National Geographic (India)

National Geographic
	Logo used since 2016
Country	India
Broadcast area	India; Bangladesh; Nepal; Sri Lanka; Pakistan; Maldives
Programming
Languages	English; Hindi; Telugu; Kannada; Malayalam; Tamil; Bengali;
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; JioStar channels
History
Launched	1 July 1998; 27 years ago
Links
Website	www.natgeotv.com/in

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 non-fiction, documentaries involving nature, science, culture, and history, produced by the original American network It broadcasts in seven languages (English, Hindi, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam, Tamil and Bengali).^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]

CountryIndia

Broadcast areaIndia
Bangladesh^[1]
Nepal
Sri Lanka
Pakistan
Maldives

Languages

Picture format1080i HDTV
(downscaled to letterboxed 576i for the SDTV feed)

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A HD version of the channel, National Geographic HD was launched on 20 February 2010.

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