Animal Planet (European TV channel)

The Pan-European Animal Planet is a feed of Animal Planet, which broadcasts to several countries in Europe, Africa and the Middle East.

Animal Planet
Launched1997 (1997)
NetworkDiscovery EMEA
Owned byDiscovery, Inc.
Picture format1080i HDTV
(downscaled to 16:9 576i for the SDTV feed)
LanguageEnglish
Broadcast areaArmenia, Azerbaijan, Albania, Belarus, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Estonia, Georgia, Greece, Hungary, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Turkey, Ukraine, Middle East, Africa
Sister channel(s)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
Availability
Terrestrial
evotv (Croatia)Channel 112
Satellite
OSN (Middle East
& North Africa)		Channel 510 (HD)
DStv (Africa)Channel 183
NOVA GreeceChannel 402
beIN (MENA)Channel 307 (HD)
DigitAlb (Albania)Channel 78
Cable
UPC RomaniaChannel 306 (SD) Channel 184 (HD)
NotNot

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, 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.

  • Animal Planet (Dutch TV channel) for The Netherlands and Flanders.
  • Animal Planet Germany for Germany, Austria, Liechtenstein and the German-speaking part of Switzerland.
  • Animal Planet Poland
  • Animal Planet Russia
  • Animal Planet Turkey
  • Animal Planet (UK TV channel) for the UK & Ireland

Ukraine and the Baltic countries 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.

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.

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
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