Animal Planet (Canada)

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Animal Planet

Launched	September 7, 2001
Owned by	CTV Speciality Television Inc. (80% and managing partner) Discovery Communications (20%)
Country	Canada
Broadcast area	National
Headquarters	Scarborough, Ontario
Website	animalplanet.ca
Availability
Satellite
Bell ExpressVu	Channel 525
Star Choice	Channel 553
Cable
Available on many cable systems	Check local listings, channels may vary

Animal Planet is a Canadian English language category 2 digital cable specialty channel ^[1] owned by CTV Speciality Television Inc; a division of CTVglobemedia (80%) and ESPN (20%); and Discovery Communications. Animal Planet features a variety of programming on animals including their relationship with humans, insights into their behaviour and more. ^[2]

1 History
2 Noted series
3 See also
4 References
5 External links

[edit] History

Animal Planet was licensed by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) in November 2000 ^[3] and launched on September 7, 2001 as a localized Canadian version of the American channel Animal Planet.^[4]

[edit] Noted series

Noted series as of February 2008:

Almost Human with Jane Goodall
Animal Battlegrounds
Big Cat Diary
E-Vet Interns
Extreme Animals
Fooled by Nature
Meerkat Manor
Moon Bears: Journey to Freedom
The Most Extreme
Ms. Adventure
Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom
Orangutan Island
The Planet's Funniest Animals
Xtremely Wild with Mark Miller

[edit] See also

Animal Planet (U.S.)

[edit] References

^ Decision CRTC 2000-552 Decision CRTC 2000-552; CRTC; 2000-12-14
^ Animal Planet passes million-mark, too; Broadcaster Magazine; 2004-03-25
^ Decision CRTC 2000-552 Decision CRTC 2000-552; CRTC; 2000-12-14
^ Lawlor, Allison, Animal Planet, The Globe and Mail; 2001

[edit] External links

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