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| Country | France |
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| Headquarters | 132, avenue du Président Wilson 93213 La Plaine Saint-Denis |
| Programming | |
| Language(s) | French |
| Picture format | 16:9 (1080i, HDTV) |
| History | |
| Launched | 2 April 1996 |
| Former names | AB Animaux (1996–1999) |
| Links | |
| Website | www.animauxtv.fr |
Animaux is a French television channel themed about animals.
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 AB Groupe at the start of 2006, the channel eventually ended up being exclusively shown on CanalSat.
President: Jean-Michel Fava[ citation needed ]Programme director: Richard Maroko[ citation needed ]Marketing & Business Development director: Gregg Bywalski [ citation needed ]
Animaux is run by AB Sat SA with a budget of €24 million, 100% provided by AB Groupe.
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