Washington – National Geographic Channel (NGC) and National Geographic Games have released a new mobile game based on Doomsday Preppers, a series on NGC featuring Americans who are preparing for the end of the world. The free app, with in-app purchases for premium content and gameplay perks, is available now on the App Store timed to the second season of Doomsday Preppers. Developed by Can't Stop Games and distributed internationally by G5 Entertainment, Doomsday Preppers players will be … [Read more...] about National Geographic Channel launches Doomsday Preppers app
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NGC to air doco on Hurricane Sandy
Washington – National Geographic Channel (NGC) has announced the premiere of the first in-depth cable documentary detailing Hurricane Sandy and its mammoth and merciless wake, which caused more than 110 fatalities in the United States, and paralysed life for millions of people in more than a half-dozen states. Superstorm 2012, a one-hour special, premieres on November 15 in the US and encores on Sunday, November 18. It airs globally this month in 172 countries under the title Superstorm … [Read more...] about NGC to air doco on Hurricane Sandy
Tom Hanks to host NGC’s Killing Lincoln
Washington – National Geographic Channel announced that actor, producer, writer and director Tom Hanks is joining the two-hour television event Killing Lincoln from executive producers Ridley Scott and the late Tony Scott's Scott Free Productions. Hanks, a two-time Oscar winner known for his roles in Saving Private Ryan, Forest Gump, Apollo 13, The Green Mile, and The Da Vinci Code, among many others, will serve as the on-camera host, historical commentator and narrator. Hanks joins … [Read more...] about Tom Hanks to host NGC’s Killing Lincoln
National Geographic Channel documents historic Mars mission in special
Washington – The National Geographic Channel (NGC) will premiere Martian Mega Rover on August 9, just three days after the historic touchdown of the Mars Science Laboratory (a.k.a. Curiousity rover). The hour-long special includes detailed animation that breaks down each phase of the landing like a scene out of a blockbuster sci-fi movie. Created by Dan Maas, the acclaimed animator behind the IMAX "Roving Mars" and NGC's Emmy winner Five Years on Mars, vivid photorealistic CGI simulates … [Read more...] about National Geographic Channel documents historic Mars mission in special
Survey shows viewers highly value FOX, National Geographic Channel brands
FOX International Channels (FIC)’s FOX and National Geographic Channel (NGC) are the two biggest channels in its portfolio receiving a high level of brand satisfaction and viewer loyalty, according to a recent survey by Millward Brown Optimor, the creator of the widely-cited BrandZ study of Brand Strength and Value. The large-scale consumer study was conducted in 12 markets with 14,000 respondents, both current and potential Pay-TV subscribers, in Europe, Asia and Latin America, earlier … [Read more...] about Survey shows viewers highly value FOX, National Geographic Channel brands
Never-before-seen footage from Untamed Americas – Mountains
National Geographic Channel (NGC) has released exclusive, never-before-seen footage of the tube-lipped nectar bat – a 6.35-centimetre bat with an 8.9-centimertre tongue – also known as a type of long-tongued bat, found high in the cloud forests of the Ecuadorian Andes Mountains. In the episode of Untamed Americas: Mountains, viewers will see this fascinating bat, discovered in 2005, that boasts the highest tongue-to-body ratio of any mammal in the world. The same proportions in … [Read more...] about Never-before-seen footage from Untamed Americas – Mountains