Hallmark Channel Snares Hanna's Animal Adventures

By John Eggerton
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The Hallmark Channel has bought the cable rights to Jack Hanna's Animal Adventures.

The Litton Entertainment-distributed show will bow on the network Saturday, Oct. 3, where it will air at 6-9 a.m., as well as Sunday mornings at from 8 a.m. to 10 a.m.

Hallmark also acquired the digital rights and will be able to distribute the series under the Hallmark brand to sites like iTunes.

John Eggerton
John Eggerton

Contributing editor John Eggerton has been an editor and/or writer on media regulation, legislation and policy for over four decades, including covering the FCC, FTC, Congress, the major media trade associations, and the federal courts. In addition to Multichannel News and Broadcasting + Cable, his work has appeared in Radio World, TV Technology, TV Fax, This Week in Consumer Electronics, Variety and the Encyclopedia Britannica.