European pay television channel
Television channel
Animal Planet
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Country
| United Kingdom
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Broadcast area
| Armenia
,
Azerbaijan
,
Albania
,
Belarus
,
Bosnia & Herzegovina
,
Bulgaria
,
Croatia
,
Cyprus
,
Czech Republic
,
Estonia
,
France
,
Georgia
,
Greece
,
Hungary
,
Kazakhstan
,
Kyrgyzstan
,
Latvia
,
Lithuania
,
Moldova
,
Montenegro
,
North Macedonia
,
Romania
,
Serbia
,
Slovakia
,
Slovenia
,
Spain
,
Turkey
,
Ukraine
,
Middle East
,
Africa
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Network
| Warner Bros. Discovery EMEA
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Headquarters
| Amsterdam
,
Netherlands
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Language(s)
| English
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Picture format
| 1080i
HDTV
(downscaled to
16:9
576i
for the
SDTV
feed)
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Timeshift
service
| Animal Planet +1 (UK)
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Owner
| Warner Bros. Discovery International
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Sister channels
| Discovery Channel
Discovery HD
Discovery Home & Health
Discovery Historia
Discovery History
Discovery MAX
Discovery Science
Discovery Shed
Discovery Travel & Living Europe
Discovery Turbo
Discovery World
Investigation Discovery
DMAX Germany, Austria, Switzerland & Liechtenstein
DMAX United Kingdom & Ireland
Quest
Real Time Italy
TLC Netherlands
TLC Poland
TLC UK and Ireland
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Launched
| 1997
; 27 years ago
(
1997
)
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Closed
| March 9, 2022
; 2 years ago
(
2022-03-09
)
(Russia)
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|
evotv
(Croatia)
| Channel 112
|
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Zuku TV (Kenya)
| Channel 416
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The Pan-European
Animal Planet
is a feed of the
U.S. channel of the same name
, which broadcasts to several countries in Europe, UK, Africa and the Middle East.
The channel is broadcast in English, Czech, Hungarian and Russian. The HD feed also carries a Turkish audio track. Turkey has its own SD feed. The channel also carries DVB subtitle tracks in Arabic, Bulgarian, Croatian, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French, Greek, Macedonian, Norwegian, Romanian, Serbian, Slovenian and Swedish.
There used to be a separate feed for Romania, but the channel closed down in 2013.
Many regions in Europe that previously received the pan-European version of the channel, now receive a localised version.
Ukraine
,
CIS
and the
Baltic countries
still get the pan-European feed in Russian and English.
History
[
edit
]
The channel launched in Europe in 1997 and on 1 September 1998 it began broadcasting in the UK via the Astra Satellite and on analogue cable.
[1]
It was on air each day from midday until midnight.
In October 2008, Animal Planet adopted the new branding and current logo.
In March 2009, the on-air logo changed its colour from green to white and became transparent.
On September 4, 2012, Animal Planet improved its picture quality by increasing the resolution from 544x576 to 720x576.
Since October 2012, all of the programming - including promos - is broadcast in
Anamorphic widescreen
picture format.
On 31 December 2017, Animal Planet ceased broadcasting in Africa on
DStv
.
[2]
Currently, Animal Planet is ad-free on its main feed. Some countries, like Romania and Moldova, get localised ad blocks.
Animal Planet Italy
for Italy and the Italian-speaking part of Switzerland ceased broadcasting on 31 January 2019 after a new distribution agreement between Discovery and Sky Italia.
On 9 March 2022, Discovery Inc. closed Animal Planet in Russia due to Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
[3]
Programming
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edit
]
- After Dark
- Animal Battlegrounds
- Baby Planet
- Bad Dog
- Cats 101
- Dark Days in Monkey City
- Dogs 101
- Galapagos
- Growing Up...
- I'm Alive
- Killer Wales
- Max's Big Tracks
- Must Love Cats
- Penguin Safari
- Rescue Vet
- Safari Vet School
- Search for the
Knysna elephants
- Shamwari: A Wild Life
- Talk to the Animals
- The Magic of The Big Blue
- Trophy Cats
- Wild Africa Rescue
- Wild Animal Orphans
- Wild France
- Wildest Islands
- Wildest Islands of Indonesia
- Wildlife SOS
- World Wild Wet
References
[
edit
]
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EMEA
| France
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Germany,
Benelux
& CEE
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Southern
Europe &
M.E.N.A.
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Nordic
Territories
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UK and
Ireland
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Poland
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Asia-
Pacific
| Oceania
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South and
East Asia
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India
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Americas
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A&E
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Aleph Media
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- Aleph Business
- Aleph News
- Smart TV
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AMC
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Antenna
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CNM
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Clever Group
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- Agro TV
- Cinemaraton
- Prima Sport
- Medika TV
- Prima TV
[c]
- Prima Comedy
- Prima World
- Prima History
- Prima News
- Profit News
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Digital Broadcast
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Disney Romania
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Do?an Holding
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Intact
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ISG Media
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- Bollywood Classic
- Bollywood Film
- Bollywood TV
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Kino Polska
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- 360 TuneBox
- DocuBox
- Erox
- Eroxxx
- FashionBox
- Fast&FunBox
- FilmBox
- FilmBox Arthouse
- FilmBox Extra HD
- FilmBox Family
- FilmBox Premium
- FilmBox Plus
- FightBox
- FunBox UHD
- GameToon
- TDC
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NBCUniversal
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Paramount
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Pro TV
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RCS & RDS
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Orange
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Tematic Media
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TVR
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Viasat World
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Warner Bros.
Discovery
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Others
| Local
|
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- Erdely TV
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National
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Defunct
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- Key
- @
=
exclusively online
- (italic)
=
local/regional
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- [a]
Local versions:
TVR Cluj
,
TVR Craiova
,
TVR Ia?i
,
TVR Tirgu Mure?
,
TVR Timi?oara
.
- [b]
Local versions:
Antena 3 Bra?ov
,
...Constan?a
,
...Deva
,
...Ia?i
,
...Pite?ti
,
...Ploie?ti
,
...Alexandria
.
- [c]
Local versions:
Prima TV Slatina
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