logo launched september 7 2001 owned by bell media 80 % discovery communications 20 % animal planet canada company picture format 1080i hdtv 2011 present 480i sdtv 2001 present slogan surprisingly human . country canada broadcast area national headquarters toronto ontario sister channel s discovery channel discovery science discovery velocity investigation discovery website animal planet canada availability satellite bell tv channel 525 sd channel 1612 hd shaw direct channel 553 sd cable available on most canadian cable systems check local listings channels may vary iptv bell aliant channel 257 sd channel 509 hd bell fibe tv channel 525 sd channel 1525 hd mts channel 251 sd channel 1251 hd optik tv channel 9721 sd channel 721 hd sasktel channel 93 sd channel 393 hd vmedia channel 251 hd zazeen channel 94 hd 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 % . contents 1 history 2 animal planet hd 3 logos 4 references 5 external links history edit 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 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 on september 7 2001 . 2 on june 30 2008 animal planet unveiled a new on air appearance including a new logo and graphics to align itself with the american service which had updated its appearance earlier that year . 3 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 . 4 the deal which required crtc approval was approved on march 7 2011 5 and closed on april 1 of that year on which ctvglobemedia was rebranded bell media . 6 animal planet hd edit 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 . 7 the channel launched on december 15 2011 initially on bell fibe tv and shaw cable and launched at a later date on telus tv . 8 logos edit 2001 2008 2008 present references edit decision crtc 2000 552 crtc 2000 12 14 animal planet launch archived april 26 2012 at the wayback machine . bell globemedia press release 2001 09 06 animal planet debuts a new look and striking new programming during national freeview this july archived april 25 2012 at the wayback machine . ctvglobemedia press release 2008 06 05 bell canada 2010 09 10 . bell to acquire 100 % of canada s no. 1 media company ctv . cnw group . archived from the original on 13 september 2010 . retrieved 2010 09 10 . 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 external links edit official website v t e bell media and other broadcasting properties of bce inc. terrestrial tv ctv civt vancouver cfcn calgary cfrn edmonton cfqc saskatoon ckck regina cicc yorkton cipa prince albert cky winnipeg ckco kitchener cfto toronto cjoh ottawa cfcf montreal chbx sault ste. marie cici greater sudbury cito timmins ckny north bay cklt saint john ckcw moncton cjch halifax cjcb sydney ctv two civi victoria cftk terrace cjdc dawson creek chwi windsor cfpl london ckvr barrie chro ottawa specialty pay tv channels ctv two ctv two alberta ctv two atlantic ctv news bnn cp24 ctv news channel ctv specialty animal planet discovery channel discovery science discovery velocity espn classic rds rds2 rds info tsn tsn2 much mtv comedy the comedy network comedy gold mtv mtv2 much maple leaf sports & entertainment1 leafs tv nba tv canada premium and ppv cin pop the movie network hbo canada the movie network encore super cran vu 1 venus1 other booktelevision bravo canal d canal vie e fashion television gusto investigation investigation discovery space tv12 vrak z bell media radio am cfax cfgo cfra cfrb cfrn cfrw cfte cftk cham chum cior cjad cjbk cjdc cjor ckfr ckgm ckhj cklw ckmx ckoc ckor cksl ckst cktb ckww fm cfbr cfbt cfca cfei cfix cfjr cfly cfmg cfvm cfwm cfxy cfzz chbd chbe chey chik chom chor chqm chrd chre chrx chsu chtk chtz chum chvr cibk cibx cicf cidr cigb ciki cikx cilk cimf cimo cimx cioo ciqm cite montreal cite estrie citf cjab cjat cjay cjbx cjch cjcj cjdm cjfm cjfw cjmg cjmj cjmm cjmv cjoi cjpt ckbc ckfm ckgr ckkc ckkl ckkw cklc cklh ckly ckmf ckmm cknl ckpt ckqm ckrx cktf cktk ckto ckty ckxa ckx ckxr networks tsn radio bob fm boom fm ez rock nergie rouge fm 24 7 comedy ca distributor virgin radio ca licence broadcasting studios vancouver toronto 9 channel nine court 299 queen street west 250 richmond street west other bmi assets cravetv the loop predecessors telegram corporation baton broadcasting mid canada communications electrohome craig media chum limited access media group ctvglobemedia astral media defunct properties baton broadcast system wtsn ckx tv cknx tv viewers choice goltv nhl network m3 notes 1owned or part owned by bce separately from its ownership of bell media . 2community channels owned by bell canada fibe tv and bell aliant fibreop ; also not part of bell media . bce inc. associated foundations bravofact muchfact some of the assets listed above are only partially owned by bell media . refer to full asset list for detailed information . v t e discovery communications ownership discovery communications inc. ; affiliated with advance publications ; and john s. hendricks the company s founder and chairman united states and canadian channels american heroes animal planet destination america discovery discovery en espa ol discovery familia u.s. spanish discovery family discovery life investigation discovery canada licensed oprah winfrey network canada licensed science tlc velocity discovery digital networks revision3 phil defranco networks & merchandise testtube animalist ctv specialty tv canada animal planet discovery discovery science discovery velocity asia pacific animal planet asia australia and new zealand india discovery asia australia and new zealand india philippines discovery hd world discovery kids asia australia discovery science discovery turbo australia new zealand dmax eurosport 1 eurosport news eve food tv new zealand living channel new zealand setanta sports asia tlc asia australia and new zealand india philippines central and eastern europe middle east and africa ceemea animal planet europe middle east & africa germany poland turkey discovery africa germany austria switzerland and liechtenstein hungary middle east poland romania russia turkey discovery life poland discovery showcase hd discovery historia poland discovery science discovery travel & living discovery turbo xtra dmax germany austria switzerland and liechtenstein eurosport 1 eurosport 2 eurosport news investigation discovery quest arabiya tlc poland northern europe 6 eren denmark animal planet netherlands and flanders nordic uk and ireland canal 9 denmark discovery denmark finland flanders netherlands norway sweden uk and ireland discovery showcase hd discovery home & health uk and ireland discovery history uk and ireland discovery science discovery shed uk and ireland discovery turbo discovery world dmax uk and ireland eurosport 1 eurosport 2 eurosport dk denmark fem norway frii finland investigation discovery kanal 4 denmark kanal 5 denmark sweden kanal 9 sweden kanal 11 sweden kutonen finland max norway quest tlc netherlands sweden uk and ireland tv5 finland tvnorge norway vox norway southern europe animal planet italy discovery france italy portugal discovery travel & living italy dkiss spain dmax italy spain eurosport 1 eurosport 2 eurosport news nove italy frisbee italy k2 italy real time italy latin america u.s. hispanic animal planet discovery civilization discovery discovery home & health discovery kids discovery science discovery turbo discovery theater discovery world investiga o discovery investigation discovery mega chile tlc other i love the world former 3net canal 8 sport discovery channel radio discovery geschichte discovery health channel discovery home & health southeast asia discovery kids canada discovery kids united kingdom discovery kids on nbc discovery people discovery real time france discovery real time uk and ireland discovery travel & living uk and ireland discovery turbo asia fittv fyi canada gxt howstuffworks ready set learn sbs radio nordic travel channel pixl retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title animal planet canada & oldid 744281489 categories canadian digital cable television networksbell mediatelevision channels and stations established in 2001english language television stations in canadahidden categories articles with wayback machine links navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages fran ais edit links this page was last modified on 14 october 2016 at 07 51 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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