National Geographic (Asian TV channel)

National Geographic HD
Headquarters	Head office Mumbai, Hong Kong; Studios and production facility:; 1 Fusionopolis Link, #03-01 Nexus @ One-North, Singapore 138542
Ownership
Owner	National Geographic Television & Film; News Corporation; (STAR TV; and Fox International Channels)

NBC Asia
Ownership
Owner	General Electric

National Geographic
Headquarters	Head office Mumbai, Hong Kong; Studios and production facility:; 1 Fusionopolis Link, #03-01 Nexus @ One-North, Singapore 138542
Programming
Language(s)	English; Arabic
Ownership
Owner	National Geographic Television & Film; 21st Century Fox; (Fox Networks Group)

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^[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), 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 Channel Asia - This channel has bilingual feed with English and Cantonese in selected programs only.
In Indonesia, the channel available in HD and SD with English audio and Indonesian subtitles in almost all programme.
National Geographic Channel HD Asia

National Geographic Channel India - This Channel Telecasts All Programs in English, Hindi, Tamil, Telugu & Bengali
National Geographic Channel Israel - With Hebrew Subtitles.
National Geographic Channel HD Israel
National Geographic Channel Middle East - Simulcast from NGC Asia from 11:00 P.M. to 5:00 A.M. H.K. Time.
National Geographic Channel Philippines - Separated from the Asia feed with local advertisement, local programming, TV shopping and selected programs are exact same time as Asia feed. (Joint Venture with OmniContent Management Inc.)
National Geographic Channel Japan - With Japanese Subtitles.
National Geographic Channel China - With Chinese And English Subtitles.
National Geographic Channel Taiwan - With Chinese Subtitles.
National Geographic Channel Hong Kong - Separated from the Asia feed with local advertisement, Chinese Subtitles and bilingual feed with English and Cantonese in selected programs.
National Geographic Channel HD India
In Malaysia and Singapore, the National Geographic HD channel that is broadcast is not the Asian feed, It is the American feed. However, any US ads that air are replaced with Malaysian or Singaporean ads, and they switch some latest episodes to older ones.
In the Philippines, selected National Geographic Channel programs (like Ancient X Files) will be aired by local TV station TV5 Philippines

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