Radio / Television News

Nat Geo freeview takes advantage of world headlines


TORONTO - National Geographic Channel will be free to Canadian digital subscribers for a full month, from mid-April to mid-May, allowing close to five million Canadian homes to view the history-making Gospel of Judas, and the exclusive Da Vinci Code Weekend. The world premiere of the Gospel of Judas on April 9th nearly doubled previous viewing records for National Geographic Channel in Canada, achieving the largest audience for a program on the network outside of a free preview promotion, says Alliance Atlantis, owners of the channel. "The recent international media storm around the discovery of the Gospel of Judas has...