Animal Planet

Animal Planet is a television channel from Japan specialising in documentary programming. The service targets a domestic audience rather than an international one. Ownership rests with Discovery Japan Co. Ltd.. As a documentary service, its schedule typically revolves around documentaries and factual series exploring real-world subjects. Programming is presented in Japanese. The channel first went on air in December 2000. Broadcasts are listed in standard-definition 480i. Animal Planet sits within the Animal Planet network's line-up. Official information, schedules and any authorised viewing options are published on the channel's official website, which is linked from this page. TVChannel.world indexes this channel as part of a worldwide directory of television services, organised by country, category and language.