Animal Planet

Animal Planet
TV channel
Program type	Pay TV
reception	DVB-C , IPTV
Image resolution	( Entry missing )
Start of transmission	2004
owner	Discovery Inc.
List of TV channels
Website

Logo of the HD branch

former logo

former logo of the HD branch

A working dog and its handler are interviewed for Animal Planet

Animal Planet is a television broadcaster operated by Discovery Inc. worldwide that focuses on documentaries from the animal kingdom. It started broadcasting in English on June 1, 1996 in the USA.

owner

• Animal Planet USA : 100% Discovery Inc.
• Animal Planet Europe : 50% Discovery Inc., 50% BBC
• Animal Planet Asia : 50% Discovery Inc., 50% BBC
• Animal Planet Latin America : 50% Discovery Inc., 50% BBC
• Animal Planet Japan : Discovery Inc., minority stake BBC
• Animal Planet Canada : Discovery Inc., minority stake BBC

Animal Planet Germany

It started broadcasting in Germany in April 2004, with German and international productions being broadcast. The program is organized by Discovery Networks Deutschland GmbH, based in Munich . Program collaborations exist with Spiegel TV and the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC).

Until June 30, 2009, Animal Planet was broadcast digitally via satellite and cable as part of Premiere's program package . As a replacement at Sky Deutschland, as Premiere has been called since July 2009, the station was replaced by the new animal station National Geographic Wild . Instead, the station since July 1, 2009 on the cable operator Unity Media , since 1 September 2010 , Kabel BW and since 8 March 2010 on the IPTV platform Telekom Entertain of Deutsche Telekom received too.

Animal Planet Germany is part of Animal Planet Europe and is 50% owned by Discovery Inc. and 50% by BBC Worldwide.

broadcasts

• Ben's Zoo
• The future is wild
• Prehistoric Park - extinction was yesterday
• And the meerkat says hello every day
• Whale Wars
• The diary of the big cats
• Equestrian TV
• The cat whisperer

Web links

• Internet presence of the broadcaster (German)
• Internet presence of the station (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ http://www.animalplanet.de/empfang
2. ↑ Unitymedia will feed Discovery Channel and Animal Planet from July 1st
3. ↑ Entertain: "Discovery Channel" and "Animal Planet" new in the program . Deutsche Telekom AG. March 3, 2010. Accessed on March 13, 2010.  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.