National Geographic Channel (UK) - National Geographic Channel HD

National Geographic Channel HD is available in the UK and Ireland. It launched on 22 May 2006 on Sky channel 543. The channel joined Virgin Media's cable TV lineup on channel 232 on 30 July 2009. On 5 August 2009, it is also available on UPC Ireland's cable TV service on channel 221. The HD version available in the UK and Ireland was not originally a simulcast of the standard definition version of the National Geographic Channel, with some of the content coming from Rush HD, however from 1 December 2010 National Geographic Channel HD became a simulcast.

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