Sky Nature

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Sky Nature
Sky Nature.svg
Logo used since 2020
Programming
Picture format 1080i HDTV
(downscaled to 16:9 576i for the SDTV feed.)
Ownership
Owner Sky Group (Comcast)
Sister channels List of Sky UK channels
History
Launched27 May 2020;3 years ago (2020-05-27) [1]
Replaced Fox
Links
Website www.sky.com/watch/channel/sky-nature
Availability
Streaming media
Sky Go Watch live (UK and Ireland only)
Now Watch live (UK and Ireland only)
Virgin TV Go Watch live (UK only)
Virgin TV Anywhere Watch live (Ireland only)

Sky Nature is a British pay television channel owned and operated by Sky, a division of Comcast, which launched on 27 May 2020. [2] [3] Sky Nature broadcasts original Sky content, content from Canadian channel Love Nature, [4] and Sky's collection of David Attenborough programming. [2] [5]

Contents

History

The launch of the channel was used to help bring High dynamic range (HDR) content to Sky Q. [6]

When Love Nature was removed from Virgin Media in December 2020, most of its former content moved to Sky Nature.

Sky Nature launched an Irish feed on 8 April 2021. [7] [8] The channel is registered with the broadcasting regulator in Luxembourg [9] 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.

On 1 July 2021 Fox closed and Sky Nature moved into its place on channel 124 on BBC FOX

Programming

Sky Nature currently broadcast a variety of nature series, both on the live TV feed and on demand: [10]

Branding

The logo consists of the Sky logo coloured green followed by the word "nature" on a green background. The logo originally consisted of a bunch of leaves 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 Sky Witness) and Sky Serie.

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