Animal Planet is an American cable TV specialty channel that launched on October 1, 1996. It is distributed by Discovery Communications. A high-definition simulcast of the channel launched on September 1, 2007.
Animal Planet was created in cooperation with the BBC by Discovery Communications on October 1, 1996.
On January 1, 1997, Animal Planet's distribution grew as a result of Discovery Communications buying the channel space of WOR EMI Service (a national feed of New York's WWOR-TV), that was implemented in the light of the SyndEx laws enforced by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC).
It is available throughout the US, as well as in over 70 countries around the world.
Country-specific versions of the channel have been created in Canada, India, Japan, Taiwan and other countries.
The National Aquarium in Baltimore has an exhibit of "Animal Planet Australia:hi Wild Extreme hi". It opened in late 2005 in a multi-million dollar expansion. Animal Planet and the National Aquarium in Baltimore (in 2004) announced a multi-year partnership which produced an original orientation film that gives Aquarium visitors background on the Australian area which inspired the new exhibit and a dedicated area inside the expansion where visitors can learn about Animal Planet's conservation efforts and other programming. The partnership also has possible future productions of TV programs about the National Aquarium in Baltimore's research and exhibits.
Animal Planet Benelux |
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Launched | 1 July 1997 |
Network | Discovery Networks Benelux |
Owned by | Discovery Networks Western Europe (Discovery Communications) |
Picture format | 576i (PAL) 16:9 SDTV 1080i (HDTV) |
Audience share | 0.6% (2011, [1]) |
Country | Netherlands |
Language | Dutch/English |
Broadcast area | Netherlands Belgium |
Sister channel(s) | Discovery Channel (Netherlands) Discovery Channel (Flanders) TLC (Netherlands) Investigation Discovery Discovery World Discovery Science |
Website | http://www.yourdiscovery.com/nl/ |
Availability | |
Satellite | |
CanalDigitaal | Channel 50 (SD) |
Cable | |
UPC Netherlands | Channel 65 (HD) |
Ziggo | Channel 208 (HD) |
IPTV | |
Glashart Media | Channel 72 (HD) |
KPN | Channel 112 (SD) Channel 717 (HD) |
Animal Planet is a television channel broadcasting nature-related documentaries in the Benelux countries.
Animal Planet launched in the Benelux in 1997.[2]
For its first ten years in existence, the channel used a logo with a globe and an elephant which was also used by its sister channels. On 1 October 2008, the channel switched to a new logo, which had previously been adopted by Animal Planet in the United States.[3]
A European high-definition version of the channel, called Animal Planet HD, launched in the Nordic countries on 3 February 3 2009.[4] In the Netherlands the high-definition version of the channel launched through Glashart Media on 19 March 2010.[5]
On 1 July 2011 Discovery Networks Benelux launched TLC for the female audience in The Netherlands. Till 1 October 2012 TLC aired between 6pm and 2am on the standard-definition version of Animal Planet making this channel a time-sharing channel.[6] On 1 October 2012 TLC extended its air time from 3pm till 2am.[7] The HD simulcast of Animal Planet remains 24 hours.
TLC isn't available in Belgium. That's why the SD version of Animal Planet remained 24 hours as well, except for the satellite viewers in Belgium. The Dutch feed is being used by the Belgian provider of satellite television, TV Vlaanderen Digitaal. During the air time of TLC (Netherlands) Animal Planet blacked out due to television rights issues.[8]
As of 8 January 2013 Animal Planet SD became 24 hours again.[9]
Animal Planet Nordic is a television channel broadcasting nature-related documentaries to the Nordic countries.
Animal Planet was launched in the Nordic region in 1997. In 2001, the channel received a license to broadcast in the digital terrestrial network in Sweden. By 2008, the channel had regularly been one of the twenty most watched channels in Sweden for a few years. From 2007, the channel is also broadcast terrestrially in Norway via the RiksTV package.
For its first ten years in existence, the channel used a logo with a globe and an elephant which was also used by its sister channels. On October 1, 2008, the channel switched a new logo, which had previously been adopted by Animal Planet in the United States.
A high-definition version of the channel, called Animal Planet HD, was launched on February 3, 2009. That made the Nordic region the first region to get a get a high-definition version of Animal Planet after the United States. The high-definition channel has a separate schedule in order to broadcast only high-definition programmes.
Oh I love you Venezuela
The sun the sky the sea the sand
I'm going back to Venezuela
For me it is the promised land
I went down for a wedding
Of an ex of mine
We watched the world go by
On Jenezuelan time
We slept to the sound of the waves
Under the starlit sky
The warm air soothed my soul
Came home but I don't know why
We danced each night away
Played hard every day
Cuba libres in the palm tree shade
I could live my life that way
Venezuelan moon
I want to see you again
Venezuelan moon
I want to see you
I had the whole beach to myself
And I walked for miles and miles
My path and troubles got washed away
My thoughts drifted to a desert isle
Came down for a wedding
Of an ex of mine
We watched the world go by
On Jenezuelan time
Venezuelan moon
I want to see you again
Venezuelan moon
I can't give you everything
Cause you are wearing that diamond ring
I know you gave yourself to another
And I can't handle being only your lover
Walk away
Close the door
Walk away
Strike the chord
Another place and another time
You and I'd be walking that line
This is one of those times to just let go
Better off alone than on that road
Walk away
Close the door
Walk away
Strike the chord
It's not that I wouldn't love to find you
But I'm not the one who can unwind you
And I can't help put myself in his shoes
I already got enough of them karma dues
Walk away
Close the door
Walk away
Welcome to the Jungle where the cat loves to scratch
The rat squeals and the polar bear feasts on the blubber of seals
The pack of wolves be scheming on a bunch of gazelles
Where the leopards grab the wilderbeast down by it's tail
You see the chimps they grow *hemps* they hustle and sling in trees
Elephants for security that move tons of leaves
The bluebirds arrest parrots that love to talk
Of eagles that stalk fresh-water trout under the wing of the hawk
You see the vultures pick the pocket of whatever remain
In the brain we watch but a shadow of the lion's mane
Whose roar is loud enough to take the stripes from a zebra
He camouflage his bets in the spots of a cheetah
Shouldn't gamble with a cheetah and not expect to get beat
You silly goose you know he move fast on his feet
Now you're neck deep in depth with a bunch of lone sharks
So you move on a colony of ants with aardvarks, you see
Most of the everglades was controlled by the gators
It was crashed by the crocs who came years later
See the locusts had swarmed with the bees, the tick moved with the fleas
The dragonflies and the wasps shared with the seas
The crab and the leeches sucked your blood flow
And they laugh like hyenas when they out to catch dough
See a million mosquitos from the West Nile
Carrying the virus that made the boars less wild
It's like the jungle sometimes
It's like the jungle sometimes
It's like the jungle sometimes
It's like the jungle sometimes
Out of fear of the deer watch for the eye of the tiger
The Clutch from the Cobra and the venomous viper
Boa-constrictors that cut your circulation
Mosts of their prey and die from broke bones and suffocation
The owls are private eyes that watch from the bark
Black panthers are the militant who strike in the dark
Porcupines had a rep' for sticking everything that moved
In areas that the rhinos and hippos approved
And the giraffe was a look-out for gorillas in the mist
And the bats use their sonar to guide and assist
Those pelicans who smuggle contraband for the whale
While the skunks spray the scent to keep the dogs off the trail
The scorpion set up a sting for sly foxes
That use stool pigeons just to keep them in the boxes
While the black widow laid a web for the bachelor
Like daddy-long-leg and his hype man, tarantula
They both prey on grasshoppers beetles and flies
And they all become instant meals the moment it dies
What costs little, is a little worth
So some lose they lives wandering on the wrong turf
From birth they grow up walking the thin line
It's like the jungle sometimes
It's like the jungle sometimes
It's like the jungle sometimes
It's like the jungle sometimes
No matter how high you fly
Events conspire against your state of mind
No matter how hard you try
There's always someone trying to bring you down
Won't let it bring me down
Got more important things to do
Won't let it bring me down
When events conspire against my state of mind
Against my state of mind
Against my state of mind
Events will conspire
Against my state of mind
No matter how well you sleep
Daylight always robs you of your dreams
No matter how smart you are
Nothing's ever simple as it seems
Won't let it bring me down
Got more important things to do
Won't let it bring me down
When events conspire against my state of mind
Against my state of mind
Against my state of mind
Events will conspire
Against my state of mind
No matter how well you ride
Some mother fucker knock you off that horse
No matter where you think you are
Distractions always steer you from your course
Won't let it bring me down
Got more important things to do
Won't let it bring me down
When events conspire against my state of mind
Against my state of mind
Against my state of mind
Events will conspire
I had the best of intentions
When I got out of bed today
I set out to make things right
Make some of the pain go away
World peace seemed so out of reach
So I touched the people I knew
May not have stopped any wars
But I accomplished a thing or two
I fulfilled some promises
And I gave alms to the poor
I defended a helpless man
Just to even the score
Sometimes the best of intentions
Never gets anything done
I fall down on my face
Start again from square one
Even when things don't add up
And I can do nothing more
I think about the days I've won
When I evened the score
I fulfilled some promises
And I gave alms to the poor
I defended a helpless man
Just to even the score
I made amends with an old lover
We tipped the wineglass once more
Better friends than enemies
Just to even the score
I only wanted not to lose anymore
And live to fight one day more
I had the best of intentions
But I think I mighta hurt someone
I'll have to move a mountain
To undo the damage I've done
I'll fulfill some promises
I'll give alms to the poor
I'll defend a helpless man
Just to even the score
I'll make amends with an old lover
We'll tip the wineglass once more
Better friends than enemies
Just to even the score
I'll spread the wealth from a to z
Rob the rich and give to the poor
If only things could be that way
I got an aching head
My eyes on fire
I think I'm paralyzed
With desire
I know
You know
There's a place not to far from here
Where wolves howl at the moon
And if you click your heals just now
You'll find the ultimate groove
Lay down your axe to grind
Spit out that bitter pill
Deep breath will ease the mind
And bring us closer still
I know
You Know
There's a place not to far from here
Where wolves howl at the moon
And if you click your heals just now
You'll find the ultimate groove
That's what I got in mind
Create some new old times
That's what I got in mind
So let's groove
I know
You know
There's a place not to far from here
Where wolves howl at the moon
And if you click your heals just now
You'll find the ultimate groove
And so and so and so she said
You know it's all just in your head
And if you work your demons through
I had this feeling
I'd give you a call
We hadn't talked since
Our backs were to the wall
Remember that rainy night
When it all came to an end
Our tears they paved the streets
We'd gone beyond the bend
I wrote a thousand times
About the love we shared
Crossed out a thousand lines
Couldn't get nowhere
I heard you walked down the isle
Is it true?
And I heard your true true love
He up and left you
I still believe
True love ain't far
I got a few more greys and some battle scars
But I still believe
You won't be surprised to know
That I am still the same
Can't shake what eats me up
Like you can't remove a stain
I've discovered meanings
And truths I didn't know
I've learned just when to hold on
And when to let it go
I still believe
True love ain't far
I got a few more greys and some battle scars
But I still believe
True love ain't far
True love ain't far
True love and far for me
True love ain't far
How would you feel
If the foot was on the other shoe?
And this time around
The beard it would be you
To make love and caress
In one magical night
And learn the very next day
You hadn't got it right
I can't even fathom
I sing about you still
Must be those memories of lives ago
When my heart was so fulfilled
Yes your eyes tell a tail
About a thousand years ago
But like those rickety old ships
We're tossing to and fro
I mighta known you in past lives
But the future ain't so clear
The pace and what we decide
Means our paths will likely veer
You say you've known me
Longer than all your life
You talk about love
But you're living night to night
Through your lens
Every moment lasts forever
But it's only a snapshot baby
You'll change just like the weather
You're high resolution
And your fast as hell
And there's no defense
When you cast one of your spells
You say you've known me
Longer than all your life
You talk about love
I got a letter the other day
It really blew my mind
Opened a drawer of memories
Took me to another time
I sat on top of a volcano
Looking out at the sea
Nothing around for miles and miles
A lonely glacier and me
One more ticket
I'd shake it loose
One more ticket
I'd get rid of this noose
One more ticket
I'd be in the sky
But only one more ticket
Won't satisfy
Sat on the edge of a grand canyon
With a woman I hardly knew
She said "my name is Star baby"
"What do you want to do?"
Lost weekend in New Orleans
Barely made it back to Buffalo
The Quarter thundered and the band was on fire
What it meant I still don't know
One more ticket
I'd shake it loose
One more ticket
I'd get rid of this noose
One more ticket
I'd be in the sky
But only one more ticket
Won't satisfy
Hung with friends in Hollywood
Topless red shark idled just outside
For the obligatory trek to Vegas
Where we took the bubble room in stride
Tumble weeds flew out of my way
Sunburn round my dried up eyes
Racing the August sun back to the coast
How I wished I could fly
One more ticket
I'd be on the road
One more ticket
I'd lighten my load
One more ticket
New adventures to find
One more ticket
I'd lose my mind
One more ticket
I'd shake it loose
One more ticket
I'd get rid of this noose
One more ticket
I'd be in the sky
But only one more ticket
[GZA]
Welcome to the Jungle where the cat loves to scratch
The rat squeals
And the polar bear feasts on the blubber of seals
The pack of wolves be scheming on a bunch of gazelles
Where the leopards grab the wilderbeast down by it's tail
You see the chimps they grow *hemp* they hustle and sling in trees
Elephants for security that move tons of leaves
The bluebirds arrest parrots that love to talk
of eagles that stalk fresh-water trout under the wing of the hawk
You see the vultures pick the pocket of whatever remain
In the brain we watch but a shadow of the lion's mane
Whose roar is loud enough to take the stripes from a zebra
He camouflage his bets in the spots of a cheetah
Shouldn't gamble with a cheetah and not expect to get beat
You silly goose you know he move fast on his feet
Now you're neck deep in depth with a bunch of lone sharks
So you move on a colony of ants with aardvarks, you see
Most of the everglades was controlled by the gators
It was crashed by the crocs who came years later
See the locusts had swarmed with the bees
the tick moved with the fleas
The dragonflies and the wasps shared with the seas
The crab and the leeches sucked your blood flow
And they laugh like hyenas when they out to catch dough
See a million mosquitos from the West Nile
Carrying the virus that made the boars less wild
[Hook x4 : GZA]
It's like the jungle sometimes
[GZA]
Out of fear of the deer watch for the eye of the tiger
The Clutch from the Cobra and the venomous viper
Boa-constrictors that cut your circulation
Mosts of their prey die from broke bones and suffocation
The owls are private eyes that watch from the bark
Black panthers are the militant who strike in the dark
Porcupines had a rep' for sticking everything that moved
In areas that the rhinos and hippos approved
And the giraffe was a look-out for gorillas in the mist
And the bats use their sonar to guide and assist
Those pelicans who smuggle contraband for the whale
While the skunks spray the scent to keep the dogs off the trail
The scorpion set up a sting for sly foxes
that use stool pigeons just to keep them in the boxes
While the black widow laid a web for the bachelor
like daddy-long-leg and his hype man, tarantula
They both prey on grasshoppers beetles and flies
And they all become instant meals the moment it dies
What costs little, is a little worth
so some lose they lives wandering on the wrong turf
From birth they grow up walking the thin line
It's like the jungle sometimes
[Hook x4 : GZA]
It's like the jungle sometimes
And so you're reeling
>From the fatal shot
Your heart was so alive
And then it stopped
So we remain
You see the casualties
They're all around
You're one of them
But you can't come down
So we remain
Running on hope and borrowed time
Look for sand to draw the line
You know what ails you
Only time can cure
You're silent screams
Can not be heard
So we remain
It's not in vein
Running on hope and borrowed time
Look for sand to draw the line
When the silence is deafening
Grasp at straws to ease the sting
You said that moment
When your heart had stopped
The hands of time stood still
And then you dropped
So we remain
It's not in vein
Running on hope and borrowed time
Look for sand to draw the line
When the silence is deafening
Grasp at straws to ease the sting
Though the details are like razor blades
I need a drink of water
I think I'm dying of thirst
The court's been called to order
The judge is gonna do the worst
Lend me an ear
I got a story to tell
I been running so long
My feets is starting to swell
At two past twelve the switch is gonna be thrown
Another one dies
In the killing zone
I need a leg to stand on
I think I'm falling apart
I need a friend to rely on
I put on too many miles
Lend me an ear
I got a story to tell
I been running so long
My feets is starting to swell
At two past twelve the switch is gonna be thrown
Another one dies
In the killing zone
Can't wait for the change of season
It doesn't make any sense
I been trying to find a reason
The ends don't justify the means
Lend me an ear
I got a story to tell
I been running so long
My feets is starting to swell
At two past twelve the switch is gonna be thrown
Another one dies
I met a man
He was 87
He said no way in hell
Am I waiting for heaven
Enjoy every moment
That's what he said
And have no regrets
When you take your last breath
Life's about knowledge love and friends
Carpe Diem
Gonna grab whatever I can
Smell all the roses
That's all you got
`cause when the put you in the ground
Your just gonna rot
Spent a long time down
But I got back up again
Gonna live like I'm going
But I just don't know when
Life's about knowledge love and friends
Carpe Diem
Gonna grab whatever I can
And it's a crime to waste time
And bitch about what you're not
Cause you can't reclaim the years
Or anything you forgot
He said tell the ones you love
You love `em before they pass
Cause there ain't no pearly gates
And this chance may be your last
Life's about knowledge love and friends
Carpe Diem
[GZA]
Welcome to the Jungle where the cat loves to scratch
The rat squeals
And the polar bear feasts on the blubber of seals
The pack of wolves be scheming on a bunch of gazelles
Where the leopards grab the wilderbeast down by it's tail
You see the chimps they grow *hemp* they hustle and sling in trees
Elephants for security that move tons of leaves
The bluebirds arrest parrots that love to talk
of eagles that stalk fresh-water trout under the wing of the hawk
You see the vultures pick the pocket of whatever remain
In the brain we watch but a shadow of the lion's mane
Whose roar is loud enough to take the stripes from a zebra
He camouflage his bets in the spots of a cheetah
Shouldn't gamble with a cheetah and not expect to get beat
You silly goose you know he move fast on his feet
Now you're neck deep in depth with a bunch of lone sharks
So you move on a colony of ants with aardvarks, you see
Most of the everglades was controlled by the gators
It was crashed by the crocs who came years later
See the locusts had swarmed with the bees
the tick moved with the fleas
The dragonflies and the wasps shared with the seas
The crab and the leeches sucked your blood flow
And they laugh like hyenas when they out to catch dough
See a million mosquitos from the West Nile
Carrying the virus that made the boars less wild
[Hook x4 : GZA]
It's like the jungle sometimes
[GZA]
Out of fear of the deer watch for the eye of the tiger
The Clutch from the Cobra and the venomous viper
Boa-constrictors that cut your circulation
Mosts of their prey die from broke bones and suffocation
The owls are private eyes that watch from the bark
Black panthers are the militant who strike in the dark
Porcupines had a rep' for sticking everything that moved
In areas that the rhinos and hippos approved
And the giraffe was a look-out for gorillas in the mist
And the bats use their sonar to guide and assist
Those pelicans who smuggle contraband for the whale
While the skunks spray the scent to keep the dogs off the trail
The scorpion set up a sting for sly foxes
that use stool pigeons just to keep them in the boxes
While the black widow laid a web for the bachelor
like daddy-long-leg and his hype man, tarantula
They both prey on grasshoppers beetles and flies
And they all become instant meals the moment it dies
What costs little, is a little worth
so some lose they lives wandering on the wrong turf
From birth they grow up walking the thin line
It's like the jungle sometimes
[Hook x4 : GZA]
It's like the jungle sometimes