The Pan-European Animal Planet is a feed of
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 ...
, which broadcasts to several countries in Europe, UK, Africa and the Middle East.
The channel is broadcast in English, Czech, Hungarian and formerly 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.
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Animal Planet (Dutch TV channel) for The Netherlands and Flanders.
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Animal Planet (German TV channel)
Animal Planet is a German television channel broadcasting programmes about animals, nature, and wildlife to Germany, Austria, and Switzerland.
An agreement to launch the channel exclusively on the Premiere platform was signed by Discovery Networ ...
for Germany, Austria, Liechtenstein and the German-speaking part of Switzerland.
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Animal Planet (Polish TV channel)
Animal Planet is a Polish television channel and was launched in Poland in October 1997. From the very beginning the channel broadcast documentaries devoted to animals and wildlife. The broadcast of the channel was created specially for the needs ...
*Animal Planet Russia
*Animal Planet Turkey
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Animal Planet (British TV channel)
Warner Bros. Discovery EMEA is a subsidiary of Warner Bros. Discovery. The subsidiary is responsible for managing the collection of their cable and satellite networks around the Europe, Middle East and Africa regions.
History
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for the UK & Ireland
Ukraine
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and the
Baltic countries
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still get the pan-European feed in Russian and English.
History
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
Currently, Animal Planet is ad-free on its main feed. Some countries, like Romania and Moldova, get localised ad blocks.
Animal Planet Italy
Animal Planet was an Italian television channel broadcasting programmes about animals. All content is adapted for an Italian audience. The channel closed down on January 31, 2019.
The channel launched on May 1, 2005, exclusively available on Sky ...
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.
Programming
* ''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
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Television channels in North Macedonia
Warner Bros. Discovery EMEA