Love Nature 4K announces the launch of its premium 4K natural history channel on Turkish pay-tv platform D-Smart. Subscribers in Turkey and Northern Cyprus now have access to Love Nature 4K’s extensive library of original programming, which includes hundreds of hours of natural history content in 4K and HD. The channel is fully localized in Turkish language, available on the platform’s direct-to-home service in HD and will soon be available on its OTT service D-Smart Go in 4K.

The launch on D-Smart expands the channel’s reach in Turkey, where it is also available on pay-tv platform, Turkcell, in 4K and HD on IPTV and OTT.

“Further expanding our footprint for Love Nature 4K in Turkey shows how committed we are to bringing audiences our content across as many platforms as possible,” said Ward Platt, CEO, Global Networks & Kids, Blue Ant Media. “D-Smart subscribers now have access to Love Nature 4K’s lineup of compelling nature and wildlife stories.”

“We are very happy to add Love Nature to our channel range, as it is one of the most remarkable offerings among our documentary channels. We feel that our subscribers will be thrilled by Love Nature’s stunning content, produced with cutting-edge 4K technology,” said Başar Başarır, CCO & CMO at D-Smart.

Programming highlights on Love Nature 4K include: Great Blue Wild, Seasons 1-3 (18×60; HD & 4K; Blue Ant Studios), which showcases the adventures of the world’s greatest dive shops as they encounter massive humpbacks, majestic manta rays, spectacular schools of fish and menacing sharks; Dogs with Extraordinary Jobs (5×60’; HDR, 4K & HD; Oxford Scientific Films), an original Love Nature commission, which follows a group of dogs whose natural abilities are being harnessed by scientists, rescuers and the disadvantaged to improve lives, increase safety and maintain the health and biodiversity of our planet; America’s Wild Seasons (4×60’; 4K & HD; MBM TV & Tamarin Productions), a landmark documentary series that captures the epic seasons of America’s diverse landscape over the course of a full year; and Monkey Island (3×60’; 4K&HD; Plimsoll Productions), which shares the story of an ancient citadel, once home to Sri Lanka royalty, now reclaimed by the jungle with a new dynasty in power—monkeys.