Animal Planet is a Dutch pay television channel broadcasting nature-related documentaries in the Netherlands and Flanders.

[6] A European high-definition version of the channel, called Animal Planet HD, launched in the Nordic countries on 3 February 2009.

[8] On 4 July 2011, Discovery Networks Benelux launched TLC for the female audience in the Netherlands.

The Dutch feed was used by the Belgian provider of satellite television, TV Vlaanderen Digitaal.

During the broadcasting time of TLC, Animal Planet blacked out due to television rights issues.