Nat Geo Wild

{{Main|List of programs broadcast by Nat Geo Wild}}

The channel was launched in the United States on 29 March 2010, replacing Fox Reality Channel.{{cite web|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/televisionNews/idUSTRE59D4AK20091016|title=Fox Reality Goes Wild as Nat Geo Spinoff|publisher=Reuters|date=2009-10-16|access-date=2009-10-16}}{{cite web|url=http://www.natgeowild.com|title=National Geographic Channel|website=www.natgeowild.com}} Providers which carried the channel at the time of its launch included Time Warner Cable, Comcast, Cox Communications, Verizon Fios and AT&T U-verse. Dish Network did not reach a carriage agreement at launch, but began to broadcast the channel on 19 April 2010. DirecTV didn't carry the channel at the time of its launch either, but it added the channel to its lineup on 30 June. DirecTV added the HD feed on 15 August 2012.[http://news.directv.com/2012/08/15/on-august-15-four-exciting-channels-will-be-available-in-eye-popping-hd/ On August 15 four exciting channels will be available in eye-popping HD!] DirecTV press release, August 15, 2012

The Latin American version of the channel was launched on November 1, 2009 and ended operations on March 31, 2022, with its content moving to NatGeo, Disney+ and Star+.{{cite web|last=Cardozo|first=Alberto|url=https://www.anmtvla.com/2022/01/disney-xd-nat-geo-kids-star-life-nat.html|title=Disney XD, Nat Geo Kids, Star Life, Nat Geo Wild y FXM cesarán, transmisiones en Latinoamérica en marzo|website=ANMTVLA|language=es|date=January 10, 2022|access-date=January 10, 2022}}

;Africa

The channel launched in South Africa in mid-2009, and is available on the South African Satellite Network DStv.{{cite web|url=http://natgeotv.com/za/how-to-get-a-channel |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100407224856/http://natgeotv.com/za/how-to-get-a-channel |url-status=dead |archive-date=April 7, 2010 |title=HOW TO GET THE CHANNEL - National Geographic Channel - Sub-Saharan Africa |publisher=Natgeotv.com |access-date=2013-05-02}}

;Southeast Asia

In Singapore, the channel is carried on the StarHub TV subscription services. Astro and Unifi TV carried the channel in Malaysia with four language audio tracks included. Some shows on Nat Geo Wild are aired in Filipino (Tagalog) in the Philippines, which also have multiple languages available. Selected shows also aired on Fox Filipino (now defunct).

Nat Geo Wild alongside its sister channel National Geographic has ceased in operation in Southeast Asia on October 1, 2023.{{cite web|last=Frater|first=Patrick|title=Disney to Close Remaining Linear TV Channels in Southeast Asia and Korea|url=https://variety.com/2023/tv/news/disney-closing-tv-channels-southeast-asia-korea-1235643667/|website=Variety|date=June 14, 2023|access-date=June 23, 2023}} Most of the contents were later relocated to Disney+ (or Disney+ Hotstar for Malaysia, Indonesia and Thailand) content hub.

;East Asia

In Hong Kong, the channel is carried on the Now TV subscription services. The channel launched in South Korea on 16 April 2009.

In Japan, the channel launched on January 10, 2011 and its carried on the Sky PerfecTV! subscription services. The Japanese version of the channel was closed on January 31, 2021, after the successful launch of Disney+ in the country;{{cite web|url=https://theriver.jp/disney-xd-ends/|title=「ディズニーＸＤ」「FOXムービー」「ナショジオ ワイルド」が放送終了へ|date=October 13, 2020|access-date=January 20, 2023}} as a result, it was the first Asian feed of the channel to completely cease operations.

As described above, the network went out of operation in Hong Kong, Taiwan and South Korea on October 1, 2023.

;Middle East and North Africa

BeIN(stylized as beIN) carries the channel for Middle Eastern and North African viewers. The channel launched in Israel on 23 July 2008.

;Australia

The Asian version of the channel launched in Australia on 15 November 2009 on Austar and Foxtel.{{cite web|url=http://www.tvtonight.com.au/2009/10/nat-geo-gets-wild-in-november.html|title=Nat Geo gets Wild in November|first=David|last=Knox|publisher=TV Tonight|date=October 14, 2009|access-date=January 5, 2015}}

A high definition feed launched on Foxtel on 1 November 2010.{{cite web|url=http://www.tvtonight.com.au/2010/11/speed-is-on-the-air.html|title=SPEED is on the air|first=David|last=Knox|publisher=TV Tonight|date=November 1, 2010|access-date=January 5, 2015}} Although the HD feed was expected to launch on Austar in late 2010/early 2011, the channel did not launch until 1 July 2012, after Foxtel acquired Austar.{{cite web|url=http://www.tvtonight.com.au/2012/05/foxtel-completes-austar-merger.html|title=Foxtel completes Austar merger|publisher=TV Tonight|first=David|last=Knox|date=May 24, 2012|access-date=January 5, 2015}}

On 1 February 2015, Nat Geo Wild launched on Australian IPTV service Fetch TV.{{cite web|last=Knox|first=David|title=Fetch TV adds BBC First|publisher=TV Tonight|date=December 9, 2014|url=http://www.tvtonight.com.au/2014/12/fetch-tv-adds-bbc-first.html|access-date=December 19, 2014}}{{cite web|last=Perry|first=Kevin|title=Big Blow for Foxtel as they Lose Exclusive Rights for Premium Drama Channel BBC First|publisher=Nelbie|date=December 9, 2014|url=http://nelbie.com/kevmarl/2014/12/8/big-blow-for-foxtel-as-they-loose-exclusive-rights-for-premium-drama-channel-bbc-first|access-date=December 19, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141219134256/http://nelbie.com/kevmarl/2014/12/8/big-blow-for-foxtel-as-they-loose-exclusive-rights-for-premium-drama-channel-bbc-first|archive-date=December 19, 2014|url-status=dead}}

On 14 February 2017, the channel was made available in HD for Fetch TV customers.{{Cite web |date=2017-02-14 |title=Fetch |url=https://www.facebook.com/fetchTV/posts/pfbid02EBdkovTvAYLAYSRTvhxuqoZGPWvooyQYgShUbF61LNEz2qsPNPNstmwC1YVRDNczl |access-date=2024-06-30 |website=Facebook}}

Nat Geo Wild, alongside National Geographic, officially ceased broadcasting in Australia and New Zealand on 1 April 2023.

;Canada

{{Main|National Geographic Wild (Canadian TV channel)}}

The Canadian version of Nat Geo Wild launched on 7 May 2012. Similar to National Geographic Channel, this channel is controlled by Corus Entertainment.{{cite web|url=http://www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/2012/2012-218.htm|title=ARCHIVED - NatGeo Wild – Specialty Category B service|first=Government of Canada, Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission|last=(CRTC)|website=www.crtc.gc.ca|date=13 April 2012 }}

;India

The channel launched in India on 31 July 2009. In 2013, a Hindi audiotrack of was launched on the channel. It features 4 audio track, which are in English, Telugu, Hindi and Tamil languages. As of October 1, 2023, the Indian feed is the only one left in Asia.

;Pan-European feed

{{Main|National Geographic Wild (European TV channel)}}

The channel launched on 1 March 2007 in Europe,{{cite press release|title = National Geographic Channel set to go wild|publisher = National Geographic Channels (International)|url = http://ngcipressroom.com/press-release/560|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080523232826/http://www.ngcipressroom.com/releases.aspx?id=226|archive-date = May 23, 2008|access-date = February 8, 2010|date = December 7, 2006}} and now reaches up to 10.5 million homes in the UK.

;France

A French Nat Geo Wild was launched on 9 September 2008. Its HD feed launched on 8 November 2011. It is available in France, Belgium, Luxembourg, Switzerland, Africa and many other islands.

In France, it was exclusive of Canalsat and Numericable. In 2014, it joined ISP offers, but in 2018 it became a Canal+ exclusive again.

;Italy

On 14 October 2007, an Italian Nat Geo Wild was launched on Sky Italia. It is also available in Switzerland. Its HD feed was launched on 1 February 2012 and a 1-hour timeshift feed on 28 September 2014. The channel shut down on October 1, 2022, alongside the National Geographic channel in Italy.{{cite web|url=https://www.tvdigitaldivide.it/sky-il-1-ottobre-2022-chiude-il-canale-national-geographic/|title=Sky: il 1° ottobre 2022 chiude il canale National Geographic|date=September 21, 2022|access-date=September 27, 2022}}

;Spain

A Spanish Nat Geo Wild was launched on 1 October 2011.

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{{Reflist}}

• [https://web.archive.org/web/20120822061602/http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/wild/ Nat Geo Wild - United States]
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20160525182636/http://www.nationalgeographic.com.au/tv/wild/ Nat Geo Wild - Australia]
• [https://www.nationalgeographic.de/wild Nat Geo Wild - Germany]
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20100324101649/http://natgeotv.com/pl/wild Nat Geo Wild - Poland]
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20100327095807/http://www.natgeotv.com/ro/wild Nat Geo Wild - Romania]
• [http://natgeowild.ficarabia.tv/default.aspx Net Geo Wild - Middle East & North Africa]

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