Sky Nature
Sky Nature is a British pay television channel owned and operated by Sky, a division of Comcast, which launched on 27 May 2020.[2][3]
Sky Nature | |
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Launched | 27 May 2020[1] |
Owned by | Sky |
Picture format | 1080i HDTV (downscaled to 16:9 576i for the SDTV feed.) |
Slogan | Get closer |
Sister channel(s) | Challenge Crime & Investigation Lifetime Pick Sky One Sky Two Sky Arts Sky Atlantic Sky Cinema Sky Comedy Sky Crime Sky Documentaries Sky History Sky History 2 Sky News Sky Sports Sky Sports Box Office Sky Sports F1 Sky Sports News Sky Sports Racing Sky Witness |
Availability | |
Satellite | |
Sky | Channel 130 (SD/HD) Channel 893 (SD) |
Cable | |
Virgin Media | Channel 279 (HD) |
IPTV | |
BT TV (via Now TV) | Channel 335 Channel 372 (HD) |
Streaming media | |
Sky Go | Watch live (UK and Ireland only) |
Now TV | Watch live (UK and Ireland only) |
The channel was supposed to launch on 7 April 2020.[4] However, due to the ongoing Coronavirus pandemic, the launch was delayed to 27 May 2020.[1] The launch of the channel was used to help bring High dynamic range (HDR) content to Sky Q.[5]
Sky Nature broadcasts original Sky content, content from Canadian channel Love Nature,[6] and Sky's collection of David Attenborough programming.[2][7]
Programming
Sky Nature currently broadcast a variety of nature series, both on the live TV feed and on demand:[8]
- Extreme Animals: One Wild Day
- Extreme Animals: Life’s First Steps
- Amazing Animal Friends
- Wild Tales From The Farm
- Shark with Steve Backshall[9]
- Monkey Life
- Gangs of Lemur Island
Branding
The logo consists of the Sky logo coloured green followed by the word "nature" on a green background. The logo originally consisted of a bunch of leaves forming the background where the "nature" text is. It was later changed green.
References
- "Launch of Sky Documentaries, Sky Nature and Sky HISTORY". Sky Group Newsroom. 16 April 2020. Retrieved 16 April 2020.
- "Sky to launch Sky Documentaries and Sky Nature". Sky Group Newsroom. 27 January 2020. Retrieved 8 April 2020.
- "Sky to launch Sky Documentaries and Sky Nature". Broadband TV News. 27 January 2020. Retrieved 8 April 2020.
- "Sky factual revamp date confirmed". rxtvlog. 24 February 2020. Retrieved 8 April 2020.
- "Sky soft-launches HDR with arrival of Sky Nature". rxtvlog. 27 May 2020. Retrieved 27 May 2020.
- "Love Nature, a worldwide leader of Ultra HD natural history content, comes to Sky on demand later this year". Sky Group Newsroom. 21 August 2019. Retrieved 8 April 2020.
- "Sky nears Disney deal, reveals plans for documentary and nature channels". TBI Vision. 27 January 2020. Retrieved 8 April 2020.
- Ramachandran, Naman (27 January 2020). "Sky Bows Documentary, Nature Channels As Disney Plus Carriage Deal Looms". Variety. Retrieved 8 April 2020.
- "Sky announces a raft of new original shows for Sky Documentaries and Sky Nature". Sky Group Newsroom. 21 May 2020. Retrieved 21 May 2020.