Animaux

Animaux is a French television channel themed about animals.

Not to be confused with Animax.
See also: Animals

Animaux
Launched2 April 1996
Picture format16:9 (1080i, HDTV)
Slogan"La chaîne grandeur nature"
CountryFrance
LanguageFrench
Headquarters132, avenue du Président Wilson
93213 La Plaine Saint-Denis
Formerly calledAB Animaux (1996–1999)
Websitewww.animauxtv.fr
Availability
Satellite
Canal+Channel 123
Bis TélévisionsChannel 34
FransatChannel 74
TélésatChannel 60
StarSatChannel 235
Cable
UPC SwitzerlandChannel 170 (Romandy)
Channel 470 (Deutschswizz)
Channel 670 (Ticino)
Net+ (Switzerland)Channel 42
Voo (Wallonia and Brussels)Channel 86
Telenet (Wallonia and Brussels)Channel 434
Vialis (Alsace)Channel 434
KabloTV (Turkey)Channel 131
IPTV
FreeChannel 208
SFRChannel 180
TV d'OrangeChannel 116
Bouygues TelecomChannel 126
SFR RéunionChannel 268
Proximus TVChannel 80 (Wallonia & Brussels)
Channel 330 (Flanders)
ScarletChannel 123

History

Created in April 1996, AB Animaux was a channel which showed animal documentaries. In 1999, it was renamed as Animaux.

After rumours of the sale of the channel by AB Groupe at the start of 2006, the channel eventually ended up being exclusively shown on CanalSat.

Owners

President: Jean-Michel Fava Programme director: Richard Maroko Marketing & Business Development director: Gregg Bywalski

Budget

Animaux is run by AB Sat SA with a budget of €24 million, 100% provided by AB Groupe.

Programmes

The channel specialises in the environment, and principally shows animal documentaries. It has also introduced regular reports on the protection of flora and fauna. Allain Bougrain-Dubourg joined the channel as a director in 2005.

Programmes
  • Territoires Sauvages : Discovery of inexpored territories and the animals who live there (Tuesday 17:55)
  • Des Animaux et des Hommes : Stories about the relationship between man and animal (Saturday 18:25) *Totalement Fauve : Big game, such as lion, puma, tiger and leopard, (Thursday 17:55).
  • A Vol d'Oiseau : Programme based on ornithology (Friday 17:55).
  • Animaux en Danger : Programme which deals with saving the planet, (Sunday 19:00).
  • Histoires d'eaux : The story of animal life in fresh and salt water (Wednesday 17:55).

Broadcast

Animaux was originally only shown via AB Sat, but is now available on a contract on French, Monacan, Belgian and Swiss cable and via the Canalsat or Bis TV packages available to customers on IPTV platforms.

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See also

References
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