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The Wild Talk Africa Festival is inviting wildlife filmmakers to submit proposals for the open pitching sessions. The festival takes place at the Docklands Hotel & Conference Centre in Durban from Tuesday, 23 to Friday, 26 July, running concurrently with the Durban International Film Festival.
When workers stumble upon an ancient Indian tomb in 1898, they uncover one of the most amazing discoveries in Buddhist history: a huge stone coffer containing stone jars and urns, over 1000 separate jewels – as well as ash and bone.
National Geographic Channels International (NGCI) has announced the first non-wildlife regional commission for a programme on the continent. The popular series, Taboo, is set to premiere an episode wholly focused on and shot in South Africa this June on National Geographic Channel, channel 181 on DStv.
Profiling one of sports’ most high profile scandals that created a media frenzy, National Geographic Channel, along with Peacock Productions, dissects the story of the science and scheming behind the saga of what’s been called “the most sophisticated and successful doping scheme in all of sports.”
Saturday, 15 April 1865. One gunshot. One assassin hell-bent on killing 'a tyrant,' as he charged — the 16th president of the United States. And in one moment, a nation was forever changed. This is the most dramatic and resonant crime in American history: the true story of the killing of Abraham Lincoln.
Sean Metelerkamp, Chris Bisset join Fly On The Wall
Directors Sean Metelerkamp and Chris Bisset have joined co-founder Bryan Little at Cape Town production company, Fly On The Wall.
Fox International Channels (FIC), the multimedia company focused on distribution of high quality Pay TV channels and digital services has announced the addition of an entertainment channel, FOX, onto MultiChoice’s DStv platform throughout the African continent.
FOX International Channels (FIC) has announced a multi-market deal for the highly anticipated Being Mandela reality series. FIC will be the exclusive first window pay-TV broadcaster in Africa, Latin America and Finland.
The producers of 12-12-12 recently announced that the concert at Madison Square Garden on Wednesday, December 12, at 7:30 PM (ET) to aid the victims of Hurricane Sandy, will have unprecedented and historic global distribution, similar to that of the Superbowl, the Academy Awards®, and the Grammys®.
National Geographic Channel announced today the premiere of an in-depth documentary detailing Hurricane Sandy and its mammoth and merciless wake, which caused more than 110 fatalities in the U.S., and paralysed life for millions of people in more than a half-dozen states.
Entries for the National Geographic Kids Young Photographers Competition are now open
Entries to the seventh National Geographic Kids Young Photographers Competition have opened. Prizes worth more than R110 000 can be won, courtesy of Nikon, Sabi Sabi, Airlink and SanDisk.
Panasonic partners with National Geographic Channels once again
National Geographic Channels (NGC) announced today that Panasonic has once again partnered with NGC and renewed its global sponsorship of The World Heritage Special for the second year.
National Geographic is changing its content schedule to focus strongly on Africa - by ensuring its viewers get quality content that is fresh and tailor-made for the continent and delivered timeously.
National Geographic Channels International (NGCI) inaugurates Africa’s bespoke new channel Nat Geo Gold (NGG) - all set to make waves on the Star Times and ImoTV this June.
Highlights on National Geographic and Nat Geo Wild during the month of June include the eighth season of Taboo; the adrenaline-fuelled special, Street Heat: High Speed Justice; Wild Scene Investigation as well as Dangerous Encounters: Backyard Monster.
National Geographic Channels International creates programming and content hub in London
National Geographic Channels International’s (NGCI) chief executive officer Hernan Lopez has announced the creation of a programme commissions and content hub in the UK. Following the March appointment of Hamish Mykura as executive vice president and head of international content, NGCI will be recruiting a commissioning team reporting to Mykura and based in the London office.
National Geographic Channel (NGC) announced late last month that it will premiere a new 30-minute special, James Cameron: Voyage to the Bottom of the Earth, chronicling Cameron’s historic one-man dive last month to the Mariana Trench’s Challenger Deep, the ocean’s deepest point.
Highlights on National Geographic Channel (DStv channel 260) and Nat Geo WILD (DStv channel 261) during the month of May include Lucky Munkers, Birth of Europe, Animal Underworld, Wild Mississippi and Live Like An Animal.
National Geographic Channel to commemorate 100<sup>th</sup> anniversary of the Titanic disaster
The National Geographic Society and National Geographic Channel have announced a major cross-platform initiative to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic, to take place this April, including three documentaries, a magazine cover story, books, and more.
National Geographic races to solve an 800-year-old mystery in forbidden tomb of Genghis Khan
The location of Genghis Khan’s tomb is an archaeological puzzle that has stumped researchers, historians, and archaeologists for the last millennium. Premiering on Sunday, 1 April at 20:00 on National Geographic Channel (DStv channel 260), Forbidden Tomb of Genghis Khan follows National Geographic emerging explorer Albert Lin on his quest to solve this 800-year old mystery.
The birth of MTV, dawn of the personal computer, Nike, hip-hop, celebrity politics and Reaganomics. It’s hard to believe three decades have passed since the 1980s, a decade that forever changed and shaped the world. Now, National Geographic Channel has announced the start of production on The 80’s: The Decade That Made Us (working title) a mini-series event that will celebrate it.
Evidence uncovered during research conducted in Florence’s Palazzo Vecchio in 2011 appears to support the theory that a lost Leonardo da Vinci painting existed on the east wall of the Hall of the 500, behind Giorgio Vasari’s mural, The Battle of Marciano. Finding the Lost Da Vinci documents the hunt for The Battle of Anghiari.
Premiering on Monday, 12 March at 21:00 on National Geographic Channel (DStv channel 260), the 13-part series, Air Crash Investigation will return for its tenth season to examine some of the worst air crashes in history.
Film-maker and National Geographic explorer-in-residence, James Cameron, has announced that he will attempt to reach the world’s deepest point, the Mariana Trench, nearly 11.2 km beneath the ocean’s surface, marking the launch of DEEPSEA CHALLENGE, a joint scientific project by Cameron, the National Geographic Society and Rolex.
National Geographic Channel’s new series, The Witch Doctor Will See You Now, started airing on Saturday, 4 February at 21:00.
National Geographic Channels International has partnered with Italian production house DOCLAB to produce a one-hour special on the sinking of the Concordia cruise ship off the coast of Isola del Giglio. The program will premiere in early 2012 on National Geographic Channels International.
National Geographic Channel has acquired the six-part documentary series Last Secrets of the Third Reich from ZDF Enterprises, the sales, distribution and production arm of Germany’s ZDF.
Explore the dark world of <i>Drugs Inc.</i> on National Geographic
National Geographic Channel’s (DStv channel 260) Drugs Inc. returns with eight new episodes that examine the business of illegal narcotics production. Drugs Inc. broadcasts from Monday, 16 January at 21:00 and goes inside the world of producers, traffickers, dealers, users, doctors and cops with first-person perspectives on what keeps this business in motion.
One of the most controversial figures of the 20th century, Henry Kissinger, reflects during 25 hours of exclusive interviews. The two-hour documentary Kissinger premieres on the National Geographic Channel (DStv channel 260) Sunday, 15 January at 21:00.
Premiering Sunday, 25 December at 16:00, National Geographic Channel’s Pint-Sized Preachers goes inside the controversial world of child evangelists to follow two rising stars and one established child minister as they spread God’s word and bring congregations to their feet.
Bedlam Productions, creator of the Academy and multi-award winning film The King’s Speech, has produced a new feature-length drama documentary, Titanic: Case Closed, which has been commissioned by National Geographic Channels International (NGCI) and the Smithsonian Channel.
National Geographic Channels International appoints Hamish Mykura as EVP
Hamish Mykura has been appointed executive vice president and head of international content for National Geographic Channels International (NGCI) effective early 2012. Mykura will also serve as the London head of global development for National Geographic Channel.
The National Geographic Society and National Geographic Channel announced a major cross-platform initiative to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic, to take place in April 2012.
Premiering on Wednesday, 7 December at 21:00 on the National Geographic Channel (DStv channel 260), Seconds from Disaster: Pearl Harbour retraces the series of events leading up to the epic battle which changed the course of history, and resulted in disaster for Japan.
JFK assassination exposed with startling new clarity on National Geographic Channel
Mystery of missing bullet may be solved as new digital transfer captures previously obscured details, including those in the sprocket areas.
Can you cheat death?
On Tuesday, 15 November, National Geographic Channel reveals the science behind miraculous survival stories captured on tape in a new 10-part series titled The Indestructibles, which investigates near-death experiences including a nearly five kilometre free fall and an SUV that topples a pedestrian.
National Geographic Channel and National Geographic Wild present a month of documentaries on escapes from death, the assassination of JFK, and everything in between.
Find out the tricks and shortcuts our brains use to understand those words and the world around us – and how easily our brains can be fooled– in National Geographic Channel’s three-part special Test Your Brain.
Cooked In Africa Films announces global distribution partnership
Leading South African production company, Cooked in Africa Films has negotiated a multi-million rand distribution deal with global distributor, Off The Fence (OTF).
In its new CLASSIFIED series, National Geographic Channel (NGC) gains remarkable access to elite protection agencies including the CIA, FBI and U.S. Secret Service.
Watch the <i>Titanic</i> come to life after 100 years in <i>Rebuilding Titanic</i>
How do you bend a 900°C red-hot piece of steel by hand, mine for coal deep underground, and shape a molten waterfall of steel into an anchor? Rebuilding Titanic premieres Tuesday, 11 October, at 22:00 on National Geographic.
What is <i>Taboo</i>?
The new season of Taboo on National Geographic (DStv channel 206), covers everything from a man who dresses as a baby to sexual relationships with a car and hoarding 400 pigs.
National Geographic gains more control
National Geographic Channels International (NGCI) has announced the acquisition of National Geographic Television International’s (NGTI) sales and distribution operations and related programming rights in a move that allows it to extend and control exclusivity windows for partners carrying its networks worldwide in 163 countries.
SABC3 and Cooked out of Africa Films present <i>Cooked Out Of The Frying Pan</i>
Justin Bonello has lost his appetite for cooking and believes that the only way to get it back is to up his game - Cooked Out Of The Frying Pan shows his three-month journey to get his mojo back.
National Geographic DStv channel 260, will take a look at the Valpré spring water plant in Heidelberg on Friday, 2 September.
David Lyle is National Geographic channels US and global programming CEO
The National Geographic Channels board has announced David Lyle as CEO of the National Geographic Channels US and assumes responsibility for global programming.
Two outstanding explorers — filmmaker and alternative-energy proponent, James Cameron, and marine ecologist, Enric Sala — are the National Geographic Society’s newest Explorers-in-Residence. Both were honored at a special gathering of National Geographic’s top explorers at Society headquarters.
<i>Drugs Inc</i> on National Geographic Channel this month
National Geographic Channel (DStv channel 260) goes behind the scenes of the international illegal drug trade to bring you riveting viewing. Catch the next episode, focusing on cocaine, on Monday, 4 April at 21:00.
In co-operation with the National Geographic Channel, Origins Centre will premiere an eagerly anticipated documentary, Obama’s White House, on February 27 at 18h00 for 18h30.
<i>Feast or Famine</i> on National Geographic Channel
Don’t miss the last episode episode of Feast or Famine on National Geogrpahic, on 28 November on Channel 260, at 21:00.
Move as millions. Survive as one. National Geographic Channel’s Great Migrations gives the word 'move' a whole new meaning. This seven-part global programming event takes viewers around the world on the arduous journeys that millions of animals undertake to ensure the survival of their species.
National Geographic channel provides unique first – person perspective and eyewitness videos that reconstruct the tragic September 11 bombings in USA.
<i>Dive Detectives</i> premieres on National Geographic
Dive Detectives is a new that moves beyond the waves with much of the drama taking place above the waterline. Each episode stems from a genuine mystery and has an active, unfolding narrative. The themes explored in the stories cover war; crime; piracy; treasure; and archaeology from different parts of the world.
Watch remarkable transformation in pet behaviour on <i>Dog Whisperer 4</i>
America's favourite dog expert and Emmy Award nominated Cesar Millan has an uncanny ability to rehabilitate problem dogs of all shapes and sizes. Dog Whisperer documents the remarkable transformations that take place under Cesar's guidance by teaching and helping dogs and their owners achieve happier lives together.
National Geographic gets 19 nominations for 31<sup>st</sup> news and documentary <i>Emmy Awards</i>
The National Geographic channel has announced that it has garnered 19 nominations for the 31st Annual News and Documentary Emmy Awards. The nominations, which were announced on Thursday, 15 July, by the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, saw National Geographic rank fourth in its category.
Brand new footage on Gulf oil spill disaster
On April 20, a Mayday call went out reporting an explosion aboard the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig. That call triggered an emergency response to save the rig; rescue the crew; and avert an environmental disaster. Those were the first 36 hours before the magnitude of the catastrophe would become clear. Now, National Geographic Channel (NGC) is releasing the story and footage.
National Geographic Channel - Africa&#39;s Lost Edens
Premiering on Thursday, 29 April at 20:00 on National Geographic Channel, broadcast on DStv’s channel 260, Africa’s Lost Edens looks at some of the challenges that Mozamibique's Gorgongosa National Park has faced over the last few decades.
National Geographic Channel delves deep into the ocean for Earth Day 2010
Filled with pristine underwater metropolises, the remains of lost creatures and worlds, and a myriad of the planet’s most spectacular animals, our oceans are a treasure trove. Yet, 20% of the world’s coral reefs have disappeared, and 90% of the large ocean predators are gone because of overfishing.
National Geographic Channel&#39;s Nasca Lines Decoded
While popular theories about the use of the Nasca lines have ranged from ancient race tracks to astronomical calendars, new insight and the unearthing of a headless body may be the keys to unlocking the mystery. National Geographic Channel refutes decades of misunderstanding in Nasca Lines Decoded, premiering on Sunday, 7 March, to reveal why these lines were made by the Nasca people.
A suite of five ancient crocs, including one with teeth like boar tusks and another with a snout like a duck’s bill, have been discovered in the Sahara by National Geographic Explorer-in-Residence, Paul Sereno. The five fossil crocs, three of them newly named species, are remains of a bizarre world of crocs that inhabited the southern land mass known as Gondwana some 100-million years ago.
What an exciting, real world we live in
Real magazine boasts an incredible supplement in the January issue, a mini-version of South Africa's biggest selling children's magazine - National Geographic Kids. Expect a vibrant 16-page section showcasing an amazing animal story; fun-facts; games; puzzles; and a project for the whole family to enjoy.
Lion Army premieres on National Geographic Wild
A tendency for laziness; unwillingness to pitch in with family duties; and boisterous table manners may be typical adolescent behaviour, but the wilderness of South Africa’s Kruger National Park is no place for teen angst.
National Geographic Kids cooks up a storm
National Geographic Kids has launched another superb initiative to actively involve its readers in the magazine. The NG Kids Young Chefs Competition, sponsored by Panarottis Pizza Pasta Restaurants, aims to encourage kids to send in their favourite recipes to be shared with other readers.

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