Animal Planet (Canadian TV channel)
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Animal Planet is a Canadian English language discretionary specialty television channel. Animal Planet broadcasts a variety of programming featuring animals.
Country | Canada |
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Broadcast area | National |
Headquarters | Toronto, Ontario |
Programming | |
Picture format | 1080i (HDTV) (2011–present) 480i (SDTV) (2001–present) |
Ownership | |
Owner | Animal Planet Canada Inc. (CTV Specialty Television (80%)) (Bell Media (56%) and ESPN Inc. (24%)) BBC Studios (10%) Warner Bros. Discovery (10%) |
Sister channels | Discovery Discovery Science Discovery Velocity Investigation Discovery |
History | |
Launched | September 7, 2001; 22 years ago (2001-09-07) |
Links | |
Website | Animal Planet Canada |
The channel is owned by the Animal Planet Canada Company, which is a consortium consisting of CTV Speciality Television Inc. which owns 80% of the company (CTV Speciality Television Inc. is a division of Bell Media who owns 70% and ESPN owning 30%), and Canadian AP Ventures Company which owns 20% (Canadian AP Ventures Company is owned by BBC Studios at 50% and Warner Bros. Discovery at 50%). Through this ownership structure, this effectively gives Bell Media 56% ownership and control, with ESPN 24%, BBC Studios 10%, and Warner Bros. Discovery 10% ownership.