channel launched 1 january 1994 as nbc asia 1 august 1998 as national geographic channel asia owned by national geographic television & film news corporation star tv and fox international channels picture format 480i 576i sdtv slogan this is who we are country hong kong broadcast area asia headquarters head office mumbai hong kong studios and production facility 1 fusionopolis link 03 01 nexus one north singapore 138542 formerly called nbc asia 1 january 1994 31 july 1998 replaced nbc asia 1 january 1994 31 july 1998 website natgeotv.com asia availability satellite astro malaysia channel 553 d smart turkey 1 december tata sky india channel 551 truevisions thailand channel 569 indovision indonesia channel 202 cignal digital tv philippines channel 76 g sat philippines channel 20 dream satellite tv philippines channel 28 cbtv sat china channel 306 hkc sat cable tv hong kong hong kong channel 52 sd channel 252 hd dishhd taiwan channel 190 dialog tv sri lanka channel 39 lippo vision tv indonesia channel tba orangetv indonesia channel 801 top tv indonesia channel 202 topas tv indonesia channel tba yes tv indonesia channel 444 skynet myanmar channel 66 4tv myanmar channel 47 gmmz thailand channel 391 cable first media indonesia channel 110 skycable philippines channel 41 channel 204 digital channel 171 destiny cable philippines channel 55 analog channel 41 digital pioneer cable vision inc. pcvi philippines channel 26 cablelink philippines channel 62 truevisions thailand channel 569 sd channel 558 hd ucs bangladesh channel 30 fdi digital cable india channel 500 indosatm2 indonesia channel 126 macau cable tv macau channel 402 jogja medianet indonesia channel asianet digital tv india channel 403 max3 indonesia channel 140 parasat cable tv philippines channel 72 starhub tv singapore channel 411 medianet maldives channel 400 iptv peo tv sri lanka channel 50 now tv hong kong channel 215 sd channel 218 hd groovia tv indonesia channel 61 indosatm2 indonesia channel 10 ptcl smart tv pakistan channel 62 mio tv singapore channel 201 channel 203 hd m2v mobile tv indonesia channel 10 national geographic channel nat geo asia was formerly known as nbc asia from 1 january 1994 until 31 july 1998 is a 24 hour asian subscription television channel that features non fiction factual programming involving nature science culture and history produced by the national geographic society just like history and the discovery channel . it was launched on 1 january 1994 by the partnership and distribution with star tv fox international channels and now fox networks group is a hong kong based pan asian satellite network owned by rupert murdoch s 21st century fox a replacing the nbc asia channel on 1 august 1998 . as of 2008 update the asian version of national geographic channel is available in over 56 million homes . ngc asia has six different channels feeds . contents 1 history 1.1 nbc asia 1 january 1994 31 july 1998 1.2 national geographic asia 1 august 1998 now 2 operating channels 3 see also 4 references 5 external links history edit nbc asia 1 january 1994 31 july 1998 edit on 1 january 1994 nbc it was officially launched to grand inaugurated a pay television channel in asia called nbc asia available in indonesia australia new zealand fiji cayman islands micronesia british virgin islands india japan malaysia singapore brunei vietnam south korea people s republic of china hong kong macau republic of china thailand and philippines at how many of 20 countries of the asia it like of nbc europe nbc asia featured most of nbc programs as well as nbc nightly news a flagship daily evening primetime television news program for nbc news the tonight show saturday night live and late night . like its european counterpart it could not broadcast united states produced primetime shows due to rights restrictions . it also had nbc sports for the latest action in selected sporting events such nfl on nbc a subsidiary of nfl mlb on nbc a subsidiary of mlb nba on nbc a subsidiary of nba and nhl on nbc a subsidiary of nhl . during weekday evenings nbc asia had a regional evening news program . it occasionally simulcast some programs from cnbc asia and msnbc . national geographic asia 1 august 1998 now edit on 1 august 1998 nbc asia was replaced by the national geographic channel . as is the case with nbc europe however selected the tonight show saturday night live and late night episodes and meet the press can still be seen on cnbc asia during weekends . cnbc asia shows nfl games and also brands them as sunday night football . operating channels edit national geographic channel asia this channel has bilingual feed with english and cantonese in selected programs only . in indonesia the channel available in hd and sd with english audio and indonesian subtitles in almost all programme . national geographic channel hd asia national geographic channel hd owned by national geographic television & film news corporation star tv and fox international channels picture format 1080i hdtv country hong kong broadcast area asia headquarters head office mumbai hong kong studios and production facility 1 fusionopolis link 03 01 nexus one north singapore 138542 website natgeotv.com asia availability satellite astro malaysia channel 573 d smart turkey 1 december tata sky india channel 552 truevisions thailand channel 558 indovision indonesia channel 450 transvision indonesia channel 250 cignal digital tv philippines channel 122 dishtv india channel 51 sun direct tv india channel 61 airtel digital tv india channel 5341 bein middle east & north africa channel 100 1 dialog tv sri lanka channel 78 osn middle east & north africa channel 513 4tv myanmar channel 62 gmmz thailand channel 422 cable first media indonesia channel 361 skycable philippines channel 723 cablelink philippines channel 331 truevisions thailand channel 558 macau cable tv macau channel 419 cable tv hong kong hong kong channel 252 medianet maldives channel 805 vtvcab vietnam channel 84 iptv now tv hong kong channel 218 mio tv singapore channel 203 national geographic channel india this channel telecasts all programs in english hindi tamil telugu & bengali national geographic channel israel with hebrew subtitles . national geographic channel hd israel national geographic channel middle east simulcast from ngc asia from 11 00 p.m. to 5 00 a.m. h.k. time . national geographic channel philippines separated from the asia feed with local advertisement local programming tv shopping and selected programs are exact same time as asia feed . joint venture with omnicontent management inc. national geographic channel japan with japanese subtitles . national geographic channel china with chinese and english subtitles . national geographic channel taiwan with chinese subtitles . national geographic channel hong kong separated from the asia feed with local advertisement chinese subtitles and bilingual feed with english and cantonese in selected programs . national geographic channel hd india in malaysia and singapore the national geographic hd channel that is broadcast is not the asian feed it is the american feed . however any us ads that air are replaced with malaysian or singaporean ads and they switch some latest episodes to older ones . in the philippines selected national geographic channel programs like ancient x files will be aired by local tv station tv5 philippines see also edit national geographic channel references edit external links edit national geographic channel asia national geographic channel china national geographic channel hong kong national geographic channel india national geographic channel israel national geographic channel middle east & north africa national geographic channel taiwan v t e television in hong kong industry list of television stations in hong kong entertainment expo hong kong educational television hong kong 21st century fox free to air channels tvb tvb jade tvb j2 tvb inews tvb pearl tvb j5 rthk rthk 31 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online star tv tvb news now.com cable tv hong kong channels cable no. 1 i cable weather i cable top news i cable finance info i cable news i cable live news i cable children fantastic channel cable drama i cable channel 18 macau cultural channel movie 1 movie 2 hmc cine p. i cable sports times i cable super soccer i cable sports i cable channel 63 i cable soccer betting i cable odds now tv channels now hong kong now 101 now entertainment now hairun now jelli now video express now baogu movies now direct now news now bnc now data watch n learn moov concert mv now shop now bpl now sport now sport prime now golf tvb network vision channels tvb window tvb good show tvb food tvb entertainment news tvbn tvbn2 tvb japanese drama tvb korean drama tvb classic tvb chinese drama tvb drama select tvb encore tvb classic movies tvb sports tvb mainland news tvb nv info hkbn bbtv channels public information channel live information channel hk movie channel 1 hk movie channel 2 drama channel 1 drama channel 2 drama buffet channel 1 anyplex vod movie channel mega theatre on demand chinese opera channel cookery channel bbmv kids education channel 1 kids education channel 2 television in china television in macau television presenters v t e national geographic society gilbert melville grosvenor chairman emeritus since 2010 john m. fahey jr. chairman since 2011 gary knell president and ceo since 2014 people stephen alvarez alexander graham bell barry bishop gilbert hovey grosvenor gilbert melville grosvenor melville bell grosvenor gardiner greene hubbard chris johns john g. mitchell mark shelley john verano tim t. kelly magazines national geographic national geographic adventure 1999 2009 ; defunct national geographic traveler national geographic kids television national geographic abu dhabi nat geo people national geographic farsi 2011 2013 ; defunct national geographic channel ngc asia ngc australia ngc canada ngc korea ngc netherlands ngc scandinavia ngc united kingdom and ireland 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