Animal Planet was an Italian television channel broadcasting programmes about animals. All content is adapted for an Italian audience. The channel closed down on January 31, 2019.
Network | Discovery EMEA |
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Ownership | |
Owner | Discovery, Inc. |
Sister channels | Discovery Channel Discovery Science Discovery Travel & Living Discovery Real Time |
History | |
Launched | 1 May 2005 |
Closed | 1 February 2019 |
Links | |
Website | animalplanet.it |
The channel launched on May 1, 2005, exclusively available on Sky Italia.[1] It was the fifth channel launched by Discovery Networks in Italy after Discovery Channel, Discovery Science, Discovery Civilisation and Discovery Travel & Adventure.[2]
In October 2008, the channel adopted a new logo and a new look, previously adopted by the channel's American counterpart.[3]
Animal Planet closed in Italy on 1 February 2019.[4]
In April 2019, its content became available on Dplay and adopted the US version.