Samsung announces the launch in France of Destination Nature.
Dedicated to documentaries on nature and the environment, Destination Nature has been available since October 12 in the package of free streaming channels from Samsung TV Plus. This new channel is accessible via channel 4001 from all Smart TVs[1]Galaxy smartphones and tablets[2] from Samsung.
Destination Nature is the variation of the Wild Planet (in the United Kingdom, Sweden and the Netherlands) and Wilder Planet (in Germany, Switzerland and Austria) channels, which are among the most popular Samsung TV Plus channels. It is thus the second most watched channel in Germany since its launch last July, among more than 110 channels offered in the Samsung TV Plus package across the Rhine.
Destination Nature offers 25 documentaries[3]produced and dubbed in French by Off The Fence[4]among which :
- Brilliant Species: thanks to David Attenborough, discovery of bioluminescence: the light produced by living beings. On land or in the oceans, they are everywhere. David and his team reveal the secrets of these living lights. (60 minutes);
- The white lionesses: in May 2009, two small white lion cubs were born in the nature reserve of Timbavati. Their white fur is rare and makes their survival more complicated. Followed by their first twelve years. (2x 60 minutes);
- The fury of the climate: Richard Hammond demonstrates the power of rising hot air currents through an original experiment using hot plates: a rather spectacular demonstration. (3x 60 minutes).
Samsung TV Plus: soon more than a hundred channels available in France
Samsung TV Plus, Samsung’s free video streaming service on Smart TVs and Galaxy devices, offers instant access to news, sports, entertainment and more since 2021.
With recent additions[5] Secret Story and MasterChef channels with Endemol France, Enquêtes de Choc with FAST Media and now Destination Nature, Samsung TV Plus now has more than 85 channels in France and aims to have more than a hundred by the start 2023.
Globally, the service accounts for 1 billion hours watched in 2021 on the 1,600 Samsung TV Plus channels in 24 markets[6] in which it is available.
« With the Samsung TV Plus application, we aim to offer Samsung Smart TV owners an ever richer and more varied catalog of quality channels and programs free of charge. With Off The Fence, we are happy today to take a new step with the launch of Destination Nature, the first FAST channel[7] published by Samsung on the French market, which has been designed for lovers of nature and wild animals », said Antoine Chotard, Head of Samsung TV Plus France.
“We are very happy with this partnership around Samsung’s new channel, Destination Nature, which is already very popular in other European countries, and thanks to which we can offer quality nature documentaries to Samsung Smart TV owners in France. “, has déclaré Stefanie Fischer, Managing Director of Sales at Off the Fence.
[1] For Smart TVs: models marketed since 2016.
[2] All Galaxy models: smartphones and tablets with Android 8.0 and above.
[3] List of programs available on request.
[4] Off the Fence Productions is a producer of feature documentaries, notably awarded in 2021 for its documentary film The Wisdom of the Octopus with the OSCAR and the BAFTA for best documentary film.
[5] September 14, 2022.
[6]The markets are:
Europe: Germany, Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Spain, Finland, France, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Norway, Netherlands, Portugal, Sweden, Switzerland, UK.
And: Australia, Brazil, Canada, Korea, India, Mexico, New Zealand, US.
[7] FAST format: Free Ad-supported Streaming TV – linear streaming supported by .