Geo Television (Germany) Explained

Geo Television
Picture Format:	576i (SDTV) 1080i (HDTV)
Owner:	RTL Group
Parent:	RTL Deutschland
Sister Channels:	RTL VOX n-tv Super RTL RTL Zwei Nitro RTLup VOXup RTL Crime RTL Living RTL Passion
Country:	Germany
Language:	German
Area:	Germany, Austria
Headquarters:	Cologne, Germany

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

Programming

Source:^[9]

• 1 ("1" - Leben am Limit) (2015–present)
• A Lego Brickumentary (2016–present)
• BBC Wildlife Specials (2014–present)
• Citizenfour (2016–present)
• (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)
• (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. Simpson - Eine amerikanische Saga) (2017–present)
• Off the Rails (Ich liebe dich, U-Bahn!) (2017–present)
• (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)
• Sunshine Superman (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)
• The Polar Bear Family And Me (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 (Under the Gun - Waffen in den USA) (2017–present) (by Katie Couric)
• Watermark (2015–present)
• (We Steal Secrets: Die WikiLeaks Geschichte) (2016–present)
• Yellowstone (2016–present)

Notes and References

1. Web site: kress.de: Erster Pay-Sender aus dem Hause G+J: Geo Television startet am 8. Mai in HD-Qualität . 2017-06-10 . 2014-03-10 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140310210201/http://kress.de/tagesdienst/detail/beitrag/125409-erster-pay-sender-aus-dem-hause-g-j-geo-television-startet-am-8-mai-in-hd-qualitaet.html . dead .
2. Web site: Geo Television: Erste Details zu Programm, Empfang und HD. March 7, 2014. DIGITAL FERNSEHEN.
3. Web site: Horizont.NET: Pay-TV-Sender von RTL und G+J: Geo Television geht am 8. Mai auf Sendung . 2017-06-10 . 2014-03-09 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140309220236/http://www.horizont.net/aktuell/medien/pages/protected/Pay-TV-Sender-von-RTL-und-GJ-Geo-Television-geht-am-8-Mai-auf-Sendung_119557.html . dead .
4. Web site: Presseportal.de: Mediengruppe RTL Deutschland startet Geo Television am 8. Mai.
5. http://www.infosat.de/Meldungen/?msgID=75614 INFOSAT: Neuer Pay-TV-Sender Geo Television startet am 8. Mai bei „Entertain“ – Standard- und HD-Auflösung
6. Web site: Geo Television zum Start über Entertain empfangbar. DWDL de. GmbH. DWDL.de.
7. Web site: Newsroom | Vodafone Deutschland. newsroom.vodafone.de.
8. Web site: Amazon Channels starten in Deutschland und Österreich: Über 25 neue Streaming Channels jetzt für Amazon Prime-Mitglieder verfügbar.
9. Web site: Wunschliste. wunschliste.de. 15 July 2017.