Animaux is a French

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themed about animals.

History

Created in April 1996, AB Animaux was a channel which showed animal documentaries. In 1999, it was renamed as Animaux. After rumours of the sale of the channel by

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at the start of 2006, the channel eventually ended up being exclusively shown on

CanalSat Canal+ is a French subscription provider associated to the channel of the same name. It is owned by Vivendi (owner of Canal+) with a hundred percent share. History In 1992, Canalsatellite was launched, the shareholders were Canal+ Group (66 p ...

Owners

President: Jean-Michel Fava Programme director: Richard Maroko Marketing & Business Development director:

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Budget

Animaux is run by AB Sat SA with a budget of €24 million, 100% provided by

Programmes

The channel specialises in the environment, and principally shows animal documentaries. It has also introduced regular reports on the protection of

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and

fauna Fauna is all of the animal life present in a particular region or time. The corresponding term for plants is ''flora'', and for fungi, it is ''funga''. Flora, fauna, funga and other forms of life are collectively referred to as ''Biota (ecology ...

. Allain Bougrain-Dubourg joined the channel as a director in 2005.

Programmes

*''Territoires Sauvages'' : Discovery of inexpored territories and the animals who live there (Tuesday 17:55) *''Des Animaux et des Hommes'' : Stories about the relationship between man and animal (Saturday 18:25) *''Totalement Fauve'' : Big game, such as lion, puma, tiger and leopard, (Thursday 17:55). *''A Vol d'Oiseau'' : Programme based on ornithology (Friday 17:55). *''Animaux en Danger'' : Programme which deals with saving the planet, (Sunday 19:00). *''Histoires d'eaux'' : The story of animal life in fresh and salt water (Wednesday 17:55).

Broadcast

Animaux was originally only shown via AB Sat, but is now available on a contract on French, Monacan, Belgian and Swiss

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and via the

Canalsat Canal+ is a French subscription provider associated to the channel of the same name. It is owned by Vivendi (owner of Canal+) with a hundred percent share. History In 1992, Canalsatellite was launched, the shareholders were Canal+ Group (66 p ...

or Bis TV packages available to customers on

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platforms.

References

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Programmes on Animaux
{{French television stations Mediawan Thematics Television channels and stations established in 1996 1996 establishments in France French-language television stations Television stations in France

History

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