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Television channel
National Geographic Channel
is a Nordic
free-to-air
television channel
broadcasting documentaries and related programmes to the
Nordic countries
.
The National Geographic was launched in Scandinavia in September 1997 when BSkyB launched the
Sky News & Documentaries
channel, carrying National Geographic between 8 p.m. and 2 p.m. (CET) with
The Computer Channel
between 6 and 8 p.m. and
Sky News
the remaining time. The broadcasting hours has since then been extended and as of 2006 the channel is broadcasting from noon to 6 a.m., showing
CNBC Nordic
in the morning.
Programmes and continuity has English audio, with subtitles in
Swedish
,
Finnish
,
Danish
and
Norwegian
,
Russian
. Advertising has sound in different languages.
The channel is carried on most digital cable networks in the region, including
TDC Kabel TV
and
Com Hem
. Initially it was only available on satellite from
Canal Digital
, but it launched on the
Viasat
satellite platform on 15 August 2006.
In the digital terrestrial networks the channel has been available from the launch of the
RiksTV
platform in September 2007. In March 2008, the channel received a license to broadcast terrestrially in Sweden, but its launch has been postponed. It is also available terrestrially on the
Faeroe Islands
. The channel is not available in the Finnish terrestrial network.
The sister channel
Adventure One
had moderate carriage for some time in Scandinavia. Adventure One was replaced by
Nat Geo Wild
in some cable networks in 2007. On 24 February 2009, Nat Geo Wild was launched on the
Viasat
satellite platform.
[1]
It had then already launched on the Swedish
Com Hem
network on 8 January 2009.
[2]
The
National Geographic Channel HD
was launched into the Nordic region on the
Canal Digital
platform on 1 April 2007. In January 2008, the HD channel was launched on the Viasat platform.
[3]
It came to Com Hem in Sweden on 23 May 2008.
[4]
On 13 May 2009 special feeds of the channel for the Danish and Norwegian markets were launched.
[5]
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