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Article: National Geographic TV.(National Geographic Society launches National Geographic Channel)
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- The NonProfit Times
- Article date:
- January 15, 2001
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Society furthers goals, fundraising
The National Geographic Society can look forward to financially benefiting from the new, for-profit National Geographic Channel being unveiled in the United States this month.
The nonprofit will eventually benefit once the National Geographic Channel is profitable. "We're scheduled to be profitable in four years, but are hoping that will be sooner based on our distribution agreement," said Russell A. Howard, vice president of communications for the National Geographic Channel.
The new channel is a joint venture of National Geographic Television, the society's for-profit arm, and Fox Cable Channels Group. Fox ...