National Geographic (Asian TV channel)
| Headquarters | Head office Mumbai, Hong Kong Studios and production facility: 1 Fusionopolis Link, #03-01 Nexus @ One-North, Singapore 138542 |
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| Owner | National Geographic Television & Film 21st Century Fox (Fox Networks Group) News Corporation (STAR TV and Fox International Channels) |
National Geographic (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[update], 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)
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), Major League Baseball 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.[citation needed]
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.
On 4 February 2008, the Nat Geo Junior programming block of two non-contingent hours, late morning and late afternoon, was launched on the channel. I Didn’t Know That, Mad Labs and Wild Detectives were the initial shows on the block.[1]
Feeds
- National Geographic Asia – Broadcasts in both English and Cantonese via two audio tracks.
- National Geographic Channel India – It is aimed at India and neighbouring countries. It airs in English, Hindi, Tamil, Telugu and Bengali via five different audio tracks.
- National Geographic Israel – Includes an Hebrew subtitles track.
- National Geographic Middle East – It simulcasts the Asian from 11:00pm to 5:00am Hong Kong time. Arabic subtitles are available as well.
- National Geographic Japan – includes Japanese subtitles.
- National Geographic Taiwan – includes Chinese subtitles.
- National Geographic Hong Kong – features two audio tracks airing English and Cantonese programming, as well as a Chinese subtitles track.
- In Malaysia and Singapore, the US HD feed is distributed instead of the Asian one. However, any US ads that air are replaced with Malaysian or Singaporean ads, and they switch some latest episodes to older ones.
See also
References
- ^ "Nat Geo blocks target Asian kids". C21media. 4 February 2008. Retrieved 17 September 2018.
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