National Geographic (Indian TV channel)
| Country | India |
|---|---|
| Broadcast area | India Bangladesh Nepal Sri Lanka Pakistan Maldives |
| Programming | |
| Language(s) | |
| Picture format | 1080i HDTV (downscaled to letterboxed 576i for the SDTV feed) |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | The Walt Disney Company (73%) and the National Geographic Society (27%) Operated by JioStar in India |
| Parent | JioStar |
| Sister channels | National Geographic Wild (Indian TV channel) JioStar Channels |
| History | |
| Launched | 1 July 1998 |
| Links | |
| Website | www |
National Geographic (also known as Nat Geo) is an Indian pay television channel owned by the National Geographic Global Networks unit of Disney Entertainment and National Geographic Partners, a joint venture between The Walt Disney Company (73%) and the National Geographic Society (27%). The distribution and broadcasting within the Indian market is now managed under the JioStar, a joint venture between Viacom18 and Disney India. It mainly telecasts features non-fiction, documentaries involving nature, science, culture, and history, produced by the original American network It was broadcast in seven languages (English, Hindi, Kannada, Malayalam, Telugu, Tamil and Bengali).
A HD version of the channel, National Geographic HD was launched on 20 February 2010 .