Animal Planet (Italian TV channel)

Animal Planet

Network	Discovery EMEA
Ownership
Owner	Discovery, Inc.
Sister channels	Discovery Channel Discovery Science Discovery Travel & Living Discovery Real Time
History
Launched	1 May 2005; 19 years ago (2005-05-01)
Closed	1 February 2019; 5 years ago (2019-02-01)
Links
Website	animalplanet.it

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.

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.

References

1. "Animal Planet launches in Italy". broadbandtvnews.com. April 15, 2005.
2. "I 4 nuovi canali di SKY". TV-Zone. April 18, 2005. Archived from the original on August 30, 2010.
3. "Nuovo look per Animal Planet". Pubblicità Italia. September 29, 2008.
4. Sara Monti (10 January 2019). "Sky chiude Animal Panet e Travel & Living" (in Italian). UpGo.news.