National Geographic Channel Scandinavia

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National Geographic Channel Scandinavia is a television channel broadcasting documentaries and related programmes to the Nordic countries. It is owned by the NGC-UK Partnership, owned by the National Geographic Society and British Sky Broadcasting.

The National Geographic Channel was launched in Scandinavia in September 1997 when BSkyB launched the Sky News & Documentaries channel, carrying National Geographic between 8 p.m. and 2 p.m. (CET) with The Computer Channel between 6 and 8 p.m. and Sky News the remaining time. The broadcasting hours has since then been extended and as of 2006 the channel is broadcasting from noon to 6 a.m., showing CNBC Nordic in the morning.

Programmes and continuity has English audio, with subtitles in Swedish, Finnish, Danish and Norwegian. Advertising has sound in different languages.

The channel is carried on most digital cable networks in the region, including TDC Kabel TV and Com Hem. Initially it was only available on satellite from Canal Digital, but it launched on the Viasat satellite platform on August 15, 2006. In the digital terrestrial networks the channel is not available in Sweden or Finland, but it is available on the Faroe Islands. As of early 2007, Norway and Denmark are yet to launch digital terrestrial pay television.

The sister channel Adventure One had moderate carriage for some time in Scandinavia. The National Geographic Channel HD is launching into the Nordic region on April 1, 2007.