Private company

National Geographic

American television network

National Geographic (formerly National Geographic Channel; abbreviated and trademarked as Nat Geo or Nat Geo TV) is an American pay television network and flagship 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%), with the operational management handled by Disney Entertainment. The flagship channel airs non-fiction television programs produced by National Geographic and other production companies.2 From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 16, 2026.

Overview

2001Founded1

Subsidiaries and ownership

Parent company

  • National Geographic Global Networks

Owners

Also owns

  • Nat Geo Wild
  • Nat Geo Wild
  • National Geographic People

From Wikidata.1

Timeline

  1. 2001Founded Founded1

Sources

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