
LONDON, U.K. — Blue Ant Media announced Monday its Love Nature wildlife and nature channel has launched on pay-TV platform Les Bouquets Canal+ in more than 25 African countries.
The deal further expands Love Nature’s reach in sub-Saharan Africa and gives Les Bouquets Canal+ subscribers access to the channel’s lineup of original, English-language programming, including hundreds of hours of wildlife and nature series and documentaries.
Some of the Love Nature programming available on Les Bouquets Canal+ in Africa include: Africa’s Hunters (pictured), a Camp Zambia series produced by Plimsoll Productions; The Big Dry, also from Plimsoll Productions; Malawi Wildlife Rescue, produced by Icon Films; and Dogs with Extraordinary Jobs and Amazing Animal Friends, both from Oxford Scientific Films.
“Bringing Love Nature to Canal+ audiences is a significant milestone for the channel as we expand the family-friendly brand’s footprint across Africa,” says Ward Platt, CEO, global networks and kids, Blue Ant Media, in the news release. “This deal is a great example of our commitment to partnering with platforms around the world to give our premium wildlife and nature programming content a truly global audience.”
Love Nature is now available as linear and streaming platforms in more than 100 countries and reaches more than 200 million homes worldwide on traditional pay-TV platforms such as Sky, Rogers, Virgin, Starhub, Bell, Ziggo Vodafone, Tricolor, TVB MySuper TV, Startimes and many more as well as growing streaming outlets such as The Roku Channel, Amazon Channels, Bilibili, Apple Plus, Pluto TV and Samsung TV Plus.