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Nat Geo WILD is a cable TV channel focused on animal-related programs. It is a sister network to National Geographic Channel

National Geographic Channel

National Geographic Channel, also commercially abbreviated and trademarked as Nat Geo, is a subscription television channel that airs non-fiction television programs produced by the National Geographic Society. Like History and the Discovery Channel, the channel features documentaries with factual...

and it is the latest channel to be jointly launched by the National Geographic Society

National Geographic Society

The National Geographic Society , headquartered in Washington, D.C. in the United States, is one of the largest non-profit scientific and educational institutions in the world. Its interests include geography, archaeology and natural science, the promotion of environmental and historical...

and Fox Cable Networks. It first launched in Hong Kong

Hong Kong

Hong Kong is one of two Special Administrative Regions of the People's Republic of China , the other being Macau. A city-state situated on China's south coast and enclosed by the Pearl River Delta and South China Sea, it is renowned for its expansive skyline and deep natural harbour...

on January 1, 2006, focusing primarily on wildlife

Wildlife

Wildlife includes all non-domesticated plants, animals and other organisms. Domesticating wild plant and animal species for human benefit has occurred many times all over the planet, and has a major impact on the environment, both positive and negative....

and natural history

Natural history

Natural history is the scientific research of plants or animals, leaning more towards observational rather than experimental methods of study, and encompasses more research published in magazines than in academic journals. Grouped among the natural sciences, natural history is the systematic study...

programming. The channel later launched in the United Kingdom

United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...

, Turkey

Turkey

Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country located in Western Asia and in East Thrace in Southeastern Europe...

, Ireland

Republic of Ireland

Ireland , described as the Republic of Ireland , is a sovereign state in Europe occupying approximately five-sixths of the island of the same name. Its capital is Dublin. Ireland, which had a population of 4.58 million in 2011, is a constitutional republic governed as a parliamentary democracy,...

, Romania

Romania

Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeastern Europe, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian arch, bordering on the Black Sea...

, Vietnam

Vietnam

Vietnam – sometimes spelled Viet Nam , officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam – is the easternmost country on the Indochina Peninsula in Southeast Asia. It is bordered by China to the north, Laos to the northwest, Cambodia to the southwest, and the South China Sea –...

, and Poland

Poland

Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...

replacing the now defunct Adventure One. The channel remains the world's first bilingual wildlife service, available in English

English language

English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...

and Cantonese in the Hong Kong market. The channel launched in Latin America

Latin America

Latin America is a region of the Americas where Romance languages – particularly Spanish and Portuguese, and variably French – are primarily spoken. Latin America has an area of approximately 21,069,500 km² , almost 3.9% of the Earth's surface or 14.1% of its land surface area...

on November 1, 2009 as a high definition channel. In 2010, it launched in the United States

United States

The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

Programming

Nat Geo WILD programming is sourced from various agencies, including UK and European distributors, terrestrial joint productions and National Geographic Television productions.
All programs are based on natural wildlife and wildlife history, with a heavy focus on nature's most fierce predators. Both the UK and Asian versions of the channel include programming focusing on wildlife in their local areas. Popular programs include:*

21st Century Shark
A Man Among Bears
A Man Among Wolves
Africa's Lost Eden
Africa's Secret Seven
Alaskan Killer Shark
Amazon Claws
Amazonia's Giant Jaws
American Buffalo: Battling Back
American Eagle
America's Deadly Obsession
Among The Great Apes With Michelle Yeoh
An Animal Saved My Life
Anaconda: Queen Of The Serpents
Animal Autopsy
Animal Fugitives
Animal Impact
Animal Omens
Animals Of Brazil
Ape Genius
Asia's Deadliest Snakes
Bandits Of Selous
Bavaria's Alpine Kingdom
Be The Creature
Bear Nomad
Bears Of Fear Islands
Big Animal Hunt with Filip Badrov
Big Cat Odyssey
Bite Me With Dr. Mike Leahy
Bizarre Dinos
Blue Collar Dogs
Bonecrusher Queens
Brutal Killers
Bug Attack
Bug Brother
Built for the Kill
Built For The Kill
-Description:Built for the Kill is a nature series made by Granada Wild for the National Geographic Channel. It was made from 2001–2004, with a total of 31 episodes. Each episode runs for approximately 48 minutes including the credits and opening titles. Episodes of Built For The Kill cover a topic...
California's Wild Coast
Cameramen Who Dare
Catching Giants
Caught Barehanded
Caught In The Act
Caught On Safari: Battle At Kruger
Cheetah Blood Brothers
Chimp Diaries
Chimps Unchained
Chimps: Nearly Human
City Of Ants
Clan Of The Meerkat
Clash Of The Crocs
Cliffhangers
Crittercam
Crittercam
Crittercam is a small package of instruments including a camera that can be attached to a wild animal to study its behaviour in the wild. Crittercam was invented by National Geographic marine biologist Greg Marshall in 1986. Since then it has been employed in studies on over 40 marine and...
Croc Ganglands
Crocodile King
Crocs Of Katuma
Cuba: The Accidental Eden
Dam Beavers
Dangerous Encounters With Brady Barr
Dark Side Of Chimps
Deadly 60
Deadly Snakes Of Asia
Deadly Summer
Deep Jungle
Desert Seas
Dino Autopsy
Dino Death Trap
Dive to Tiger Central
Dog Whisperer
Dogtown
Dolphin Army
Dragon Chronicles
Eternal Enemies
Evolutions
Expedition Grizzly
Expedition Wild
Extinction Sucks
Eye Of The Leopard
Fishzilla: Snakehead Invasion
Frogs: The Thin Green Line
Galapagos
Golden Seals of Skeleton Coast
Gone Wild
Gorilla Murders
Great Apes With Michelle Yeoh
Great Migrations
Grizzly Cauldron
Hammerhead Highway
Haunt Of The Hippo
Hidden Worlds
Hippo Hell
Hollywood Bear Tragedy
How Big Can It Get
Hummingbirds: Magic In The Air
Humpbacks: Cracking the Code
Hunter Hunted
Hunting For Ngotto
Hyena Queen
In The Womb
Insect From Hell
Inside Nature's Giants
Intimate Enemies
Into The Abyss
Japan's Hidden Secret
Jean Michel Cousteau's Ocean Adventure
Jellyfish Invasion
Journey Into Amazonia
Kalahari Supercats
Kangaroo Kaos
Killer Dragons
Killer Instincts
Killer Shots
Kingdom Of The Forest
Kingdom Of The Meadow
Leopard Queen
Lion Army: Battle To Survive
Lion Warriors
Lions Behaving Badly
Lions On The Edge
Living With Big Cats
Lizard Kings
Monkey Thieves
Monster Crocs
Monster Fish
Monster Jellyfish
Morays: The Alien Eels
Mother Warthog
My Dog Ate What?
My Life Is A Zoo
Mystery Gorillas
Mystery Of The Wolf
Night Of The Lion
Night Stalkers
Ninja Shrimp
Octopus Volcano
Off The Clock
Orca Killing School
Outback Wrangler
Penguin Death Zone
Phantom Wolverine
Planet Carnivore
Polar Bear Alcatraz
Predator Battleground
Predator CSI
Predators in Peril
Predators Of The Sea
Prehistoric Predators
Project Manta
Python Hunters
Quest For The Megafish Of The Amazon
Raccoon Dogs: Alien Invaders
Raptor Force
Real Serengeti
Rebel Monkeys
Red Sea, Green Future
Redwoods: Anatomy Of A Giant
Relentless Enemies
Rescue Ink
Restless Planet
Return Of The White Lion
Rhino Rescue
Sahara
Saved From The Spill
Sea Strikers
Seahorses
Search For The Giant Octopus
Searching For The Snow Leopard
Secret Shark Pits
Secrets Of The King Cobra
Secrets Of The Mediterranean
Sex, Drugs & Plants
Sex, Drugs And Plants
Shadow Hunters
Shane Untamed
Shark Attack Experiment
Shark Island
Shark Nicole
Shark Night
Sharkville
Shell Shocked
Sixgill Shark
Smake Paradise
Space Crabs
Spain's Last Lynx
Spine Chillers
Spine Chillers: Vampire Bats
Squid vs Whale
Street Monkeys
Strike Force
Striker!
Strikers!
Sumatra's Last Tiger
Super Predators
Super Pride
Superfish
Superpride
Swamp Men
Swamp Troop
Taiwan Wild
That Shouldn't Fly
The Animal Extractors
The Bear Evidence
The Dark Side Of Elephants
The Dark Side Of Hippos
The Invaders
The Kill Zone
The Last Lioness
The Lion Ranger
The Living Edens
The Megafalls of Iguacu
The Pack
The Real Serengeti
The Rise Of Black Wolf
Thunderbeast
Tiger Queen
Totally Wild
Triumph Of Life
Ultimate Bear
Ultimate Cat
Ultimate Enemies
Ultimate Hippo
Ultimate Shark
Ultimate Viper
Ultimate Vipers
Underwater Oasis
Unlikely Animal Friends
Valley Of The Wolves
Warzone Gone Wild
When Crocs Ate Dinosaurs
Wild Animal Evictions
Wild Asia
Wild Detectives
Wild Dog Diaries
Wild Nights
Wild Russia
World's Deadliest
World's Deadliest Animals
World's Weirdest
World's Wildest Encounters
World's Worst Venom
Zambezi
Zoo Confidential

Europe

The channel launched on March 1, 2007 in the UK, and now reaches up to 10.5 million homes via subscription providers Sky Digital

Sky Digital (UK & Ireland)

Sky is the brand name for British Sky Broadcasting's digital satellite television and radio service, transmitted from SES Astra satellites located at 28.2° east and Eutelsat's Eurobird 1 satellite at 28.5°E. The service was originally launched as Sky Digital, distinguishing it from the original...

and Virgin Media

Virgin Media

Virgin Media Inc. is a company which provides fixed and mobile telephone, television and broadband internet services to businesses and consumers in the United Kingdom...

. In Ireland

Republic of Ireland

it has more than 500,000 viewers on its UPC Ireland

UPC Ireland

UPC Ireland is Liberty Global Europe's telecommunications operation in Ireland. UPC Ireland is the largest digital cable television provider within the Republic of Ireland. As of September 2010 the company offers broadband internet, digital television and digital telephony to over 531,000 customers...

service and Sky Digital.

Asia

In Asia, the channel is carried on the StarHub TV and Now TV

Now TV

Now TV is a 24-hour pay-TV service provider in Hong Kong.It is transmitted through the company's Netvigator broadband network via an IPTV service...

subscription services. Showtime Arabia

Showtime Arabia

Showtime Arabia, as it was called to distinguish itself from its U.S. counterpart , was a subscription television service in the Middle East and North Africa. It was a joint venture between KIPCO and CBS Corporation , CBS Corp being a minor partner...

carries the channel for Middle East

Middle East

The Middle East is a region that encompasses Western Asia and Northern Africa. It is often used as a synonym for Near East, in opposition to Far East...

ern viewers. The channel was launched in South Korea on April 16, 2009. The channel was launched in India on July 31, 2009. Currently its available on Videocon d2h

Videocon d2h

Videocon d2h is one of the largest Indian pay TV provider, providing direct broadcast satellite service—including satellite television, audio programming, and interactive television services—to commercial and residential customers in India...

and Sun Direct DTH

Sun Direct DTH

Sun Direct is an Indian direct broadcast satellite service provider. Its satellite service, launched on 2005, transmits digital satellite television and audio to households in India. Sun Direct uses MPEG-4 digital compression technology, transmitting on INSAT 4B at 93.5°E. and MEASAT-3 at 91.5°E...

using the Asian feed.

Australia

The Asian version of the channel launched into Australia

Australia

Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...

on November 15, 2009 on Austar

Austar

Austar is an Australian telecommunications company. Its main business activity is Subscription Television but it is also involved with internet access and mobile phones...

and Foxtel

Foxtel

Foxtel is an Australian pay television company, operating cable, direct broadcast satellite television and IPTV services. It was formed in 1995 through a joint venture established between Telstra and News Corporation....

.
The high definition version launched on Foxtel

Foxtel

on November 1, 2010. It is expected to launch on Austar

Austar

Austar is an Australian telecommunications company. Its main business activity is Subscription Television but it is also involved with internet access and mobile phones...

in late 2010/early 2011.

United States

The channel launched in the United States

United States

The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

on March 29, 2010, replacing Fox Reality Channel

Fox Reality Channel

Fox Reality Channel was an all reality television channel available on cable and satellite television in the United States. It was launched on May 24, 2005 and was owned by the Fox Entertainment Group. It featured many shows that were previously on the Fox network...

. Providers that carried it at launch include Time Warner Cable

Time Warner Cable

Time Warner Cable is an American cable television company that operates in 28 states and has 31 operating divisions...

, Comcast

Comcast

Comcast Corporation is the largest cable operator, home Internet service provider, and fourth largest home telephone service provider in the United States, providing cable television, broadband Internet, and telephone service to both residential and commercial customers in 39 states and the...

, Cox Communications

Cox Communications

Cox Communications is a privately owned subsidiary of Cox Enterprises providing digital cable television, telecommunications and wireless services in the United States...

, Verizon Fios

Verizon FiOS

Verizon FiOS is a bundled Internet access, telephone, and television service which operates over a fiber-optic communications network. It is offered in some areas of the United States by Verizon Communications. Verizon was one of the first major U.S...

and AT&T U-verse. Dish Network

Dish Network

Dish Network Corporation is the second largest pay TV provider in the United States, providing direct broadcast satellite service—including satellite television, audio programming, and interactive television services—to 14.337 million commercial and residential customers in the United States. Dish...

did not reach a carriage agreement at launch, but began to broadcast the channel on April 19, 2010. DirecTV

DirecTV

DirecTV is an American direct broadcast satellite service provider and broadcaster based in El Segundo, California. Its satellite service, launched on June 17, 1994, transmits digital satellite television and audio to households in the United States, Latin America, and the Anglophone Caribbean. ...

didn't carry it at launch but added it on June 30, 2010. Dish Network, Time Warner Cable, Cablevision, Brighthouse Networks, Verizon FiOS, and AT&T U-verse carry the channel in 720p

720p

720p is the shorthand name for 1280x720, a category of High-definition television video modes having a resolution of 1080 or 720p and a progressive scan...

high definition.

Africa

The channel launched in South Africa

South Africa

The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...

in mid 2009, and is available on the South African Satellite Network DSTV

DStv

DStv is MultiChoice's multi-channel digital satellite TV service in Africa, launched in 1995. It operates from two satellites over Africa, broadcasting on Ku band via Eutelsat W7 and Intelsat 7 , which only requires a small satellite dish...

Future

According to a press release, NGCI expects to roll out the channel globally, with expansion to other areas in Europe

Europe

Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...

, Latin America

Latin America

, Israel

Israel

The State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...

and Taiwan

Taiwan

Taiwan , also known, especially in the past, as Formosa , is the largest island of the same-named island group of East Asia in the western Pacific Ocean and located off the southeastern coast of mainland China. The island forms over 99% of the current territory of the Republic of China following...

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Programming

Europe

Asia

Australia

United States

Africa

Future

See also

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