National Geographic Channel Germany is a German television channel dedicated to documentaries and factual programmes.

The channel was launched on November 1, 2004 on Kabel Deutschland

Kabel Deutschland

-Company:Kabel Deutschland operates in 13 of the 16 states . In 2006, of the 15.4 million households passed by their cable the company served 9.6 million, however only one third of these are direct customers of Kabel Deutschland, since especially in large apartment complexes the in-house cable...

's digital platform, broadcasting 24 hours per day from the start. The channel also launched on other cable networks such as Unitymedia, Kabel BW, KabelKiosk and Cablecom

Cablecom

UPC Cablecom Holdings GmbH, trading exclusively under the brand name upc cablecom, is the largest broadband cable operator in Switzerland. Founded 1994 through multiple mergers between smaller companies, it is part of Liberty Global Europe's UPC Broadband division since the end of 2005.Cablecom...

.

On May 16, 2009, National Geographic Channel replaced Discovery Geschichte

Discovery Geschichte

Discovery Geschichte was a German television channel focusing on history-related programmes owned by Discovery Networks Europe...

 on the Premiere satellite platform. this was followed by the launch of the German Nat Geo Wild when it replaced Animal Planet

Animal Planet Germany

Animal Planet Germany is a television channel broadcasting programmes about animals, nature and wildlife to Germany, Austria and Switzerland.An agreement to launch the channel exclusively on the Premiere platform was signed by Discovery Networks Deutschland and Premiere in October 2003. The channel...

 on Premiere on July 1, a few days before Premiere was rebranded and became Sky Deutschland. National Geographic Channel HD also launch on Sky in July 2009.