National Geographic Channel (South Korea)

National Geographic Channel
National Geographic Channel logo
Launched 2002
Owned by NGC Networks Korea, LLC
(National Geographic Society and 21st Century Fox)
Picture format 720p HDTV
(downscaled to 16:9 480i for the SDTV feed)
Slogan Live curious
Headquarters Seoul
Website http://www.ngckorea.com
Availability
Satellite
SkyLife (South Korea) Channel 402 (SD)
Channel 82 (HD)
IPTV
U+ TV (South Korea) Channel 43 (HD)

National Geographic Channel is a South Korean subscription television channel that airs non-fiction television programs produced by the National Geographic Society. It is owned by NGC Networks Korea, LLC, a joint venture between the National Geographic Society (NGC) and Fox Networks Group, a subsidiary of 21st Century Fox.

Prior to the launch of NGC in South Korea, video documentaries produced by National Geographic Society were broadcast on the terrestrial TV channels. Previously, a Pan-Asian version, operated by STAR TV (a News Corporation subsidiary), was available to South Korean viewers. However, it was replaced by a dedicated local version broadcast from Seoul in around 2002.

The South Korean version broadcasts documentaries by National Geographic, all dubbed in Korean. But because of South Korean regulations, it also airs South Korean productions.

The South Korean version is available on SkyLife satellite TV platform and on local cable TV systems nationwide. Outside South Korea, a version of NGC Korea, distributed by Radio Korea Media Group, is available on DirecTV (once a News Corp subsidiary) in the United States alongside the U.S. version, and is part of the Korean Direct package.

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