National Geographic is a world-renowned television channel founded at the initiative of the National Geographic Society of the United States, which was established in 1888 and gained immense authority in the scientific world. This society finances scientific research and expeditions, publishes a magazine of the same name.
The channel's theme is the animal and plant world, history, the lives of people in different countries, Earth sciences. The channel's programs are interesting to viewers of all ages. National Geographic documentaries have won over 800 different international awards and prizes.
National Geographic invites its viewers to reflect on the possibility of learning about the world through television. New, informative, and innovative programs help it in this. By captivating viewers, these programs allow them to expand the boundaries of knowledge and understanding of many phenomena and events on Earth, prompting them to think more deeply about the world we live in.
While entertaining, all of the channel's programs are built on the audience's interest in gaining knowledge and include popular science and documentaries about archaeology, history, natural history, programs about mysterious natural phenomena, about achievements in science and technology. Around the world, the channel broadcasts multi-part documentaries such as “Inside Look”, “Life Before Birth”, “Air Crash Investigations”, “Seconds to Disaster”, “The World's Most Difficult Repair”, “In Search of the Blue Whale”, “Superstructures”, “From a Scientific Point of View”, etc.
Today, the channel's signal is available 24/7 in 166 countries around the world in 34 languages. The channel's total audience worldwide is 315 million households. The channel's subscriber base in Russia is 4.5 million subscribers. The channel also broadcasts in HD mode in the USA, Great Britain, Ireland, France, Italy, Canada, Singapore, Germany, Japan, Holland, Belgium, Portugal, Poland, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Australia, Austria, Switzerland, Russia, Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania. The audience is expected to continue to grow, and the channel also provides “Video on Demand” (VOD) and mobex functionality.
