Sky Nature is a British

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channel owned and operated by

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, a division of

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, which launched on 27 May 2020. Sky Nature broadcasts original Sky content, content from Canadian channel

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, and Sky's collection of

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programming.

History

The launch of the channel was used to help bring

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(HDR) content to

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. When

was removed from

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in December 2020, most of its former content moved to Sky Nature. Sky Nature launched an Irish feed on 8 April 2021. The channel is registered with the broadcasting regulator in Luxembourg however, the Luxembourg regulator will make use of the classification system set by Ireland's BAI Code of Program Standards. The channel is currently only available in standard definition. The channel originally broadcast on Sky channel 130, but when

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closed on 1 July 2021, Sky Nature moved into its place on channel 124 shortly afterwards.

Programming

Sky Nature currently broadcast a variety of nature series, both on the live TV feed and on demand: *''Extreme Animals: One Wild Day'' *''Extreme Animals: Life’s First Steps'' *''Amazing Animal Friends'' *''Wild Tales from the Farm'' *''Shark with

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'' *'' Monkey Life'' *''Gangs of Lemur Island'' *''Wild Israel''

Branding

The logo consists of the Sky logo coloured

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followed by the word "

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" on a green background. The logo originally consisted of a bunch of

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forming the background where the "nature" text is. It was later changed green.

International version

On 1 July 2021 Sky Nature was launched in Italy, alongside Sky Documentaries, Sky Investigation (the local version of

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) and Sky Serie.

References

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History

Programming

Branding

International version

See also

References