National Geographic (Scandinavian TV channel)

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National Geographic
Walt Disney Direct-to-Consumer & International)
History
LaunchedSeptember 1997
Links
Website[1]
[2]
Availability
Terrestrial
Boxer (Sweden)Channel 66 (HD)
RiksTV (Norway)Channel 17
Televarpið (Faeroe Islands)Channel 189
Digital terrestrial (Finland)Channel 20

National Geographic Channel is a Nordic free-to-air television channel broadcasting documentaries and related programmes to the Nordic countries.

The National Geographic was launched in Scandinavia in September 1997 when BSkyB launched the

The Computer Channel between 6 and 8 p.m. and Sky News the remaining time. The broadcasting hours has since then been extended and as of 2006 the channel is broadcasting from noon to 6 a.m., showing CNBC Nordic
in the morning.

Programmes and continuity has English audio, with subtitles in Swedish, Finnish, Danish and Norwegian. Advertising has sound in different languages.

The channel is carried on most digital cable networks in the region, including

TDC Kabel TV and Com Hem. Initially it was only available on satellite from Canal Digital, but it launched on the Viasat
satellite platform on 15 August 2006.

In the digital terrestrial networks the channel has been available from the launch of the

Faeroe Islands
. The channel is not available in the Finnish terrestrial network.

The sister channel

Adventure One had moderate carriage for some time in Scandinavia. Adventure One was replaced by Nat Geo Wild in some cable networks in 2007. On 24 February 2009, Nat Geo Wild was launched on the Viasat satellite platform.[1] It had then already launched on the Swedish Com Hem network on 8 January 2009.[2]

The

National Geographic Channel HD was launched into the Nordic region on the Canal Digital platform on 1 April 2007. In January 2008, the HD channel was launched on the Viasat platform.[3] It came to Com Hem in Sweden on 23 May 2008.[4]

On 13 May 2009 special feeds of the channel for the Danish and Norwegian markets were launched.[5][6]

References

  1. ^ "Viasat Sänder Nat Geo Wild" (Press release). Viasat. 5 February 2009. Archived from the original on 3 May 2009.
  2. ^ "Ny naturkanal: Nat Geo Wild" (Press release). Com Hem. 8 January 2009.
  3. ^ "Viasat lanserar HDTV och två HDTV-kanaler" (Press release). Viasat. 15 January 2008. Archived from the original on 3 May 2009.
  4. ^ "Com Hem lanserar Eurosport HD och National Geographic Channel HD" (PDF) (Press release). Com Hem. 23 May 2008.
  5. ^ National Geographic Channel – Change of transponder - Denmark
  6. ^ National Geographic Channel – Change of transponder - Norway