Love Nature
SDTV feed) | |
Ownership | |
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Owner | Blue Ant Media |
Sister channels | BBC Earth BBC First Cottage Life Makeful Smithsonian Channel T+E |
History | |
Launched | 12 March 2006 |
Former names | Oasis HD (2006 - 2014) Oasis (2014 - 2015) |
Links | |
Website | tv |
Love Nature is a Canadian
Outside of Canada, international versions have been owned by
History
In August 2005, John S. Panikkar (co-founder of the channel's original owner,
The channel launched in Canada on March 12, 2006, as Oasis HD,[2] focusing on wildlife and nature programming, similar to its current format.
On December 21, 2011, High Fidelity HDTV announced that it had entered into an agreement to be purchased outright by Blue Ant Media. While initially purchasing 29.9% of the company, the remaining 70.1% would be purchased once it is approved by the CRTC.[3]
In the summer of 2014, the channel dropped the "HD" moniker and was re-branded as Oasis with a revised logo and new website.[citation needed]
On January 19, 2015, Oasis relaunched as Love Nature. As part of the relaunch, Blue Ant Media announced plans to produce 200 hours of nature programming per-year in
International
This section needs additional citations for verification. (September 2023) |
Country | Worldwide |
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Broadcast area | Smithsonian Networks (U.S) |
Sister channels | ZooMoo Rock Entertainment Rock Extreme (Taiwan only) Global Trekker Golden Chinese Drama (Hong Kong only) Smithsonian Channel Makeful Outdoor Channel Rock Action |
Links | |
Website | lovenature |
Availability | |
Terrestrial | |
Zuku TV (Kenya) | Channel 410 |
On July 14, 2008, then owners High Fidelity HDTV, announced that it had reached an agreement with Cameron Thomson Group to distribute then Oasis HD, throughout Europe.[5] Although the channel did not launch internationally as planned.
On December 14, 2015, Blue Ant Media and
The channel's first international linear television distribution agreement was signed with StarHub TV in Singapore in November 2016.[8]
The channel launched on Virgin Media on channels 293 and 294 in the United Kingdom and Ireland on 21 July 2018.[citation needed]
The channel launched on Ziggo on channel 205 in the Netherlands on 1 February 2019.[9]
The channel launched on
The channel launched on Unifi TV on channel 502 in Malaysia and channel 746 in the United States on 15 January 2020, available in HD and 4K formats.[citation needed]
The channel launched on AIS Play on channel 505 in Thailand on 1 August 2020, available in HD and 4K formats.[citation needed]
The channel launched on
The channel launched on
The channel launched on Amazon Freevee in the USA on 22 October 2022, included with an Amazon Prime Membership.[citation needed]
References
- ^ Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2005-363 CRTC 08 02 05
- ^ Bell ExpressVu Invites Canadians to Explore New High Definition Oasis and Visual Treasures Archived 2011-10-02 at the Wayback Machine BCE press release 2006-03-13
- ^ Blue Ant Media Enters Agreement to Acquire High Fidelity HDTV CNW press release 2011-12-21
- ^ "Blue Ant rebrands Oasis as Love Nature". Cartt.ca. Retrieved 22 January 2015.
- ^ HDTV aims for Europe; Playback Magazine; 2008-07-14
- ^ "BLUE ANT MEDIA AND SMITHSONIAN NETWORKS LAUNCH JOINT VENTURE BLUE SKYE ENTERTAINMENT". Blue Ant Media. Archived from the original on 2017-07-15. Retrieved 2017-01-22.
- ^ "Love Nature, a New 4K (Ultra-HD) Wildlife and Nature Video Streaming Service, Launches in 32 Countries Worldwide". www.businesswire.com. 22 February 2016.
- ^ "Love Nature lands on Singapore's StarHub". Retrieved 30 March 2019.
- ^ Jarco Kriek (31 January 2019). "Ziggo voegt nieuwe zender toe" (in Dutch). TotaalTV.nl.