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On October 5, 2001, CTV announced that Animal Planet was ranked number one in the Adults 18-49 demographic, with a primetime average-minute audience of 4,600.<ref>[http://bellmediapr.ca/animalplanet/releases/release.asp?id=6705&yyyy=2001 Digital Ratings] Bell Globemedia press release 2001-10-05</ref> | On October 5, 2001, CTV announced that Animal Planet was ranked number one in the Adults 18-49 demographic, with a primetime average-minute audience of 4,600.<ref>[http://bellmediapr.ca/animalplanet/releases/release.asp?id=6705&yyyy=2001 Digital Ratings] Bell Globemedia press release 2001-10-05</ref> | ||
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+ | On December 2, 2004, it was announced that Canada's New Specialty Channels joined together in an industry-wide programming initiative to provide Canadians with digital television services to access more than 40 Canadian digital specialty channels , including Animal Planet. This initiative was designed to encourage Canadians to sample and subscribe to Canadian specialty channels.<ref>[http://bellmediapr.ca/animalplanet/releases/release.asp?id=6721&yyyy=2004 Industry Wide Initiative Unites Canada’s Broadcasters 31 Days of Great TV begins January 1, 2005] Bell Globemedia press release 2001-10-05</ref> | ||
On June 30, 2008, Animal Planet unveiled a new on-air appearance, including a new logo and graphics, to align itelf with the American service which had updated its appearance earlier that year.<ref>[http://bellmediapr.ca/animalplanet/releases/release.asp?id=10376&yyyy=2008 Animal Planet Debuts A New Look and Striking New Programming During National Freeview this July] CTVglobemedia press release 2008-06-05</ref> | On June 30, 2008, Animal Planet unveiled a new on-air appearance, including a new logo and graphics, to align itelf with the American service which had updated its appearance earlier that year.<ref>[http://bellmediapr.ca/animalplanet/releases/release.asp?id=10376&yyyy=2008 Animal Planet Debuts A New Look and Striking New Programming During National Freeview this July] CTVglobemedia press release 2008-06-05</ref> |
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Animal Planet is a Canadian English language Category B specialty channel. Animal Planet broadcasts a variety of programming featuring animals.
The channel is owned by a consortium consisting of CTV Speciality Television Inc. (80%) (a division of Bell Media with 80% and ESPN with 20%); BBC Worldwide (10%); and Discovery Communications (10%).
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History
In November 2000, CTV Inc. was granted approval by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) to launch Animal Planet, a service described as being "broadly based on family entertainment that will combine high-quality Canadian programming and attractive series and documentaries from Animal Planet in the United States."[1]
On September 7, 2001, the channel was launched under its current ownership structure (with the exception of Bell Media, wherein Bell Globemedia, later renamed CTVglobemedia, owned its shares at the time).[2] To celebrate the launch, Animal Planet brought Ceasar, an 11,000-lb elephant from The Bowmanville Zoo, to the downtown core of Toronto, Ontario for publicity.[3]
On October 5, 2001, CTV announced that Animal Planet was ranked number one in the Adults 18-49 demographic, with a primetime average-minute audience of 4,600.[4]
On December 2, 2004, it was announced that Canada's New Specialty Channels joined together in an industry-wide programming initiative to provide Canadians with digital television services to access more than 40 Canadian digital specialty channels , including Animal Planet. This initiative was designed to encourage Canadians to sample and subscribe to Canadian specialty channels.[5]
On June 30, 2008, Animal Planet unveiled a new on-air appearance, including a new logo and graphics, to align itelf with the American service which had updated its appearance earlier that year.[6]
On September 10, 2010, BCE (a minority shareholder in CTVglobemedia) announced that it planned to acquire 100% interest in CTVglobemedia for a total debt and equity transaction cost of $3.2 billion CAD.[7] The deal which required CRTC approval, was approved on March 7, 2011[8] and closed on April 1 of that year, on which CTVglobemedia was rebranded Bell Media.[9]
Animal Planet HD
On June 17, 2011, Bell Media announced that it would launch Animal Planet HD, a high definition (HD) simulcast of the standard definition feed, by the end of 2011.[10] The channel launched on December 15, 2011 initially on Bell Fibe TV and Shaw Cable and launched at a later date on Telus Optik TV. [11]
Coverage
Animal Planet is available in 2.0 million households across Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Quebec, and Saskatchewan,[12] and reaches nearly 1.4 million viewers each week, contributing to the channel being amongst the fastest growing Specialty Networks with a 13% increase in overall audience.[13]
Current Programming
Animal Planet currently has 38 shows and series in their television programming. [14]
Show | Description |
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2012 Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show | Find out which pooch takes home Best in Show.[15] |
Animal Cops | Meet the tireless workers who dedicate their life to animal welfare.[16] |
Animal House Calls | Ann Rohmer and guests answer questions affecting your pet and the wildlife that inhabit our city.[17] |
Animal Magnetism | This series reveals how animals are helping people and why people have always opened their hearts and homes to animals.[18] |
Animal Planet's Freeview | Enjoy Animal Planet for FREE for the entire month of December. Contact your television service provider for details.[19] |
Animal Planet's Most Outrageous | A humorous and entertaining series, highlighting the weirdest, craziest and most wonderful animals on the planet.[20] |
Austin Stevens Adventures | Austin searches out the deadliest, most venomous and rarest beasts.[21] |
Biggest and Baddest | Canadian adventurer Niall McCann stars in this original series seeking out nature's most terrifying animals.[22] |
Breeder of the Pack | Meet these Canadian dog breeders making their mark in the canine world.[23] |
Call of the Wildman | Call of the Wildman's Turtleman safely reintroduces frisky critters to nature using his self-taught trapping style.[24] |
Confessions: Animal Hoarding | A docu-reality series that takes an unflinching, honest look at animal hoarding, the people and pets affected.[25] |
Deadly 60 | Check out the 60 most lethal animals on Earth.[26] |
Dogs 101 | Dogs 101 is a fun crash course about all things dog.[27] |
Eaten Alive | Witness harrowing tales of real people who've been viciously attacked by wild animals and lived to tell their story.[28] |
Escape to Chimp Eden S2 | Chimp Eden is a sanctuary where rescued chimps can recover from the horrors of human captivity.[29] |
Finding Bigfoot | New series follows the sleuths of the Bigfoot Field Research Organization as they traverse North America in search of the legendary beast.[30] |
Frisky Business | FRISKY BUSINESS is a furry, fun-loving romp alongside the extraordinary creatures who work with humans.[31] |
Gator Boys | Meet two men who defy death capturing alligators with their bare hands.[32] |
The Haunted | The Haunted takes an intimate look at stories of pet owners whose animals act as mediaries of the afterworld.[33] |
I'm Alive | I'M ALIVE features the death-defying and moving stories of people who - regardless of the obstacles or consequences - were determined to survive an animal attack.[34] |
It's Me or the Dog | Famous British dog trainer tames wily pups through observation, interviews and secret filming with a "pet cam."[35] |
K9 Cops | World-renowed St. Paul Police Department K9 Unit deals with the toughest cases and the hardest criminals.[36] |
K9 Mounties | Follow the 17-week training program at the RCMP's Police Dog Service Training Centre - and watch as the graduates put their training into action in the real world![37] |
Life | This breathtaking ten-part blockbuster brings you 130 incredible stories from the frontiers of the natural world.[38] |
Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom | See the world's most exotic locales and discover little-known facts about some of nature's wildest animals.[39] |
My Cat from Hell | Cat behaviorist Jackson Galaxy tackles the most catastrophic cat cases he's ever encountered in season 2 of My Cat from Hell.[40] |
My Extreme Animal Phobia | My Extreme Animal Phobia features desperate adults looking for salvation from their worst - and seemingly ludicrous - fears.[41] |
Pit Boss | Shorty Rossi's a little person with a tall order. In running a talent management company and put bull rescue, find out why they call him the Pit Boss.[42] |
Pit Bulls & Parolees | Travel to the remote Villalobos Rescue Center where 200 pit bulls meet six convicted felons on a life-saving journey for a last chance at redemption.[43] |
Shark Week | |
Tanked | Wayde and Brett are back and they're making outlandish dream tanks a reality for their fish-loving client.[44] |
Ultimate Africa with Jean du Plessis | Go on a wild and exhilarating journey throughout east Africa.[45] |
Underdog to Wonderdog | Underdog to Wonderdog takes that same stray shelter pup and turns its four-legged life completely around.[46] |
Untamed & Uncut | The series that brings you the most incredible animal encounters ever caught on tape.[47] |
Whale Wars | The Sea Shepherd Conservation Society takes action against alleged illegal whaling operations.[48] |
Whale Wars: Viking Shores | The Sea Shepherd Conservation Society try to halt "The Grind," an ancient tradition of slaughtering pilot whales in the Faroe Islands.[49] |
WIld Recon | Venom expert Donald Schultz is willing to risk his own life to save those of others.[50] |
Xtremely Wild with Mark Miller | Dive into the trenches of animal research to study some of the world's most dangerous animals.[51] |
Logos
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2001–2008 | 2008–Present |
References
- ↑ Decision CRTC 2000-552 CRTC 2000-12-14
- ↑ Animal Planet Launch Bell Globemedia press release 2001-09-06
- ↑ Animal Planet Launch Bell Globemedia press release 2001-09-06
- ↑ Digital Ratings Bell Globemedia press release 2001-10-05
- ↑ Industry Wide Initiative Unites Canada’s Broadcasters 31 Days of Great TV begins January 1, 2005 Bell Globemedia press release 2001-10-05
- ↑ Animal Planet Debuts A New Look and Striking New Programming During National Freeview this July CTVglobemedia press release 2008-06-05
- ↑ Template:Cite web
- ↑ CRTC approves BCE's purchase of CTVglobemedia
- ↑ Bell completes acquisition of CTV, launches Bell Media business unit CNW 2011-04-01
- ↑ Discovery Channel and Bell Media Factual Networks Announce Fall 2011 "Must See" Highlights CNW 2011-06-17
- ↑ Animal Planet HD, Investigation Discovery HD and Discovery Science HD Launch Today Bell Media press release 2011-12-15
- ↑ Bell Media Affiliate Relations Significant National Coverage 2011-11
- ↑ BBM Canada Network Highlights 2012-08
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External links
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