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The Animal Planet Logo | |
| Country | Australia |
|---|---|
| Broadcast area | Australia, New Zealand |
| Programming | |
| Language(s) | English |
| Picture format | 576i (16:9 SDTV) |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Warner Bros. Discovery |
| Sister channels | 9Rush Bravo Boomerang Cartoon Network CNN International Asia Pacific Discovery Discovery Turbo Eden HGTV ID Living Rush Three TLC |
| History | |
| Launched | October 1999 |
Animal Planet is a television channel which launched locally in Australia exclusively on Optus Television in October 1999. The channel is dedicated to programming that highlights the relationship between humans and animals. It has since expanded to multiple carriers.
It was added to Foxtel on 1 December 2003[1] in Australia and screen on Sky in New Zealand.
It was formerly available on SelecTV from March 2007 until the closure of its English service in late 2010.[2][3] It was available on Fetch TV until 1 February 2015. It would later be re-added to the platform on 1 May 2020.[citation needed]