BBC Earth is a documentary subscription television channel featuring premium factual programming.

[11] BBC Earth launched in the Latin American countries of Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay and Venezuela on 1 September 2015, replacing BBC HD.

[14][15] The channel launched in South Africa on the DStv (satellite) platform replacing BBC Knowledge on 1 September 2015.

[21] BBC Earth was among the other pay TV channels to launch in Taiwanese cable TV providers on 1 January 2024, following the announcement of National Geographic and other Disney-owned linear channels to cease their operations in Taiwan.

[24] BBC Earth launched in Middle East & North Africa through the beIN DTH and STC TV services on 5 April 2018.

The channel launched on 24 January 2017 and on 18 February 2017 hosted the Canadian premiere of Planet Earth II, on the same date as the United States, where it also aired on BBC America.

Due to foreign ownership restrictions by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission, the channel is fully owned by Blue Ant Media, with the BBC Earth brand and programming licensed from BBC Worldwide.