Geo Television (Germany)

Geo Television
Country	Germany
Broadcast area	Germany, Austria
Headquarters	Cologne, Germany
Programming
Language(s)	German
Picture format	576i (16:9 SDTV); 1080i (HDTV)
Ownership
Owner	RTL Group
Parent	Mediengruppe RTL Deutschland
History
Launched	8 May 2014; 7 years ago
Links
Website	www.geo-television.de
Availability
Cable
Kabel Deutschland (Germany)	Channel 527 (HD)
IPTV
Telekom Entertain (Germany)	Channel 248 (SD/HD)

Logo of the HD version

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.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6] Since May 17, 2017, Geo Television is also available in the cable network of Kabel Deutschland,^[7] followed by Amazon Prime on 23 May 2017.^[8]

Programming^[9][]

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)
(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)
(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 - 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)

References[]

External links[]

Official website (in German)

[1] ress.de: Erster Pay-Sender aus dem Hause G+J: Geo Television startet am 8. Mai in HD-Qualität

[2] talfernsehen.de: Geo Television: Erste Details zu Programm, Empfang und HD

[3] Horizont.NET: Pay-TV-Sender von RTL und G+J: Geo Television geht am 8. Mai auf Sendung

[4] Presseportal.de: Mediengruppe RTL Deutschland startet Geo Television am 8. Mai

[5] INFOSAT: Neuer Pay-TV-Sender Geo Television startet am 8. Mai bei „Entertain“ – Standard- und HD-Auflösung

[6] DWDL.de: Geo Television zum Start über Entertain empfangbar

[7] Vodafone und Mediengruppe RTL Deutschland vereinbaren umfangreiche Angebotserweiterung auf GigaTV-Plattform

[8] Amazon Channels starten in Deutschland und Österreich: Über 25 neue Streaming Channels jetzt für Amazon Prime-Mitglieder verfügbar

[9] "Wunschliste". wunschliste.de. Retrieved 15 July 2017.

[ref1-10] t venture with Tele München Fernseh, Heinrich Bauer Verlag and Burda.

[ref2-11] Until March 2021 a joint venture with The Walt Disney Company.

[ref3-12] t venture with Amperwelle Studio München Programmanbietergesellschaft, Axel Springer AG, Burda, Studio Gong, m.b.t. Mediengesellschaft der bayerischen Tageszeitungen für Kabelkommunikation, Medienpool and Radio Bavaria Rundfunkprogrammgesellschaft.

[ref4-13] t venture with Axel Springer, Heinrich Bauer Verlag, Lühmanndruck Harburger Zeitungsgesellschaft and Morgenpost Verlag.

[ref9-14] t venture with Pressefunk Nordrhein-Westfalen and Westdeutscher Rundfunk.

[ref10-15] t venture with Funk & Fernsehen Nordwestdeutschland, Antenne Niedersachen and Niedersachsen Radio.

[ref11-16] t venture with Mediengruppe Dr. Haas.

[ref12a-17] t venture with Rheinland-Pfälzische Rundfunk.

[ref12b-18] t venture with Broadcast Sachsen.

[ref13-19] t venture with Verlagsgesellschaft Madsack, Studio Gong Niedersachsen and Brune-Rieck-Beteiligungs.

[ref5-20] t venture with TF1 Group.

[ref6-21] t venture with AB Groupe.

[ref7-22] t venture with L'Équipe.

[ref8-23] Until December 2020 a joint venture with Mediahuis, IPM Group and Rossel (through Audiopresse S.A.).

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Geo Television (Germany)

Broadcasting[]

Programming[9][]

References[]

External links[]

Programming^[9][]