After more than 40 years of operation, DTVE is closing its doors and our website will no longer be updated daily. Thank you for all of your support.
Sky Deutschland discards Disney-owned NatGeo channels
By
German PayTV platform Sky Deutschland is dropping Disney-based documentary channels National Geographic (NatGeo) and NatGeo Wild from its platform in January 2023, according to reports in German publication DWDL.
Christian Asanger
The move has been interpreted as a desire by Sky Deutschland to thin out its existing channel line-up and focus more effort on its own channels, but it is also likely to be linked to Disney+’s ambitions in German-speaking markets. The streaming platform has been available via Sky Deutschland’s services for the last two years.
Christian Asanger, Sky Deutschland VP Entertainment, said the decision was not a reflection on the quality or performance of the channels, but “for our own channel brands… We want to focus even more on Sky Nature and Sky Documentaries, which we launched a year ago and which have been a great success story for us.”
Asanger told DWDL: “Through our own channel brands with many Sky originals, we invest in content that cannot be seen elsewhere.”
In a related development, Sky Deutschland is also dropping kids channel Junior.
1 min read
