The channel closed in 2023–2024 as National Geographic libraries moved to the streaming platform Disney+.

Like its European counterpart, it could not broadcast United States-produced primetime shows due to rights restrictions.

[citation needed] On July 1, 1998, NBC Asia was rebranded as the National Geographic Channel.

[2] This announcement led many of the pay TV providers to lose all of the Disney/Fox linear channels, including National Geographic itself.

[3][4] However, the majority of National Geographic's libraries, including their documentary films, have been included on Disney+ (or Disney+ Hotstar in Indonesia, Malaysia, and Thailand) content hub as Disney currently owns the partial ownership on National Geographic Global Networks.