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CTV Wild Channel

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Canadian specialty television channel

Television channel
CTV Wild Channel
CountryCanada
Broadcast areaNational
Headquarters9 Channel Nine Court,Scarborough, Ontario
Programming
Picture format1080i (HDTV)
(2011–present)
480i (SDTV)
(2001–present)
Ownership
OwnerAnimal Planet Canada Inc.
CTV Specialty Television (80%)
AP Ventures Company (20% -BBC Studios/Warner Bros. Discovery)
Sister channelsCTV
CTV2
CTV Comedy Channel
CTV Drama Channel
CTV Life Channel
CTV Nature Channel
CTV News Channel
CTV Sci-Fi Channel
CTV Speed Channel
Oxygen
USA Network
History
LaunchedSeptember 7, 2001; 23 years ago (2001-09-07)
Former namesAnimal Planet (2001–2024)
Links
WebsiteCTV Wild

CTV Wild Channel is aCanadianEnglish languagediscretionaryspecialty channel majority-owned byBell Media. The channel primarily broadcastsfactual series and documentaries relating to animals.

The network was originally established in 2001 as a Canadian version of the U.S. cable networkAnimal Planet, expanding upon CTV's existing relationship withDiscovery Communications forDiscovery Channel. Today CTV Wild Channel is owned by the Animal Planet Canada Company, which is a consortium consisting ofCTV Speciality Television Inc. which owns 80% of the company (CTV Speciality Television Inc. is a division ofBell Media who owns 70% andESPN owning 30%; stemming from its ownership ofTSN, although it is not believed to be involved in the channel's operations), with a further 20% stake held by Canadian AP Ventures Company (a joint venture betweenWarner Bros. Discovery andBBC Worldwide, stemming from the American version of Animal Planet originally having BBC Worldwide as an investor).[1][2]

In January 2025, the channel was rebranded as CTV Wild Channel, due to Bell losing its rights toWarner Bros. Discovery factual brands and related programming toRogers Sports & Media. Rogers does not plan to launch a new linear channel for Animal Planet, with its programming to instead be distributed via digital platforms.

History

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In November 2000, CTV Inc. was granted approval by theCanadian 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 theU.S. counterpart, in the United States.

The channel was launched under its current ownership structure (with the exception of Bell Media, whereinBell Globemedia, later renamed CTVglobemedia, owned its shares at the time) on September 7, 2001.[3]

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.[4]

Ownership changed once again whenBCE (a minority shareholder in CTVglobemedia) acquired 100% interest in CTVglobemedia and was renamed to Bell Media on April 1, 2011.[5][6][7]

See also:2024 Canadian specialty television realignment

On June 10, 2024,Rogers Sports & Media announced it had reached an agreement withWarner Bros. Discovery (WBD) for Canadian rights to its lifestyle brands beginning in January 2025, which were subsequently confirmed to include Animal Planet.[8][9] This led to a lawsuit by Bell, which claimed the move would violate previousnon-compete clauses with WBD; the matter was settled out of court in October.[10][11] Rogers announced that Animal Planet content would move to its on-demand and streaming platforms includingCitytv+, rather than a new linear channel.[12]On October 17, 2024, Bell Media announced the channel would rebrand as CTV Wild Channel on January 1, 2025. The channel will carry over certain Canadian series previously commissioned by Bell for Animal Planet Canada, as well as other animal-related content from third-party distributors.[13]

The CRTC lists AP Ventures, Inc. (an joint venture of WBD and BBC Studios) as holding a 50% stake in the CTV Speciality subsidiary that holds CTV Wild Channel's license;[14] it is not yet known if WBD and BBC Studios will divest their stakes in the channel due to its change of Canadian partner.

Animal Planet HD

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On June 17, 2011, Bell Media announced that it would launchAnimal Planet HD, ahigh definition (HD) simulcast of thestandard definition feed, by the end of 2011.[15] The channel launched on December 15, 2011, initially onBell Fibe TV andShaw Cable and launched at a later date onTelus TV.[16] About six years later,Shaw Direct added it and 5 other HD channels (Business News Network,Cooking Channel,Crime & Investigation,OWN, andTravel + Escape) to the channel listing on September 21, 2017.

Logos

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  • 2008-2020
    2008-2020
  • 2020–2025
    2020–2025
  • 2025–present
    2025–present

References

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  1. ^"Ownership - BCE - Bell Media - Discretionary Services (other than Mainstream Sports)"(PDF). CRTC. RetrievedJanuary 1, 2025.
  2. ^"BBC Worldwide Annual Review 2005/06"(PDF).BBC Worldwide. March 31, 2006. Archived fromthe original(PDF) on May 3, 2011. RetrievedApril 30, 2011.
  3. ^Animal Planet LaunchArchived April 26, 2012, at theWayback Machine Bell Globemedia press release September 6, 2001
  4. ^Animal Planet Debuts A New Look and Striking New Programming During National Freeview this JulyArchived April 25, 2012, at theWayback Machine CTVglobemedia press release June 5, 2008
  5. ^Bell Canada (September 10, 2010)."Bell to acquire 100% of Canada's No.1 media company CTV". CNW Group.Archived from the original on September 13, 2010. RetrievedSeptember 10, 2010.
  6. ^CRTC approves BCE's purchase of CTVglobemedia
  7. ^Bell completes acquisition of CTV, launches Bell Media business unitArchived April 4, 2011, at theWayback Machine CNW April 1, 2011
  8. ^Thiessen, Connie (June 10, 2024)."Rogers scoops Warner Bros. Discovery rights from Corus and Bell".Broadcast Dialogue. RetrievedJune 10, 2024.
  9. ^"Rogers announces licensing deals with NBCUniversal and Warner Bros. Discovery".CityNews.ca. June 10, 2024. RetrievedJune 10, 2024.
  10. ^Thiessen, Connie (June 28, 2024)."Bell files injunction against Rogers in Warner Bros. Discovery content battle".Broadcast Dialogue. RetrievedJune 28, 2024.
  11. ^Whittock, Jesse (October 8, 2024)."Bell Expands Warner Bros Discovery Pact For HBO & Max Content And Ends Legal Action Over Rogers Deal".Deadline. RetrievedOctober 8, 2024.
  12. ^Thiessen, Connie (August 28, 2024)."Rogers outlines plans to launch new channels".Broadcast Dialogue. RetrievedAugust 29, 2024.
  13. ^Bell Media (October 17, 2024)."Bell Media Brings Powerhouse Brands USA Network and Oxygen True Crime to Canada" (Press release). RetrievedOctober 17, 2024.
  14. ^"Ownership Chart 143l: Bell Media Holdings - Discretionary Services"(PDF). CRTC. RetrievedJanuary 27, 2025.
  15. ^Discovery Channel and Bell Media Factual Networks Announce Fall 2011 "Must See" HighlightsArchived June 29, 2011, at theWayback Machine CNW June 17, 2011
  16. ^Animal Planet HD, Investigation Discovery HD and Discovery Science HD Launch Today Bell Media press release December 15, 2011

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