Nat Geo Wild
National Geographic Wild (shortened as Nat Geo Wild and abbreviated NGW) is a global pay television network owned by National Geographic Partners, a joint venture between The Walt Disney Company (73%) and the National Geographic Society (27%).[2] The channel primarily focuses on wildlife and natural history non-fiction programming. It is a sister network to National Geographic TV.
For the Canadian channel, see National Geographic Wild (Canadian TV channel).Country
21 August 2006 (Asia)
1 March 2007 (Europe, Middle East & Africa)
9 September 2008 (France)
14 October 2007 (Italy)
31 July 2009 (India)
July 2009 (Romania)
1 November 2009 (Latin America)
15 November 2009 (Australia)
29 March 2010 (United States)
30 August 2010 (Malaysia)
9 September 2011 (Turkey)
1 October 2011 (Japan)
4 October 2011 (Spain)
7 May 2012 (Canada)
Adventure One (UK and International)
Fox Reality Channel (United States)
Fox Life (Japan)
Nat Geo People (Europe)
January 31, 2021 (Japan)
March 1, 2021 (SD feed, Malaysia)
September 23, 2021 (Transvision feed, Indonesia)
October 1, 2021 (Biznet Home feed, Indonesia)
March 31, 2022 (Latin America)
October 1, 2022 (Italy, Russia & Belarus)
February 1, 2023 (Malaysia)
28 February 2023 (Allente, (Scandinavia))
April 1, 2023 (Australia & New Zealand) [1]
September 30, 2023 at 11:59:59pm Hong Kong Time (Southeast Asia, Hong Kong, Korea and Taiwan)
Love Nature (Malaysia)
Hits Now (Cignal, Philippines)
Channel 202
Channel 108
Channel 84 (SD)
Channel 51
Channel 182
Channel 184
Channel 221
Channel 415
Channel 165
Channel 841 (HD)
Channel 182 (HD)
Watch live (UK and Ireland, and Europe only)
Channel 434 (Dolby Atmos)
The channel first launched in Hong Kong on 1 January 2006.[3] It later launched in the United Kingdom, Turkey, Ireland, Romania, India, Vietnam, and Poland replacing the now defunct Adventure One. The channel remains the world's first bilingual wildlife service, available in English and Cantonese in the Hong Kong market as well as Tagalog in The Philippines. It launched in Latin America on 1 November 2009 as a high definition channel. In 2010, it launched in the United States.
As of February 2015, approximately 57,891,000 American households (49.7% of households with television) receive Nat Geo Wild.[4]
Availability[edit]
Africa[edit]
The channel launched in South Africa in mid-2009, and is available on the South African Satellite Network DStv.[5]
Southeast Asia[edit]
In Singapore, the channel is carried on the StarHub TV subscription services. Astro and Unifi TV carried the channel in Malaysia with four language audio tracks included. Some shows on Nat Geo Wild are aired in Filipino (Tagalog) in the Philippines, which also have multiple languages available. Selected shows also aired on Fox Filipino (now defunct).
Nat Geo Wild alongside its sister channel National Geographic has ceased in operation in Southeast Asia on October 1, 2023.[6] Most of the contents were later relocated to Disney+ (or Disney+ Hotstar for Malaysia, Indonesia and Thailand) content hub.
East Asia[edit]
In Hong Kong, the channel is carried on the Now TV subscription services. The channel launched in South Korea on 16 April 2009.
In Japan, the channel launched on January 10, 2011 and its carried on the Sky PerfecTV! subscription services. The Japanese version of the channel was closed on January 31, 2021, after the successful launch of Disney+ in the country;[7] as a result, it was the first Asian feed of the channel to completely cease operations.
As described above, the network went out of operation in Hong Kong, Taiwan and South Korea on October 1, 2023.[6]
Middle East and North Africa[edit]
BeIN(stylized as beIN) carries the channel for Middle Eastern and North African viewers. The channel launched in Israel on 23 July 2008.
Australia[edit]
The Asian version of the channel launched in Australia on 15 November 2009 on Austar and Foxtel.[8]
A high definition feed launched on Foxtel on 1 November 2010.[9] Although the HD feed was expected to launch on Austar in late 2010/early 2011, the channel did not launch until 1 July 2012, after Foxtel acquired Austar.[10]
On 1 February 2015, Nat Geo Wild launched on Australian IPTV service Fetch TV.[11][12]
Nat Geo Wild, alongside National Geographic, officially ceased broadcasting in Australia and New Zealand on 1 April 2023. [1]