channel . for the term in geography see nautical channel . nautical channel launched december 5 2011 owned by nautical channel limited picture format 16 9 sdtv country united kingdom language italian french english german russian broadcast area europe north america africa replaced sailing channel yacht & sail website nautical channel availability satellite canaldigitaal netherlands channel 35 cable naxoo switzerland channel 85 cablecom channel 175 digital ch d upc romania channel 209 digital with dvr channel 79 digital upc polska poland channel 521 iptv tivibu turkey channel 92 launched on 5 december 2011 nautical channel is the only international 24 7 nautical sports and lifestyle channel in the world . the channel caters to a local and worldwide audience and was founded by andrew miller and laurence fox hopper . nautical channel is available to over 20 million subscribers in 44 countries in english french german and russian . it is on over one hundred international pay tv satellite subscriber iptv mobile phone digital terrestrial mmds and cable tv platforms . nautical channel has assembled the largest ever group of international nautical tv producers in order to provide viewers with the best sports and lifestyle programming explained by experts in a clear and simple way for all levels of boating expertise . the award winning programming reaches a well defined audience but also has a broad general public appeal . sailing and boating sports make up over half the programming and have become more popular than ever thanks to the enthusiasm generated by competitions such as the america s cup world series vend e globe h2o power boating and volvo ocean race among others . the programming wheel covers over twenty interest areas . everything from boating sports power and sailing to news travel adventure yachting surfing on board interviews shipyards equipment undersea wrecks and a lot more . nautical channel has a unique relationship with the nautical world . special relationships exist with sporting events teams boat builders boat shows sailing and boating clubs and viewers worldwide in order to always bring you the latest boating sports and entertainment . on 24 march 2016 canadian media company ethnic channels group made an application with the crtc that was quickly approved to add nautical channel to the canadian airways sometime in 2016 . they described the channel as being 90 % english and 10 % french which would cause the channel to be viewed in all parts of the country . 1 references edit http www.crtc.gc.ca eng archive 2016 2016 113 . htm external links edit official site retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title nautical channel & oldid 738805203 categories sports television channels in the united kingdomtelevision channels and stations established in 2011 navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages deutschfran aist rk e edit links this page was last modified on 11 september 2016 at 04 37 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view