Animal Planet is a Dutch pay television channel broadcasting nature-related documentaries in the

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. The channel launched as a Pan-European feed on 1 July 1997. It is operated by

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History

The Pan-European feed of Animal Planet launched on 1 July 1997 in the Benelux. Initially Dutch subtitles would be added in late 1997. Several programs had subtitles through teletext in January 1998. A few months later on, the teletext subtitles were replaced by DVB subtitles. A localised Dutch feed launched on 16 February 2004. For its first ten years in existence, the channel used a logo with a globe and an elephant which was also used by its sister channels. On 1 October 2008, the channel switched to a new logo, which had previously been adopted by

Animal Planet Animal Planet (stylized in all lowercase since 2018) is an American multinational pay television channel owned by the Warner Bros. Discovery Networks unit of Warner Bros. Discovery. First established on June 1, 1996, the network is primarily ...

in the United States. A European high-definition version of the channel, called ''Animal Planet HD'', launched in the Nordic countries on 3 February 2009. In the

, the high-definition version of the channel launched through Glashart Media on 19 March 2010. On 4 July 2011, Discovery Networks Benelux launched

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for the female audience in the Netherlands. Until 1 October 2012, TLC aired between 6:00 pm and 2:00 am on the standard-definition version of Animal Planet, making this channel a time-sharing channel. On 1 October 2012, TLC extended its broadcasting time from 3:00 pm until 2:00 am. The HD simulcast of Animal Planet remains 24 hours. TLC wasn't available in

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. Belgian viewers got the pan-European Animal Planet from then on, except for the satellite viewers. The Dutch feed was used by the Belgian provider of satellite television, TV Vlaanderen Digitaal. During the broadcasting time of TLC, Animal Planet blacked out due to television rights issues. As of 8 January 2013, Animal Planet SD became 24 hours again.

Programming

*'' Animal Airport'' *''Animal Battlegrounds'' *''America's Cutest...'' *'' Animal Cops: Houston'' *'' Animal Cops: Miami'' *'' Animal Cops: Philadelphia'' *'' Animal Cops: Phoenix'' *'' Animal Cops: South Africa'' *'' Animal Crackers'' *''

Animal Precinct ''Animal Precinct'' is an American documentary reality television series that originally aired from June 26, 2001, to February 4, 2008, on Animal Planet. Set in New York City, the series follows the animal cruelty agents of the ASPCA's Humane L ...

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'' *''Austin Stevens: Snakemaster'' *''Baboons with Bill Bailey'' *''Baby Planet'' *''

Bad Dog! ''Bad Dog!'' is an Animal Planet series that showcases viral caught on video moments of dogs behaving terribly and doing things they're not supposed to be doing. ''Bad Dog!'' started as a pilot episode on August 28, 2010 then it became a full s ...

'' *'' Big Cat Diary'' *''

Bondi Vet ''Bondi Vet'' is an Australian factual television series. It follows the lives of veterinary surgeon Chris Brown at the Bondi Junction Veterinary Hospital (near Bondi Beach), and emergency veterinarian Lisa Chimes at the Small Animal Special ...

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Cats 101 ''Cats 101'' is a television series about cats that airs on Animal Planet and reruns on Discovery Family. Plot ''Cats 101'' features different cat breeds per episode, discussed by experts, ranging from veterinarians to animal trainers. The sho ...

'' *''Cheetah Kingdom'' *''Chris Humfrey's Wildlife'' *'' Corwin's Quest'' *''

Dark Days in Monkey City ''Dark Days in Monkey City'' is an Animal Planet documentary series about the lives of wild toque macaques in Sri Lanka. In the tradition of ''Meerkat Manor'' it followed the stories of individual primates, but differed from earlier shows by add ...

'' *''Deadly Waters'' *''Dick 'N' Dom Go Wild!'' *''

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'' *''Echo and the Elephants of Amboseli'' *''Earthquake: Panda Rescue'' *'' Escape to Chimp Eden'' *''Galapagos'' *''Gorilla School'' *''Great Savannah Race'' *''Great White Appetite'' *''Great White Invasion'' *''Great White Shark: Uncaged'' *''Growing Up...'' *''How Sharks Hunt'' *'' I'm Alive'' *''Into the Pride'' *''Karina: Wild on Safari'' *''Killer Crocs'' *''Lions and Giants'' *''

Meerkat Manor ''Meerkat Manor'' is a British television programme produced by Oxford Scientific Films that premiered in September 2005. Originally broadcast on Animal Planet International for four series, until its cancellation in August 2008, the program ...

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Monkey Life Monkey is a common name that may refer to most mammals of the infraorder Simiiformes, also known as the simians. Traditionally, all animals in the group now known as simians are counted as monkeys except the apes, which constitutes an incomple ...

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Monster Bug Wars ''Monster Bug Wars'' is a nature documentary program, created and distributed by Beyond Television Productions, and televised on the Science Channel in the United States, and SBS in Australia. The monster movie format features two kinds of inse ...

'' *'' Must Love Cats'' *''Mutant Planet'' *'' My Cat from Hell'' *''National Parks Australia: Kakadu'' *''National Parks New Zealand: Fiordland'' *''

Natural World ''Natural World'' is a strand of British wildlife documentary programmes broadcast on BBC Two and BBC Two HD and regarded by the BBC as its flagship natural history series. It is the longest-running documentary in its genre on British televis ...

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Orangutan Island ''Orangutan Island'' is an American documentary television series, in the style of the earlier series ''Meerkat Manor'', that blends more traditional documentary filming with dramatic narration. The series was produced by NHNZ with creator Judit ...

'' *'' Pets 101'' *''Plants vs. Zombies: The Series'' (Plak vrs. Zombeck: Shpill Seriesa) *''The Planet's Funniest Animals'' *''Safari Vet School'' *''Search for the Knysna elephants'' *''Shamwari: A Wild Life'' *''Shark After Dark'' *''Shark Attack File 3'' *''Shark Attack Survival Guide'' *''Shark City'' *''Shark Family'' *''Shark Feeding Frenzy'' *''Shark Tribe'' *''Sharks of Palau'' *''Sharks Under Glass'' *''Speed of Life'' *''Swarm Chasers'' *'' Talk to the Animals'' *''Trophy Cats'' *''Untamed & Uncut'' *''Venom Hunter with Donald Schultz'' *''Weird Creatures with Nick Baker'' *''

Whale Wars ''Whale Wars'' is a weekly American documentary-style reality television series that premiered on November 7, 2008 on the Animal Planet cable channel. The program followed Paul Watson, founder of the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, as he and ...

'' *''Wild Africa Rescue'' *''Wild Animal Orphans'' *''Wildest India'' *''Wildest Latin America'' *''

Wildlife SOS Wildlife SOS (WSOS) is a conservation non-profit organisation in India, established in 1995 with the primary objective of rescuing and rehabilitating wildlife in distress, and preserving India's natural heritage. It is currently one of the large ...

'' *'' Wild Europe'' *''World Wild Vet'' *''Your Very First Puppy'' *''

Your Worst Animal Nightmares ''Your Worst Animal Nightmares'' is a 2009 short-lived television show made by John Stainton broadcast by Animal Planet for The Discovery Channel. It is a docudrama with real events re-enacted by actors, along with actual news footage of the ev ...

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Up Close and Dangerous ''Up Close and Dangerous'' is a half-hour series, produced by NHNZ Ltd. and aired on Animal Planet, profiling each episode three wildlife photographers and their dangerous encounters in filming wild animals. An example episode ("Elephant Seals, P ...

References

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