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Nat Geo People (short for National Geographic People) is an international pay television channel owned by National Geographic Partners, a joint venture between the Walt Disney Company (73%) and the National Geographic Society (27%). Targeted at female audiences, with programming focusing on people and cultures, the channel is available in 50 countries in both linear and non-linear formats.

History

The channel originally launched in the United Kingdom on 1 November 1999 as Adventure One Channel by the NGC-UK Partnership, a joint venture between the National Geographic Society and British Sky Broadcasting (BSkyB). The channel was later launched by National Geographic across Europe, Asia, Africa, and Australasia, and was rebranded in 2003 to simply Adventure One (A1).

On 7 December 2006, it was announced that the channel would be replaced in the United Kingdom by Nat Geo Wild from 1 March 2007. The channel was replaced as planned, and was also replaced in most European territories as well. On 2 April 2007, National Geographic announced the launch of National Geographic Adventure, which replaced Adventure One in Asia, Africa, Australasia, and Italy, and as a block in Spain, Portugal, and Latin America. It was officially relaunched on 1 May 2007. Under its new name, the channel retained its focus on a younger audience, providing programming based around outdoor adventure, travel, and stories that involve people having fun while exploring the world. Nat Geo Adventure is also a global adventure travel video and photography portal, which launched worldwide in 2009.

In early 2008, National Geographic Adventure Australia and Italy launched a new video sharing feature on their website called Blognotes.

In 2010, Nat Geo Adventure launched its own HD feed in Asia via AsiaSat 5.

Nat Geo Adventure Italy upgraded to HD on Sky Italia on 1 February 2012, At the time of launch (0500 UTC).

On 30 September 2013, it was announced that Nat Geo Adventure would be replaced by Nat Geo People on 1 March 2014. This would see Nat Geo People launch in HD where currently available, as well as in linear and non-linear formats, in 50 countries internationally. The rebrand saw the channel become more female-focused, with programming focusing on people and cultures.

Nat Geo People was replaced by Nat Geo Wild in Germany and Austria on 12 September 2017. The channel was closed down in Australia on 1 march 2018 together with FX with all popular TV shows moving to the National Geographic Channel. Nat Geo People in Italy closed on 1 October 2019, along with the Italian versions of Disney XD, Disney in English, Fox Comedy and Fox Animation, due to Sky Italia's deal with The Walt Disney Company Italy not being renewed. In Romania, the channel closed on 1 July 2018, but will be available again in 2020. The channel closed in Turkey on 31 May 2020. On April 27, 2021, for the 21 years of television broadcasting history, Disney and Fox Networks Group announced that Nat Geo People will be closing down and will be merging with National Geographic Asia (which would also ceased its broadcasting two years later) on 1 October 2021, as well as a part of its winddown of traditional cable/satellite networks across Southeast Asia and Hong Kong in favor of Disney+ (in Singapore, Hong Kong, Taiwan and the Philippines) and Disney+ Hotstar (in Southeast Asia outside Singapore and the Philippines), thus the channel space once occupied by Adventure One Channel ceased to exist. The final program aired was an episode of Airport Below Zero.

As of 2026, Poland and Romania are the only regions where Nat Geo People is still active.

Nat Geo People around the world

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