National Geographic Channel (Asia)

National Geographic
Launched 1 August 1998
Owned by National Geographic Television & Film
21st Century Fox
(Fox Networks Group)
Picture format 576i (SDTV)
Slogan "Further"
Language English
Arabic
Broadcast area Asia
Headquarters Head office Mumbai, Hong Kong
Studios and production facility:
1 Fusionopolis Link, #03-01 Nexus @ One-North, Singapore 138542
Formerly called NBC Asia
(1 January 1994-31 July 1998)
Replaced NBC Asia
(1 January 1994-31 July 1998)
Sister channel(s) Nat Geo People
Nat Geo Wild
National Geographic Abu Dhabi
Website


MENA:
Availability
Satellite
Malaysia Astro
(Malaysia)		 Channel 553
Turkey D-Smart
(Turkey)		 1 December
India Tata Sky
(India)		 Channel 551
Thailand TrueVisions
(Thailand)		 Channel 569
Indonesia Indovision
(Indonesia)		 Channel 202
Philippines Cignal Digital TV
(Philippines)		 Channel 76
Philippines G Sat
(Philippines)		 Channel 20
Philippines Dream Satellite TV
(Philippines)		 Channel 28
China CBTV Sat
(China)		 Channel 306
Hong Kong HKC Sat, Cable TV Hong Kong
(Hong Kong)		 Channel 52 (SD)
Channel 252 (HD)
Taiwan DishHD
(Taiwan)		 Channel 190
Sri Lanka Dialog TV
(Sri Lanka)		 Channel 39
Indonesia Lippo Vision TV
(Indonesia)		 Channel TBA
Indonesia OrangeTV
(Indonesia)		 Channel 801
Indonesia Top TV
(Indonesia)		 Channel 202
Indonesia Topas TV
(Indonesia)		 Channel TBA
Indonesia Yes TV
(Indonesia)		 Channel 444
Myanmar SKYNET (Myanmar) Channel 66
Myanmar 4TV
(Myanmar)		 Channel 47
Thailand GMMZ Thailand Channel 391
Qatar beIN
MENA		 Channel 100 (HD)
Cable
Indonesia First Media
(Indonesia)		 Channel 110
Philippines SkyCable / Destiny Cable
(Philippines)		 Channel 41 (Digital)
Channel 171
Philippines Pioneer Cable Vision Inc. (PCVI)
(Philippines)		 Channel 26
Philippines Cablelink
(Philippines)		 Channel 62
Thailand TrueVisions
(Thailand)		 Channel 569 (SD)
Channel 558 (HD)
Bangladesh UCS
(Bangladesh)		 Channel 30
India FDI Digital Cable
(India)		 Channel 500
Indonesia IndosatM2
(Indonesia)		 Channel 126
Macau Macau Cable TV
(Macau)		 Channel 402
Indonesia Jogja Medianet
(Indonesia)		 Channel ???
India Asianet Digital TV(India) Channel 403
Indonesia Max3 (Indonesia) Channel 140
Philippines Parasat Cable TV
(Philippines)		 Channel 72
Singapore StarHub TV
(Singapore)		 Channel 411
Maldives MediaNet
(Maldives)		 Channel 400
IPTV
Sri Lanka PEO TV
(Sri Lanka)		 Channel 50
Hong Kong now TV
(Hong Kong)		 Channel 215 (SD)
Channel 218 (HD)
Indonesia Groovia TV
(Indonesia)		 Channel 61
Indonesia IndosatM2
(Indonesia)		 Channel 10
Pakistan PTCL Smart TV
(Pakistan)		 Channel 62
Singapore Mio TV
(Singapore)		 Channel 201
Channel 203 (HD)
Indonesia M2V Mobile TV
(Indonesia)		 Channel 10

National Geographic Channel (Nat Geo Asia, was formerly known as NBC Asia from 1 January 1994 until 31 July 1998) is a 24-hour Asian subscription television channel that features non-fiction, factual programming involving nature, science, culture and history, produced by the National Geographic Society, just like History and the Discovery Channel.

It was launched on 1 January 1994 by the partnership and distribution with STAR TV, Fox International Channels, and now Fox Networks Group is a Hong Kong-based pan-Asian satellite network owned by Rupert Murdoch's 21st Century Fox a replacing the NBC Asia channel on 1 August 1998. As of 2008, the Asian version of National Geographic Channel is available in over 56 million homes. NGC Asia has six different channels feeds.

History

NBC Asia (1 January 1994-31 July 1998)

NBC Asia
Launched 1 January 1994
Closed 31 July 1998 (Renamed by Nat Geo)
Owned by General Electric
Picture format 576i (SDTV)
Broadcast area Asia-Pacific

On 1 January 1994, NBC it was officially launched to grand inaugurated a pay television channel in Asia called NBC Asia available in Indonesia, Australia, New Zealand, Fiji, Cayman Islands, Micronesia, British Virgin Islands, India, Japan, Malaysia, Singapore, Brunei, Vietnam, South Korea, People's Republic of China, Hong Kong, Macau, Republic of China, Thailand and Philippines at how many of 20-countries of the Asia it like of NBC Europe, NBC Asia featured most of NBC programs as well as NBC Nightly News (a flagship daily evening primetime television news program for NBC News), The Tonight Show, Saturday Night Live and Late Night. Like its European counterpart, it could not broadcast United States-produced primetime shows due to rights restrictions. It also had NBC Sports for the latest action in selected sporting events such: NFL on NBC (a subsidiary of NFL), MLB on NBC (a subsidiary of MLB), NBA on NBC (a subsidiary of NBA) and NHL on NBC (a subsidiary of NHL). During weekday evenings, NBC Asia had a regional evening news program. It occasionally simulcast some programs from CNBC Asia and MSNBC.

National Geographic Asia (1 August 1998-now)

On 1 August 1998, NBC Asia was replaced by the National Geographic Channel. As is the case with NBC Europe, however, selected The Tonight Show, Saturday Night Live and Late Night episodes and Meet the Press can still be seen on CNBC Asia during weekends. CNBC Asia shows NFL games and also brands them as Sunday Night Football.

Operating channels

National Geographic HD
Owned by National Geographic Television & Film
News Corporation
(STAR TV
and Fox International Channels)
Picture format 1080i (HDTV)
Broadcast area Asia
Headquarters Head office Mumbai, Hong Kong
Studios and production facility:
1 Fusionopolis Link, #03-01 Nexus @ One-North, Singapore 138542
Website natgeotv.com/asia
Availability
Satellite
Malaysia Astro
(Malaysia)		 Channel 573
Turkey D-Smart
(Turkey)		 1 December
India Tata Sky
(India)		 Channel 552
Thailand TrueVisions
(Thailand)		 Channel 558
Indonesia Indovision
(Indonesia)		 Channel 450
Indonesia Transvision
(Indonesia)		 Channel 250
Philippines Cignal Digital TV
(Philippines)		 Channel 122
India DishTV
(India)		 Channel 51
India Sun Direct TV
(India)		 Channel 61
India Airtel Digital TV
(India)		 Channel 5341
Arab League beIN
(Middle East & North Africa)		 Channel 100
Sri Lanka Dialog TV
(Sri Lanka)		 Channel 78
Arab League OSN (Middle East
& North Africa)		 Channel 513
Myanmar 4TV
(Myanmar)		 Channel 62
Thailand GMMZ Thailand Channel 422
Cable
Indonesia First Media
(Indonesia)		 Channel 361
Philippines SkyCable
(Philippines)		 Channel 723
Philippines Cablelink
(Philippines)		 Channel 331
Thailand TrueVisions
(Thailand)		 Channel 558
Macau Macau Cable TV
(Macau)		 Channel 419
Hong Kong Cable TV Hong Kong (Hong Kong) Channel 252
Maldives MediaNet
(Maldives)		 Channel 805
Vietnam VTVcab (Vietnam) Channel 84
IPTV
Hong Kong now TV
(Hong Kong)		 Channel 218
Singapore Mio TV
(Singapore)		 Channel 203

See also

References

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    Solar Entertainment Corporation
    Viva Entertainment
    TV5 Network
    Fox Networks Group Philippines
    GMA Network
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