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Country | United Kingdom |
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Broadcast area | Middle East and North Africa Nordic countries Latin America and Caribbean Canada Hungary Poland Australia Romania Laos India (as Sony BBC Earth) South Korea South Africa New Zealand Greece Turkey Asia-Pacific (now available Worldwide) Malaysia Serbia Czech Republic Slovakia Europe (now available Worldwide) Eurasia South Asia North America |
Headquarters | London, United Kingdom |
Programming | |
Language(s) | Various |
Picture format | 1080i (16:9 HDTV) |
Ownership | |
Owner | BBC Studios |
Sister channels | BBC Brit BBC HD BBC Entertainment BBC Lifestyle BBC First BBC World News CBeebies |
History | |
Launched | 1 February 2015 (Poland) 13 April 2015 (Nordic countries) 14 April 2015 (Romania, Turkey & Hungary) 1 September 2015 (Latin America & South Africa) 3 October 2015 (Asia) 28 December 2015 (Serbia) 1 January 2016 (Eastern Europe) 6 March 2017 (India, as Sony BBC Earth) 1 April 2017 (Philippines) 12 September 2017 (Laos) 1 October 2017 (Greece) 1 February 2018 (Croatia) 5 April 2018 (MENA) 22 October 2018 (New Zealand) 15 November 2018 (Czech Republic and Slovakia) 10 October 2019 (Australia) 15 September 2021 (Astro, Malaysia) |
Replaced | BBC Knowledge BBC HD (Latin America only) BBC Entertainment (Eastern Europe only) Discovery Science (Astro, Malaysia) National Geographic (Taiwan) |
Closed | 13 April 2017 (Latin America) 14 December 2021 (Latvia) 1 April 2022 (Brunei) 17 April 2023 (Nordic countries) |
Replaced by | BBC Nordic |
Links | |
Website | www |
Availability | |
Terrestrial | |
DStv (South Africa only) | Channel 184 |
Foxtel (Australia) | Channel 290 Channel 134 (HD) |
Fetch TV (Australia) | Channel 130 |
BBC Earth is a documentary subscription television channel featuring premium factual programming. The channel is wholly owned and operated by BBC Studios. Originally set to roll out internationally in 2014,[1] it was later announced that it would launch in 2015,[2] starting in Poland.[3]
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