Animal Planet Nordic
| Animal Planet Nordic | |
|---|---|
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| Launched | 1997 |
| Owned by | Discovery Networks Northern Europe |
| Audience share | 0.6% in Sweden (2008, [1]) |
| Broadcast area | Nordic countries |
Availability | |
| Terrestrial | |
 Boxer | Channel 20 |
 dna Welho | Channel 85 |
| Satellite | |
| Cable | |
| Com Hem | Channel 41 |
| Tele2 TV | Channel 43 |
| dna Welho |
Channel 124 Channel 219 (HD) |
| IPTV | |
| FastTV | Channel 16 |
| Telia Digital-TV | Channel 20 |
Animal Planet Nordic is a television channel broadcasting nature-related documentaries to the Nordic countries.
Animal Planet was launched in the Nordic region in 1997.[2] In 2001, the channel received a license to broadcast in the digital terrestrial network in Sweden. By 2008, the channel had regularly been one of the twenty most watched channels in Sweden for a few years. From 2007, the channel is also broadcast terrestrially in Norway via the RiksTV package.
For its first ten years in existence, the channel used a logo with a globe and an elephant which was also used by its sister channels. On 1 October 2008 the channel switched a new logo, which had previously been adopted by Animal Planet in the United States.[3]
A high-definition version of the channel, called Animal Planet HD, was launched on 3 February 2009. That made the Nordic region the first region to get a high-definition version of Animal Planet after the United States. The high-definition channel has a separate schedule in order to broadcast only high-definition programmes.[4]
Programmes shown on the channel include:
- Animal Cops: Houston
- Animal Cops: Philadelphia
- Animal Cops: Phoenix
- Animal Crackers
- Big Cat Diary
- Meerkat Manor
- Monkey Life
- Natural World
- Orangutan Island
- The Planet's Funniest Animals
- Untamed & Uncut
- Wildlife SOS
- Wild Europe
- Up Close and Dangerous
References
- ↑ Årsrapport 2008 (PDF). Mediamätning i Skandinavien.
- ↑ "Discovery Communications Timeline". Discovery Communications. Retrieved ?2008-02-23. Check date values in:
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- ↑ "Animal Planet HD lanseras i Norden" (Press release). Canal Digital. January 9, 2009.
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