Geo Television (Germany)
{{Infobox television channel
| name = Geo Television
| logo = Geo Television Logo 2014.svg
| logo_size = 200px
| launch_date = {{Start date and age|2014|5|8|df=y}}
| picture_format = 576i (16:9 SDTV)
1080i (HDTV)
| owner = RTL Group
| parent = RTL Deutschland
| sister_channels = RTL
VOX
n-tv
Super RTL
RTL Zwei
Nitro
RTLup
VOXup
RTL Crime
RTL Living
RTL Passion
| country = Germany
| language = German
| headquarters = Cologne, Germany
| website = {{URL|www.geo-television.de}}
}}
Geo Television is a German-language pay-TV station of the RTL Group. It is the TV offshoot of the magazine with the same name (GEO). Geo Television focuses on reports and documentaries.
Broadcasting
The channel started on 8 May 2014 and was distributed at the beginning only via the IPTV offer Telekom Entertain.{{Cite web |url=http://kress.de/tagesdienst/detail/beitrag/125409-erster-pay-sender-aus-dem-hause-g-j-geo-television-startet-am-8-mai-in-hd-qualitaet.html |title=kress.de: Erster Pay-Sender aus dem Hause G+J: Geo Television startet am 8. Mai in HD-Qualität |access-date=2017-06-10 |archive-date=2014-03-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140310210201/http://kress.de/tagesdienst/detail/beitrag/125409-erster-pay-sender-aus-dem-hause-g-j-geo-television-startet-am-8-mai-in-hd-qualitaet.html |url-status=dead }}{{Cite web|url=https://www.digitalfernsehen.de/Geo-Television-Erste-Details-zu-Programm-Empfang-und-HD.113355.0.html|title=Geo Television: Erste Details zu Programm, Empfang und HD|date=March 7, 2014|website=DIGITAL FERNSEHEN}}{{Cite web |url=http://www.horizont.net/aktuell/medien/pages/protected/Pay-TV-Sender-von-RTL-und-GJ-Geo-Television-geht-am-8-Mai-auf-Sendung_119557.html |title=Horizont.NET: Pay-TV-Sender von RTL und G+J: Geo Television geht am 8. Mai auf Sendung |access-date=2017-06-10 |archive-date=2014-03-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140309220236/http://www.horizont.net/aktuell/medien/pages/protected/Pay-TV-Sender-von-RTL-und-GJ-Geo-Television-geht-am-8-Mai-auf-Sendung_119557.html |url-status=dead }}{{Cite web|url=http://www.presseportal.de/pm/72183/2681678/mediengruppe-rtl-deutschland-startet-geo-television-am-8-mai|title=Presseportal.de: Mediengruppe RTL Deutschland startet Geo Television am 8. Mai}}[http://www.infosat.de/Meldungen/?msgID=75614 INFOSAT: Neuer Pay-TV-Sender Geo Television startet am 8. Mai bei „Entertain“ – Standard- und HD-Auflösung]{{Cite web|url=https://www.dwdl.de/nachrichten/44960/geo_television_zum_start_ueber_entertain_empfangbar/|title=Geo Television zum Start über Entertain empfangbar|first=DWDL de|last=GmbH|website=DWDL.de}} Since 17 May 2017, Geo Television is also available in the cable network of Kabel Deutschland,{{Cite web|url=https://newsroom.vodafone.de/|title=Newsroom | Vodafone Deutschland|website=newsroom.vodafone.de}} followed by Amazon Prime on 23 May 2017.{{Cite web|url=http://www.presseportal.de/pm/8337/3642624|title=Amazon Channels starten in Deutschland und Österreich: Über 25 neue Streaming Channels jetzt für Amazon Prime-Mitglieder verfügbar}}
Programming
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- 1 ("1" - Leben am Limit) (2015–present)
- A Lego Brickumentary (2016–present)
- BBC Wildlife Specials (2014–present)
- Citizenfour (2016–present)
- Comic-Con Episode IV: A Fan's Hope (Comic Con - Hinter den Kulissen) (2014–present)
- Dancer (2017–present)
- David Attenborough's First Life (Der Ursprung des Lebens) (2014–present)
- David Attenborough's Natural Curiosities (2014–present)
- De Nieuwe Wildernis (Die neue Wildnis) (2016–present)
- Frozen Planet (Eisige Welten) (2014–present)
- Galapagos 3D (2014–present)
- Genius of the Ancient World (Genies der Antike) (2017–present)
- Genius of the Modern World (Genies der Moderne) (2017–present)
- Ghosts of the Abyss (Die Geister der Titanic) (2015–present)
- Great Barrier Reef (2012) (2016–present)
- Great Barrier Reef (2015) (David Attenboroughs Great Barrier Reef) (2017–present)
- Hillsborough (Hillsborough - Die wahre Geschichte) (2017–present)
- Human (2016–present)
- Inside Job (2014–present)
- Janis: Little Girl Blue (2017–present)
- Life (Faszinierende Wildnis) (2016–present)
- Listen to Me Marlon (2016–present)
- Man on Wire (Man on Wire - Der Drahtseilakt) (2016–present)
- Monkey Planet (Affenwelten) (2015–present)
- Mountain Gorilla (Der Berggorilla) (2014–present)
- Nature's Microworlds (Kleine Paradiese) (2014–present)
- O.J.: Made in America (O.J. Simpson - Eine amerikanische Saga) (2017–present)
- Off the Rails (Ich liebe dich, U-Bahn!) (2017–present)
- Once in a Lifetime: The Extraordinary Story of the New York Cosmos (Fussball vom anderen Stern) (2016–present)
- Planet Earth (2014–present)
- Planet Ocean (2014-2015)
- Project Nim (Das Nim-Experiment) (2015–present)
- Richard Hammond's Invisible Worlds (Richard Hammonds unsichtbare Welten) (2015–present)
- Riding Giants (2016–present)
- Sunshine Superman (2016–present)
- Super Size Me (2017–present)
- That Sugar Film (No Sugar Film - Voll verzuckert) (2016–present)
- The Armstrong Lie (Die Armstrong Lüge) (2015–present)
- The Bear Family & Me (Die Bären-Bande und ich) (2014–present)
- The Blue Planet (2014–present)
- The Polar Bear Family And Me (Unter Eisbären - Überleben in der Arktis) (2014–present)
- The Wolfpack (The Wolfpack: Mitten in Manhattan) (2016–present)
- Tom Meets Zizou (2015–present)
- Trainer! (2015–present)
- Under the Gun (Under the Gun - Waffen in den USA) (2017–present) (by Katie Couric)
- Watermark (2015–present)
- We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaks (We Steal Secrets: Die WikiLeaks Geschichte) (2016–present)
- Yellowstone (2016–present)
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References
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External links
- {{Official website|www.geo-television.de}} {{in lang|de}}
{{Television in Germany}}
{{RTL Group}}
{{Bertelsmann}}
Category:Television stations in Germany
Category:Television stations in Austria
Category:German-language television stations
Category:Television channels and stations established in 2014