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17 March 2010
FOOTBALL SHOW WITH A DIFFERENCE LEADS NGTI SLATE AT MIPTV
National Geographic Television International (NGTI) today unveils its key programme launches for MipTV 2010.

2 February 2010
NGT EMBARKS ON MAJOR, MULTI-HOUR SERIES
National Geographic Television (NGT) announces today that it is developing a major new, multi-hour television series that will re-examine the role of Greece in world history and, through a series of new discoveries, present an entirely new understanding of this incredible ancient superpower.

28 October 2009
NGTI AND RTE EXTEND PARTNERSHIP WITH NEW DEAL
National Geographic Television International (NGTI) is pleased to announce that it has just secured a major new deal with Ireland’s state broadcaster, RTE.

2 September 2009
DEATH, DRUGS AND DISAPPEARING ICE MASSES LEAD THE WAY FOR NGTI’S MIPCOM SLATE
National Geographic Television International (NGTI) today unveils its key programme launches for Mipcom, confirming more than 90 hours of new content and announcing acquisitions from new independent producer partners.

22 June 2009
NGTI SECURES RAFT OF NEW DEALS DOWN UNDER
National Geographic Television International (NGTI) has recently agreed deals for a range of its factual content with three Australian broadcasters.

20 May 2009
NGTI ACQUIRES NEW INDIE DOCS FOR DISTRIBUTION
National Geographic Television International (NGTI) today announces that it has acquired almost 20 hours of new programming from deals with four independent producers – two of which are new business partners.

28 April 2009
ASIAN BROADCASTERS PICK UP OVER 120 HOURS FROM NGTI
National Geographic Television International (NGTI) is pleased to announce that it has wrapped up a number of new deals in Asia, following discussions at MipTV.

9 March 2009
INSIDE GUANTANAMO EXCLUSIVE TO LEAD NGTI SLATE AT MIPTV
National Geographic Television International (NGTI) today unveils its key programme launches for MipTV.

25 February 2009
DRAMA FIRST FOR NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC AT MIPTV
National Geographic Television International (NGTI) is bringing its first ever fully-scripted drama programme to MipTV this year. I, Darwin, also a first for world-renowned factual producer National Geographic Television, will be a 1 x 110 mins film or 2 x 52 mins mini-series for US public television’s NOVA, created to celebrate the 200th anniversary since Darwin’s birth and the 150th anniversary since the publication of On the Origin of Species.

17 September 2008
NGTI UNVEILS MIPCOM SLATE
NGTI (National Geographic Television International) is launching a varied slate of factual programmes at Mipcom this year – ranging from new wildlife and history titles, to society/current affairs and environmental programmes.

10 July 2008
NGTI ADDS NEW PRODUCERS TO ITS GROWING INDIE CATALOGUE
NGTI today announces that it has signed two deals to represent new programmes from Welsh-based indie Green Bay and Canadian producer Cirrus Media.

28 May 2008
NGTI ANNOUNCES NEW ACQUISITION, FOLLOWING CO-SPONSORSHIP OF DEVELOPMENT FUND
Earlier this year, NGTI joined forces with ABC Australia to sponsor a development prize for Australian producers working in the natural history arena. The winning idea, judged at the AIDC, came from Bettina Dalton’s Content Mint production company and has just gone into production.

15 May 2008
NGTI SECURES MAJOR NEW DEALS IN SPAIN & PORTUGAL
National Geographic Television International today confirms two significant deals with broadcasters on the Iberian Peninsula.

1 May 2008
RTE GOES ‘WILD’ OVER NEW TITLES FROM NGTI
National Geographic Television International (NGTI) is pleased to announce the signing of a new deal with Ireland’s state broadcaster RTE.

13 March 2008
NEW PRESIDENT APPOINTED AT NGTI
Maurice van Sabben has today been confirmed as the new president of National Geographic Television International (NGTI).

6 March 2008
NGTI ACQUIRES A RANGE OF NEW PROGRAMMING IN TIME FOR MIPTV
National Geographic Television International today confirms that it will be bringing its largest ever slate of indie product to MipTV, in addition to the increasing volume and diversity of output from National Geographic Television.

14 December 2007
NGTI FINALISES NEW DEALS IN ASIA
National Geographic Television International (NGTI) today confirms a number of new deals with broadcasters in Asia.

3 December 2007
NGTI ANNOUNCES TWO CO-PRODUCTIONS WITH FRANCE 5
National Geographic Television International (NGTI) today announces two major co-production agreements with French public broadcaster France 5.

25 October 2007
NGTI AND RTE AGREE NEW DEAL POST- MIPCOM
Following a successful meeting at Mipcom, NGTI (National Geographic Television International), is pleased to announce that it has just signed a new deal with Ireland’s state broadcaster, RTE.

1 October 2007
NGTI ACQUIRES NEW CATALOGUE FROM TOWERS PRODUCTIONS
National Geographic Television International today announces that it has acquired a raft of programming from leading US factual production company - Towers Productions - ready for launch at Mipcom.

25 September 2007
NGTI TAKES THE HUMAN FOOTPRINT ACROSS THE WORLD
NGTI (National Geographic Television International) today announces a number of sales for THE HUMAN FOOTPRINT, the innovative programme that explores the impact of the life of an average person on earth.

11 September 2007
NGTI BRINGS LARGEST EVER SLATE TO MIPCOM
NGTI (National Geographic Television International) today announces its key new shows launching at Mipcom 2007, chosen from a slate of more than 100 hours of factual programming and from a broad range of sub-genres. This is NGTI’s largest ever market slate and includes programmes produced by sister company National Geographic Television, as well as independent producers.

4 June 2007
NGTI GEARS UP FOR DISCOP WITH NEW PROGRAMME LAUNCHES
NGTI (National Geographic Television International) is pleased to announce that it will be launching a number of new programmes when it arrives at DISCOP later in the month.

10 May 2007
NGTI WRAPS UP SALES IN ASIA
NGTI (National Geographic Television International) announces today that is has just concluded a number of deals across territories in Asia.

16 April 2007
NGTI ACQUIRES THREE NEW JOUBERT FILMS
National Geographic Television International (NGTI) today announces that it has acquired three new programmes from the award-winning wildlife filmmakers Dereck and Beverly Joubert. The programmes will receive their debut in the NGTI slate at MipTV this week.

11 April 2007
NGTI CONCLUDES BULK DEALS IN SOUTH AMERICA
National Geographic Television International (NGTI) is pleased to report a significant upturn in demand for its factual programming in South America, with a number of recent deals signed across the region.

28 March 2007
NGTI ACQUIRES THE HUMAN FOOTPRINT
Over a lifetime the average person will:
- speak 123,205,750 words
- shed 121 pints of tears
- drink 15,951 pints of milk
- discard 29,700 lbs of food packaging
- know 1,700 people

23 March 2007
NGTI INCREASES BOTH TOTAL HOURS AND SHOWS FROM INDIE PRODUCERS FOR MIPTV 2007
NGTI (National Geographic Television International) has an impressive new slate for MipTV 2007, featuring a raft of factual programming from in-house production company NGT, as well as from a growing number of independent producers. In total NGTI has more than 60 new hours being showcased at the market this year.

18 December 2006
NGTI CONCLUDES 'SPECIAL' DEALS FOR PIGLET PALS
NGTI (National Geographic Television International) today announces a raft of new deals for its festive family special – Toot & Puddle: I’ll Be Home for Christmas (1 x 45).

23 November 2006
ESSENTIAL DEALS FOR NGTI
NGTI (National Geographic Television International) is pleased to announce a raft of new deals for on some of its recently acquired programming from UK independent producer Essential Television and Film.

19 October 2006
NGTI IN NEW DEAL TO SUPPORT MAJOR AWARD IN SPAIN
NGTI (National Geographic Television International) has concluded a deal with Spanish terrestrial broadcaster TVE for a package of programmes that exemplify the work of the National Geographic Society.

9 October 2006
EARLY DEALS ON NEW PROGRAMMING GIVE NGTI A BOOST AT MIPCOM
NGTI (National Geographic Television International) arrives at Mipcom 2006 with a raft of new deals for some of its key new programming for this year.

8 October 2006
NGTI ANNOUNCES A RAFT OF NEW DEALS TO SPEARHEAD KIDS' DRIVE AT MIPCOM
National Geographic Television International (NGTI) arrives at Mipcom with a number of sales recently concluded for Mama Mirabelle’s Home Movies - the first of its new programmes to be made by National Geographic Kids Entertainment (NGKE).

2 October 2006
NGTI ANNOUNCES DEALS ON NEW BLUE-CHIP SPECIAL
National Geographic Television International is pleased to announce that the BBC and NHK are confirmed as co-production partners on its new blue-chip wildlife Special – GABON: EDEN ON THE EDGE (1 x 52) – currently being made by the natural history unit at National Geographic Television.

14 September 2006
NEW SHOWS ABOUT THE PLANET LEAD NGTI'S PROGRAMME LAUNCHES THIS MIPCOM
NGTI (National Geographic Television International) is pleased to announce that it will arrive at Mipcom 2006 with more than 50 hours of new programming, including a large number of shows produced by National Geographic Television, new acquisitions from international producers Compass Films and Abyss Productions – and for the first time, NGTI will also represent kids’ programmes produced by National Geographic Kids’ Entertainment.

4 September 2006
NGTI ACQUIRES NEW PRODUCTION FROM COMPASS FILMS
NGTI (National Geographic Television International) continues its drive for third party factual programming with the acquisition of RED VELVET, a major new polemic documentary from France-based Compass Films.

31 August 2006
NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC APPOINTS FIRST DIGITAL MEDIA EXECUTIVE IN THE UK
NGTI (National Geographic Television International) is pleased to announce the appointment of Sandra Brown to its international content distribution team.

20 April 2006
TOPICAL PROGRAMMES MADE THEIR MARK AT MIPTV FOR NGTI
NGTI (National Geographic Television International) is pleased to announce a number of deals for new programming that it launched at MipTV.

3 April 2006
NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC REVEALS THE LOST GOSPEL OF JUDAS IN A GLOBAL TELEVISION EVENT
THE NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC SOCIETY HAS BECOME INVOLVED WITH ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT DISCOVERIES IN BIBLICAL ARCHAEOLOGY. Full details of the Gospel contents, plus the story surrounding its discovery and journey to translation, will be announced at a press conference, to be held in Washington DC on Thursday 6 April 2006 at 10am EST. Here, an internationally renowned panel of Biblical scholars and experts, will report on the conservation, translation and authentication of the document.

15 March 2006
NGTI CONCLUDES MAJOR DEAL WITH NEW GREEK CHANNEL
Skai TV, the new terrestrial TV channel launching in Greece on 1st April has just concluded its first deal with National Geographic Television International.

8 March 2006
NGTI ACQUIRES ESSENTIAL CATALOGUE FOR LAUNCH AT MIPTV
NGTI (National Geographic Television International) is pleased to announce that it has acquired the entire back catalogue from UK producer Essential Film and Television and will be launching the programmes to clients at MIPTV. Included in the deal are the rights for three new programmes to be produced this year.

1 March 2006
NGTI UNVEILS MIPTV SLATE
NGTI (National Geographic Television International) today announces its line-up for MIPTV 2006, revealing both a range of programming traditionally associated with National Geographic, plus a new slate of more topical, issues-related titles.

9 November 2005
NGTI ANNOUNCES A RAFT OF NEW DEALS FOLLOWING MIPCOM
National Geographic Television International (NGTI) is pleased to confirm that it has concluded a number of deals in the weeks following Mipcom.

2 November 2005
NGTI RACKS UP SALES FOR KILLER FLU DOC
National Geographic Television International today announces that its major Mipcom launch show, RACE AGAINST THE KILLER FLU (1 x 52), has racked up a number of pre-sales at the market.

28 October 2005
NGTI SCORES NEW DEALS IN ITALY
National Geographic Television International (NGTI) today announces that is has concluded deals for nearly 20 hours of programming with RAI in Italy.

17 October 2005
NGTI ANNOUNCES PRE-SALE FOR NEW MIPCOM SHOW
National Geographic Television International (NGTI) arrives at Mipcom today with a major pre-sale to French broadcaster M6 for its new programme THE DAY THE BIG EASY DROWNED.

12 October 2005
NGTI PICKS UP NEW THIRD PARTY PROGRAMMES JUST IN TIME FOR MIPCOM
National Geographic Television International (NGTI) is pleased to announce that it has just acquired two new programmes from independent producers to add to its title launches at Mipcom 2005. These new acquisitions are:

3 October 2005
NGTI BRINGS 100 HOURS TO MIPCOM
As it gears up to celebrate its 10th anniversary at Mipcom 2005, National Geographic Television International is delighted to confirm that it will be bringing 100 hours of programming to this market.

22 September 2005
NEW DEALS IN ASIA FOR NGTI
Factual distributor National Geographic Television International (NGTI) today announces a number of new deals with broadcasters across Asia.

15 September 2005
NGTI SECURES NEW SALES TO UK BROADCASTERS
National Geographic Television International today announces that it has completed a number of programme deals with broadcasters in the UK.

2 September 2005
NGTI TO DISTRIBUTE PROGRAMME ON HURRICANE KATRINA
National Geographic Television International (NGTI) today announces that it will be distributing an hour-long programme on the causes and effects of this week’s devastation brought about by Hurricane Katrina.

29 June 2005
NGTI WRAPS UP SCANDINAVIAN DEALS
National Geographic Television International today announces that it has finalised a number of deals with broadcasters in Scandinavia.

5 May 2005
NGTI INKS NEW DEALS FOR NATURE CONSERVATION TITLES
Following the pre-Mip announcement that National Geographic Television International had acquired the catalogue of leading wildlife production company Nature Conservation Films, NGTI can now confirm new sales for two of the key titles – Elephants of the Kilimanjaro and The Monkey Hunters.

25 April 2005
NGTI CLOCKS UP DEALS FOR +250 HOURS TO EASTERN EUROPE AT MIPTV
National Geographic Television International can today confirm that it has concluded deals for more than 200 hours of programming to Eastern European broadcasters, following MipTV.

18 April 2005
NGTI CATCHES KILLER FLU
National Geographic Television International today announces that it will be distributing RACE AGAINST THE KILLER FLU (1 x 60), a dramatic new event science documentary.

11 April 2005
NGTI CONCLUDES EARLY DEALS AT MIPTV
National Geographic Television International is pleased to announce three deals concluded on the first day of MipTV 2005.

10 April 2005
NGTI ACQUIRES NCF CATALOGUE FOR MIPTV DRIVE
National Geographic Television International announces today that it has acquired the entire back catalogue of programmes from Nature Conservation Films, the Dutch company that is recognised as one of the world’s leading wildlife producers.

6 April 2005
NGTI scores major deals on two of its key new shows for MIPTV
NGTI (National Geographic Television International) is delighted to announce that it has secured three deals down under for two of its key new launches at Mip this year.

5 April 2005
NGTI announces new sales of Pope Documentary
National Geographic Television International and Brando Quilici Productions today announce a number of recent deals for the Pope biopic JOHN PAUL II: GOD'S POLITICIAN (1 x 52 mins). They include sales to Germany, Discovery in the UK and Asia, France 3, ABC in Australia, Rai in Italy, Estonian Television, TVP in Poland, Danmarks Radio and Historia in Canada.

15 March 2005
NGTI signs up major co-pro partners for Sky Monsters
National Geographic Television International today announces that it has signed co-production deals with France 5, ZDF in Germany and Five in the UK for its major new science and natural history programme SKY MONSTERS.

4 March 2005
The National Geographic Television International Slate - Key programming for MIPTV 2005
National Geographic Television International arrives at MipTV this year with an extensive range of new programmes. In addition to a strong showing in natural history and history/civilisations, NGTI has increased its range of science programming for 2005 with milestone shows such as the headline-grabbing Tiny Humans: Finding Hobbits in Flores and DNA Mysteries: The Search for Adam.

2 February 2005
NGTI Acquires New Project From Canada's Cream Productions
Further to its announcement at the end of last year that it was on an acquisitions drive and looking to work with more third parties, National Geographic Television International is pleased to announce that it has acquired a new project from Canadian production company Cream.

18 January 2005
NGTI Licenses Tsunami: Killer Wave - company donates share of profits to relief fund
National Geographic Television International has licensed TSUNAMI: KILLER WAVE (1 x 52) to a number of broadcasters this month, including ZDF Arte in France and Germany, DRS in Switzerland, ORF in Austria, YLE in Finland, TV2 in Norway, SBS in Belgium, PT Lativi in Indonesia and the European feed of National Geographic Television International.

10 December 2004
NGTI inks new deal with Five
National Geographic Television International has just signed a deal with Five to supply 13 hours of programming from the National Geographic Television & Film catalogue.

3 December 2004
NGTI starts acquisitions drive with nature conservation films
National Geographic Television International is pleased to announce that it has acquired two new programmes for distribution from Nature Conversation Films, the Dutch company that has earned a reputation as one of Europe's finest wildlife producers.

18 November 2004
NGTI inks major deal in Spain
National Geographic Television International is pleased to announce that it has just concluded a major deal with Spanish broadcaster Forta.

29 October 2004
NGTI to distribute new landmark documentary that challenges the history of evolution
Following on from last week’s worldwide, headline-grabbing announcement of a landmark discovery of tiny prehistoric people on a remote Indonesian island, National Geographic Television International confirms that it has exclusive rights to distribute the programme being made about this stunning find – which has a working title of HOBBITS.

25 October 2004
NGTI confirms early MIPCOM package deals
After a successful MIPCOM 2004 securing a raft of sales for its new programming, National Geographic Television International is now in a position to announce three of its deals.

7 October 2004
National Geographic Television International signs new deals in the run up to MIPCOM
Newly rebranded National Geographic Television International (NGTI) gets off to a great start at MIPCOM 2004, with early deals for some of its key shows launching at the market.

30 September 2004
NGTI's Top Ten for 2004
2004 has been a great year for NGTI titles and we have seen particularly strong demand for great natural history programming. Our top 10 for shows produced this year even include some new programmes for MIPCOM that are generating early interest.

30 September 2004
Team Changes at NGTI
Ian Jones joined NGTI as President on 1st June this year, bringing with him a wealth of production and distribution experience gained from high profile roles such as COO of ITEL and most recently, general manager of Granada International, the sales arm of ITV - one of the world's largest distributors. Ian has also actively promoted the international sector through his role as chairman of the BTDA (British Television Distributors' Association), a position he held for 18 months until this summer.

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