National Geographic Ventures Creates New International Group to Support Business Development & Growth

LONDON/WASHINGTON (May 18, 2010)—National Geographic Ventures (NGV) these days makes announcement the creation of National Geographic Ventures International (NGVI), a business thing built to assistance current National Geographic sections operating in international marketplaces. NGVI will also produce and also control new possibilities for content material submission as the media landscape grows and systems continue to meet. NGVI is going to be based working in London underneath the authority of Maurice van Sabben as leader. He will are accountable to Edward Knight in shining armor, COO of Washington, D.C.-based NGV.

NGV is the totally possessed, taxable part of National Geographic Society and it is accountable for the creation and submission of content throughout a variety of platforms. Key business sections within NGV include National Geographic TV set (documented creation); National Geographic Television International (NGTI) (program submission); Electronic Media, including Nationalgeographic.com; Home theatre; Songs; and National Geographic Active Platforms, such as the Mobile, Video gaming, Interactive Publishing and Maps business organizations. NGVI works carefully with divisional business minds, assisting their existing international actions as well as searching for new relationships and industrial possibilities outside of the United States.

“National Geographic’s international business provides varied considerably, coming from localized web sites in Japan and Italy in order to broad distribution points for home theatre and also the generation of mobile applications and electronic versions of National Geographic magazine,” said Knight in shining armor. “The creation of NGVI is really a new chance to increase our possible in each and every marketplace. Maurice is the perfect selection to acquire this new procedure; presently leader of NGTI, our international TV distribution department, he has worked well for any selection of international systems and content material the distribution businesses, with specific give attention to European, Asian and Latin American marketplaces. He is also multi-lingual and provides a collaborative and proper method to traveling our multiplatform technique forwards.”

Said vehicle Sabben, “The development of NGVI further encourages the huge selection of content and choices that National Geographic offers by means of it is numerous business fields, and provides a natural ‘go to’ stage and conduit for possible spouses in the cross-platform area outside the United States. National Geographic has already been a trusted supplier of top-quality truthful content material around the globe; my favorite work will be to work together with our international groups to make sure that the information gets to all possible viewers and that we all acquire highest benefit coming from our assets.”

NGVI will have a worldwide remit outside the United States, along with key marketplaces in European countries and Asian countries a primary focus.