Tag: National Geographic

The duo behind the Oscar-winning documentary Free Solo on their new six-part series Photographer.

The Walt Disney Company Africa and MultiChoice Group have inked a new multiyear distribution deal for Disney’s portfolio of linear channels to remain on DStv until 2027.

Susan Goldberg, former editor-in-chief at National Geographic, has been appointed as the next president and CEO of GBH.

During National Geographic’s Television Critics Association Winter Press Tour presentation, the company revealed details about the content it's set to roll out in the coming months, including four new projects from the creators of Free Solo.

Blue Ant International has closed a crop of new licensing deals that amount to more than 320 hours of content placed across platforms in the U.S., the U.S. Hispanic market, Latin America and English- and French-speaking Canada.

At its "FURTHER Front" upfront presentation in New York, National Geographic unveiled new scripted highlights, including The Hot Zone with Ridley Scott, as well as upcoming factual fare such as Hostile Planet from Guillermo Navarro, while Nat Geo WILD and Nat Geo Mundo also revealed fresh programming slates. 

Martha Raddatz, author of The Long Road Home, and Carolyn Bernstein, the executive VP and head of global scripted development and production at National Geographic, talk to World Screen Newsflash about the TV adaptation of Raddatz's book and the importance of telling this story.

Among the new titles unveiled at National Geographic's TCA presentation were a Titanic 20th anniversary documentary special from James Cameron and a scripted adaptation of Tom Wolfe’s best seller The Right Stuff.

Chef and TV host Gordon Ramsay and National Geographic’s Global Networks CEO Courteney Monroe have been lined up to deliver keynotes at MIPCOM 2017.

National Geographic has strengthened its digital team with three new hires, Marcus East, Marcelo Galdieri and Jonathan Hunt.