Deep
- Naked Science
- No Borders
- Planet Football
- Planet Mechanics
- Predators at War
- Rough Trades
- Scam City
- Science of the Bible
- Seconds From Disaster
- Situation Critical
- Storm Stories
- Strange Days on Planet Earth
- Strippers: cars for cash
- Taboo
- The Dog Whisperer
- The Living Edens
- Thrill Zone
- Thunder Beasts
- Totally Wild
- Trading Faces
- What Would Happen If...?
- Wicked Tuna
- World of Wildlife
Continuity / Voiceovers
Rob Jarvis, who is well known as Eddie in Hustle is one of the two main male promo voices for this channel, along with Adam Longworth from XFM radio station.
See also
- National Geographic Channel
- National Geographic Channel Australia & New Zealand
- List of National Geographic Channel programs
- National Geographic Society
References
- ^ News Corp · 10-Q · For 12/31/06
- ^ British Sky Broadcasting Group PLC · 6-K · For 2/6/08
- ^ Press Release – British Sky Broad. – Interim Results, RNS Number:3830N, British Sky Broadcasting Group PLC, 6 February 2008
- ^ "Virgin Media and Channel 4 bring 4HD to millions of TV screens". Virgin Media. 29 July 2009.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "UPC Ireland introduces HD". Broadband TV News. 5 August 2009.
- ^ "National Geographic Channel HD becomes Simulcast". Sky Programme Information. 25 November 2010.
External links
- Official site
- Official site Ireland[permanent dead link] (previously active)
- National Geographic Channels International