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“New TV channel promises unprecedented access to nature in real-time

Nature enthusiasts in the UK will be able to watch the natural world 24/7, 365 days a year, thanks to a new real-time wildlife channel streaming directly from Africa.”

“‘WildEarth’ – which has seven million unique users online – has launched in the UK on Freeview Channel 91.

Viewers who tune into Freeview Channel 91 will be able to watch the wonders of the natural world from the Sabi Sand Game Reserve in South Africa via its daily Sunrise and Sunset Safaris..”

“New channel promises to bring the ‘largest safari vehicle in the world’ to the UK as millions of viewers will be given unprecedented, up-close access to nature in real-time.”

WildEarth has landed in India through online streaming app Jio TV. WildEarth’s mission is to make viewers feel present in nature by delivering a live and interactive channel where viewers can embark on remote safaris across Africa for 12 hours a day, 365 days a year which will now be available on the JioTV app.

Namibia’s first live stream camera showcasing wildlife at the Okaukuejo waterhole in Etosha National Park, a national park in northwestern of the country, received a boost following a partnership with WildEarth, a 24/7 live television channel, an executive announced Wednesday…

WildEarth, founded by Emily and Graham Wallington, has a global audience of five million viewers a month. Johannesburg-born Wallington, who describes himself as from the ocean, has taken the concept of nature tech to a new level, providing a connection with nature that many people not as lucky as South Africans can now access. The channel was a tonic for many viewers during the Covid-19 lockdowns and they have not tuned out since. Wallington told BizNews he and his team are continuing to scale; there will soon be an improved app, new content and an expansion into marine life.

Natural history-focused FAST channel WildEarth TV has launched on Plex, the AVoD and live-streaming service, and Rad NFTV, which claims to be the first streamer powered by non-fungible tokens.

WildEarth TV offers wildlife content 24/7, featuring eight hours of live programming a day, including twice-daily live safaris direct from locations including South Africa’s Djuma Game Reserve. Other live experiences include broadcasts studying the African penguin colonies on the Cape Coast and the wildebeest migrations in Kenya’s Maasai Mara reserve.

Tlalamba, a four-year-old leopard, has achieved much in her short life. She’s queen of her mother’s old territory, borne two cubs and, so far, is the most sought-after animal on her reserve among buyers of a new project selling non-fungible tokens (NFTs) to raise money for conservation.

Tlalamba, a four-year-old leopard, has achieved much in her short life. She’s queen of her mother’s old territory, borne two cubs and, so far, is the most sought-after animal on her reserve among buyers of a new project selling non-fungible tokens (NFTs) to raise money for conservation.

Tlalamba, a four-year-old leopard, has achieved much in her short life. She’s queen of her mother’s old territory, borne two cubs and, so far, is the most sought-after animal on her reserve among buyers of a new project selling non-fungible tokens (NFTs) to raise money for conservation.

Tlalamba, a four-year-old leopard, has achieved much in her short life. She’s queen of her mother’s old territory, borne two cubs and, so far, is the most sought-after animal on her reserve among buyers of a new project selling non-fungible tokens (NFTs) to raise money for conservation.

Tlalamba, a four-year-old leopard, has achieved much in her short life. She’s queen of her mother’s old territory, borne two cubs and, so far, is the most sought-after animal on her reserve among buyers of a new project selling non-fungible tokens (NFTs) to raise money for conservation.

Tlalamba, a four-year-old leopard, has achieved much in her short life. She’s queen of her mother’s old territory, borne two cubs and, so far, is the most sought-after animal on her reserve among buyers of a new project selling non-fungible tokens (NFTs) to raise money for conservation.

Tlalamba, a four-year-old leopard, has achieved much in her short life. She’s queen of her mother’s old territory, borne two cubs and, so far, is the most sought-after animal on her reserve among buyers of a new project selling non-fungible tokens (NFTs) to raise money for conservation.

Tlalamba, a four-year-old leopard, has achieved much in her short life. She’s queen of her mother’s old territory, borne two cubs and, so far, is the most sought-after animal on her reserve among buyers of a new project selling non-fungible tokens (NFTs) to raise money for conservation.

Tlalamba, a four-year-old leopard, has achieved much in her short life. She’s queen of her mother’s old territory, borne two cubs and, so far, is the most sought-after animal on her reserve among buyers of a new project selling non-fungible tokens (NFTs) to raise money for conservation.

Tlalamba, a four-year-old leopard, has achieved much in her short life. She’s queen of her mother’s old territory, borne two cubs and, so far, is the most sought-after animal on her reserve among buyers of a new project selling non-fungible tokens (NFTs) to raise money for conservation.

Tlalamba, a four-year-old leopard, has achieved much in her short life. She’s queen of her mother’s old territory, borne two cubs and, so far, is the most sought-after animal on her reserve among buyers of a new project selling non-fungible tokens (NFTs) to raise money for conservation.

Tlalamba, a four-year-old leopard, has achieved much in her short life. She’s queen of her mother’s old territory, borne two cubs and, so far, is the most sought-after animal on her reserve among buyers of a new project selling non-fungible tokens (NFTs) to raise money for conservation.

Tlalamba, a four-year-old leopard, has achieved much in her short life. She’s queen of her mother’s old territory, borne two cubs and, so far, is the most sought-after animal on her reserve among buyers of a new project selling non-fungible tokens (NFTs) to raise money for conservation.

Tlalamba, a four-year-old leopard, has achieved much in her short life. She’s queen of her mother’s old territory, borne two cubs and, so far, is the most sought-after animal on her reserve among buyers of a new project selling non-fungible tokens (NFTs) to raise money for conservation.

Tlalamba, a four-year-old leopard, has achieved much in her short life. She’s queen of her mother’s old territory, borne two cubs and, so far, is the most sought-after animal on her reserve among buyers of a new project selling non-fungible tokens (NFTs) to raise money for conservation.

In a bid to help protect endangered animals, British TV channel, WildEarth, has launched its own NFTs. Crucially, 40% of the primary sale proceeds go to local custodians of the land on which the animals live. In an exclusive interview with Finextra, Graham Wallington, co-founder, CEO, WildEarth, explained the philosophy behind this approach: nature can look after itself – it just needs a home. The real mission is to ensure local populations have an economic incentive to not poach.

One of the world’s largest broadcasters of Livestream animal and nature experiences, WildEarth, has launched an NFT collection that enables viewers and nature enthusiasts to support conservation efforts.

It’s always uplifting to see cryptocurrencies and Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs) being tied into real-world projects that have a positive impact – speculative investments can only do so much. Practical use cases are as concrete as they get. Protecting animals and protecting the environment is perhaps the most real of all.

WildEarth, one of the world’s largest broadcasters of live-streamed nature and animal experiences, has announced an NFT collection that allows viewers and nature enthusiasts to support conservation efforts and establish direct relationships with individual animals across WildEarth’s global footprint.

Wildlife-focused FAST channel WildEarth TV has launched on Sling TV in the US, Samsung TV Plus in Italy, Spain, the Netherlands and Sweden, and ZEASN in Europe and South America.

WildEarth, one of the world’s largest broadcasters of live-streamed nature and animal experiences, has announced an NFT project that allows viewers and nature enthusiasts to support conservation efforts and establish direct relationships with individual animals across WildEarth’s global footprint.

WildEarth, one of the world’s largest broadcasters of live-streamed nature and animal experiences, has announced an NFT project that allows viewers and nature enthusiasts to support conservation efforts and establish direct relationships with individual animals across WildEarth’s global footprint.

WildEarth, one of the world’s largest broadcasters of live-streamed nature and animal experiences, has announced an NFT project that allows viewers and nature enthusiasts to support conservation efforts and establish direct relationships with individual animals across WildEarth’s global footprint.

WildEarth, one of the world’s largest broadcasters of live-streamed nature and animal experiences, has announced an NFT project that allows viewers and nature enthusiasts to support conservation efforts and establish direct relationships with individual animals across WildEarth’s global footprint.

WildEarth, one of the world’s largest broadcasters of live-streamed nature and animal experiences, has announced an NFT project that allows viewers and nature enthusiasts to support conservation efforts and establish direct relationships with individual animals across WildEarth’s global footprint.

WildEarth, one of the world’s largest broadcasters of live-streamed nature and animal experiences, has announced an NFT project that allows viewers and nature enthusiasts to support conservation efforts and establish direct relationships with individual animals across WildEarth’s global footprint.

WildEarth, one of the world’s largest broadcasters of live-streamed nature and animal experiences, has announced an NFT project that allows viewers and nature enthusiasts to support conservation efforts and establish direct relationships with individual animals across WildEarth’s global footprint.

WildEarth, one of the world’s largest broadcasters of live-streamed nature and animal experiences, has announced an NFT project that allows viewers and nature enthusiasts to support conservation efforts and establish direct relationships with individual animals across WildEarth’s global footprint.

WildEarth, one of the world’s largest broadcasters of live-streamed nature and animal experiences, has announced an NFT project that allows viewers and nature enthusiasts to support conservation efforts and establish direct relationships with individual animals across WildEarth’s global footprint.

WildEarth, one of the world’s largest broadcasters of live-streamed nature and animal experiences, has announced an NFT project that allows viewers and nature enthusiasts to support conservation efforts and establish direct relationships with individual animals across WildEarth’s global footprint.

WildEarth, one of the world’s largest broadcasters of live-streamed nature and animal experiences, has announced an NFT project that allows viewers and nature enthusiasts to support conservation efforts and establish direct relationships with individual animals across WildEarth’s global footprint.

WildEarth, one of the world’s largest broadcasters of live-streamed nature and animal experiences, has announced an NFT project that allows viewers and nature enthusiasts to support conservation efforts and establish direct relationships with individual animals across WildEarth’s global footprint.

WildEarth, one of the world’s largest broadcasters of live-streamed nature and animal experiences, has announced an NFT project that allows viewers and nature enthusiasts to support conservation efforts and establish direct relationships with individual animals across WildEarth’s global footprint.

WildEarth, a leading live-streaming platform for nature and animal experiences, is tapping into the exploding NFT market to raise funding for conservation efforts on wildlife habitats across the globe. Marking a first for the blockchain landscape, the new initiative allows WildEarth viewers and nature enthusiasts to become the ‘meta-custodians’ of wild animals as they foster a personal and emotional connection with the animals of their choice through the NFT concept.

A British nature channel plans to harness the power of non-fungible tokens (NFTs) to protect endangered animals and their habitats.
Wild Earth TV plans to fund habitat and wildlife conservation efforts through the sale of NFTs. The channel, which has 5m monthly viewers, will mint conservation NFTs which are related to physical animals and use proceeds from the sale to fund the preservation of their habitats.

WildEarth TV, the live and interactive wildlife TV channel, has launched on Sling TV in the US.

The channel is a 24/7 mix of authentic and interactive wildlife content, featuring eight hours of live programming a day, including twice-daily live safaris direct from locations including South Africa’s Djuma Game Reserve. Other live broadcasts include the African penguin colonies on the Cape Coast and the wildebeest migrations in Kenya’s Maasai Mara.

The live broadcasts are complemented by relaxing ‘slow TV style’ nature videos.

WildEarth TV, the live and interactive wildlife TV channel, has announced its launch on Samsung TV Plus in Italy, Spain, Netherlands and Sweden.

The WildEarth TV channel is a 24/7 mix of interactive wildlife content, featuring 8 hours of live programming a day including twice-daily live safaris direct from locations including South Africa’s Djuma Game Reserve. Other live experiences include live broadcasts studying the African Penguin colonies on the Cape Coast and the wildebeest migrations in Kenya’s Maasai Mara. These live broadcasts are complemented by relaxing ‘slow TV style’ nature videos.

In a significant broadening of its footprint, live and interactive wildlife TV channel WildEarth has announced its launch on Samsung TV Plus in Italy, Spain, Netherlands and Sweden.

As 2022 gets into its stride, natural history is again making an impact on screen and on the commissioning slates of new and established buyers. Tim Dams explores how cost-efficient technologies are opening up myriad new opportunities for this classic genre.

WildEarth announced that its FAST channel, WildEarth TV, will launch on the ZEASN platform in Europe and South America. This new partnership will allow it to be available on select connected TV models powered by Philips, AOC and Whale OS in those territories, consolidating its global position.

WildEarth’s Free Advertising Supported Television (FAST) channel WildEarth TV has secured carriage on the ZEASN platform across Europe and South America.

It will be made available on certain models from Philips, AOC and Whale OS powered connected TVs.

WildEarth has announced that its FAST channel WildEarth TV will launch on the ZEASN platform in Europe and South America.

This new partnership makes WildEarth’s linear channel available on certain models from Philips, AOC and Whale OS powered connected TVs in the territories.

FreeCast is announcing an agreement with WildEarth, bringing the interactive wildlife channel to SelectTV’s SmartGuide. SelectTV’s lineup of free channels has grown rapidly, featuring a broad array of content from a variety of genres. Paired with hundreds of thousands of movies and TV shows on-demand, FreeCast’s goal is to offer a low-cost web-delivered television aggregation service that’s packed with value.

From a control room in Illovo, Joburg, WildEarth streams all year round to give viewers a virtual safari in some of Africa’s best game reserves. It broadcasts live eight hours a day, with the rest of the schedule made up of repeats and a block of programming called Escape to Nature, programmes from its archive and broadcast without narration.

“We help people feel present in nature,” says Graham Wallington, CEO of WildEarth. “WildEarth is on a mission to increase the value of nature to people and we do that by scaling ecosystem services without increasing the negative impact on nature.

WildEarth has teamed with Huawei to launch its interactive live linear channel on the Huawei Video app. The partnership further expands WildEarth’s distribution to be included as the only wildlife and nature broadcaster on the Huawei platform worldwide.

WildEarth has agreed a deal with Rakuten TV to make its content available in 40 territories in Europe and in Japan. WildEarth will further extend its coverage by being available on the VoD and streaming platform which is accessible on Smart TV devices from Samsung and LG.

WildEarth on XUMO is now available in North America with key international territories rolling out in the future. The WildEarth channel will feature a variety of interactive, ‘front seat’ experiences from dozens of game reserves and parks, including a live safari from the comfort of the viewer’s living room, and more.

WildEarth is launching a new daily experience on its channel. This real-time penguin experience will premiere on October 2nd at 8.30 am Central African/Central European Time and 7.30 am British Time followed by a repeat at 3.30 pm US Eastern Time for our American viewers.

WildEarth has launched on Canal+ in Ethiopia, extending its distribution in Africa and providing further access to live and interactive safari experiences.

“WildEarth’s brand of immersive virtual nature experiences restores the lost connection with nature and its healing power and we are excited to bring this benefit to Canal+ viewers in Ethiopia,” commented Graham Wallington, CEO of WildEarth.

Luxury travel company &Beyond and wildlife broadcasting experts WildEarth have come together to stream twice daily, personalised wildlife drives that you can view from the comfort of your own home.

The non-scripted drives are authentic wildlife experiences and will follow the sounds (and footprints) of wildlife until sightings occur. Hosted by expert field guides from &Beyond and WildEarth, these drives will be streamed over a variety of social media platforms every day…

We’ve seen many attractions and places of interest offer virtual tours, including museums and even Buckingham Place, and now you can even go on a live safari to see real wild animals from your home  – and it’ll make you feel like you’re actually there.

WildEarth is offering live streamed safari tours straight from The Sabi Sands and The Maasai Mara where you’ll be able to see lions, leopards and hyenas up close in the wild…

Also, for interactive virtual safaris, be sure to check out WildEarth.tv every sunrise and sunset (South African time)—certainly one exciting way to keep track of the endless days. These adventures are led by professional gamekeepers and park rangers, who take viewers like you out into the savannah on Land Cruisers to scout for wildlife…

The WildEarth crew are veterans when it comes to bringing unbelievable live wildlife experiences to audiences around the world. Their popular interactive show, safariLIVE, has kept viewers glued to their seats for years, with virtual safari-goers tuning in daily to follow the lives of their favourite leopard, lion or elephant characters.

For the first time, viewers will be transported from their living rooms right to the heart of the action. SafariLive brings viewers face to face with the thrill of Africa’s wild animals in real time in a brand new weekly show premiering on SABC 3 from October 21.

For our ongoing TODAY in the Wild series, NBC’s Keir Simmons and National Geographic filmmakers have been tracking the big cats of Africa, and how humans and climate change impact their world. Keir and team traveled to Maasai Mara, a reserve in Kenya, to meet a young group using their “safariLIVE” web show to educate Americans.

It looked as if a football coach had drawn his team’s next play, wild and scribbled in red marker, on the white sheet of paper in my hand. Huge circles lined the top of the page, with arrows going down and across to smaller and smaller circles on the bottom. This wasn’t a football diagram, and the sheet wasn’t given to me by a coach — but rather by a doctor in Midtown Manhattan, who, I was shocked to learn, was making a diagram for what to do if I got diarrhea on my trip to Kenya’s Maasai Mara game reserve… what to do if I got explosive diarrhea… and most importantly, how to tell if that diarrhea meant I had malaria.

Nat Geo WILD is set to kick off its weeklong Safari Live programming Sunday, Feb. 4 at 10 p.m.

Viewers will have the chance to experience the tranquil beauties and thrilling dangers of an African safari throughout the week. Cameras will head Kenya’s Maasai Mara and South Africa’s Sabi Sands Game Reserve, no doubt finding plenty of lions, elephants, rhinoceroses, leopards, baboons, giraffes and buffalo…

Yes, Armchair Drinking Safaris. It’s officially “a thing,” starting… now!

Hear me out. Have you ever watched Safari LIVE? It’s TV for 2018: the soothing, chatty commentary of The Great British Bake-Off meets the visceral rush of Game of Thrones. They call themselves the “Safari Soap Opera” for a reason…

The Yieldings might be said to have had a “meaningful interaction” on Safari Live,

the type of experience that Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg says he wants more of on Facebook…

Ever dreamed of going on a real African safari?

Here’s your chance! Nat Geo WILD kicks off a special week of the popular series Safari Live on Super Bowl Sunday, Feb. 4, at 10 p.m. EST. Tune in to experience thrilling nightly safaris from Africa’s most remarkable wildlife destinations…

While visiting Kenya (Maasai Mara), Laich and Hough took a tour of one of two base camps of SafariLIVE, a live, interactive online African safari that is produced by the company WildEarth TV. Laich took to Twitter to thank WildEarth Operations Manager Stefan Winterboer and director Kirsten McLennan-Smith for the tour and hospitality. Just hours later, Laich tweeted a question to host James Hendry that was soon answered during the show, which is currently airing specials every Friday at 11:00 PM EST on Nat Geo Wild…

National Geographic has made a name out of being “the first” to go a lot of places and “the first” to do a lot of things.

They continue that initiative with these two breakthrough television events, Earth Live and Safari Live. Here the network will deliver a stunning night of unprecedented live wildlife programming to a global audience across their National Geographic, Nat Geo WILD and Nat Geo MUNDO channels. The two-hour special will be hosted by award-winning personalities Phil Keoghan and Jame Lynch. The footage will be delivered by expert adventurers like cinematographer Bob Poole, photographer Steve Winter, photographer Sophie Darlington, cinematographer Andy Casagrande, and Dr. Robert Ballard. Their steady hands will help showcase spectacular nature like Mexican free-tailed bats, bull sharks, and Hanuman legurs.

Dramatic footage shows a zebra escaping the jaws of a crocodile… only to be eaten by two lionesses on the other side!

Footage has emerged of a zebra bravely crossing a treacherous river – only to be eaten by lions on the other side. The video, filmed in Kenya’s Maasai Mara National Reserve, shows the animal escaping the jaws of a vicious crocodile during its perilous journey. It makes its way to the riverbank before clambering up into the savanna. But the zebra’s nightmare has only just begun as a lioness hides in the grass waiting to pounce.

Unprecedented, Edge-of-Your seat experience on Nat Geo

National Geographic today announced that Emmy Award-winning television personality Phil Keoghan will join Golden Globe- and Emmy award-winning actress Jane Lynch as host of the network’s greatest-ever natural event, EARTH LIVE. Beginning Monday 10 July 2017, National Geographic will bring global viewers a night of unprecedented LIVE wildlife programming across National Geographic, Nat Geo WILD and Nat Geo MUNDO networks. The two-hour live broadcast is the first of this magnitude — think of it as the Olympics of the natural world — showcasing the best of the animal kingdom in real time and in spectacular fashion.

Tune in to what’s been dubbed ‘an unprecedented edge-of-your-seat view’ of the natural world’ with EARTH LIVE, followed by a sneak peek of Safari LIVE: Migration, bringing viewers face to face with the thrill of Africa’s great wildebeest migration in real time

This all premieres on Monday 10 July, 2017 on National Geographic and Simulcast on Nat Geo WILD and Nat Geo MUNDO…

Every day, over 53 million viewers across multiple National Geographic Facebook accounts are transported to South Africa daily for interactive, guided Facebook Live safaris. During these 10-minute broadcasts, they can experience African wildlife and have their questions answered live by safari experts.

By giving Facebook users around the world an intimate glimpse into South Africa’s greater Kruger National Park and the surrounding areas, they can virtually come face to face with Africa’s wildlife. The best part? Never knowing what’s around the next corner…

June 2, 2017

Raytec

Raytec illuminators have been installed in some of the most challenging and exciting global environments, everywhere from the Arctic circle to the jungles of Borneo. Most recently Wild Earth, a specialist team of wild-life journalists, turned to Raytec’s VARIO2 Infra-Red illuminators at Kruger National Park in South Africa to capture the nocturnal habits of some rather large animals!

February 28, 2017

Mashable

In the wake of Twitter’s decision to give up on Vine, there’s a question that is hanging over Periscope: Could it be next? “It’s funny that people keep saying that. Everything we’ve done demonstrates that we’re doubling down on the platform,” Periscope CEO and cofounder Kayvon Beykpour said last month during an hourlong meeting in the basement of Twitter’s New York City office.

January 9, 2017

UPROXX

As a faithful follower of all that is adventure, you’ve seen dozens of stories about people traveling the world on someone else’s dime, living out of their vans and getting paid for it, and checking off every item on their bucket lists before hitting twenty-eight. Essentially, people living the life you dream of…

December 26, 2016

UPROXX

I sat staring, my jaw hanging open. No more than 10 feet from me, Xongila, an adolescent female leopard, was practicing pouncing on a lifeless impala. The prey was still fully intact — its fur gleaming, its black eyes open, and its mouth gently pulled back. It was clear that this was a fresh kill, hunted just hours earlier…

December 25, 2016

Travel & Things blog

The call of a Woodland Kingfisher was the soundtrack to most of our bush walk. These were as numerous here as Hadedas are in the cities. There is constant “chatter” between Final Control and the presenters. Cameraman David Eastaugh and presenter/guide Brent Leo-Smith. The latter had just been asked a question about medicinal plants. In true Brent fashion, he found one and after describing it to the viewer…

December 24, 2016

Travel & Things blog

The Wild Earth and #SafariLive camp is not really designed to host visitors or members of the public. That being said, I was lucky enough to be an “embedded journalist” with the team for four days. It turned out to be an experience that I will never forget. I was “warned” when the arrangements for my visit were being finalized, that I would be staying in a research camp, and that the game drive would be different from those that I have been used to at regular lodges…

December 20, 2016

Travel & Things blog

On my way to “work” I bumped into this herd of male Nyala. Not something that I would normally see in the city. A great way to start the day. While I was driving into the Safari Live studio I came across the bush-walk team heading out. My “office” when I am not on a game drive vehicle. Final Control has air-conditioning! In the director’s seat for this particular broadcast…Louise Pavid. Her co-director is Kirsten McLennan-Smith. The roles are swapped on a drive-by-drive basis.

December 19, 2016

Travel & Things blog

Unlike the majority of game lodges that I visit, this was to be a totally new experience for me. I was woken at 04h00 so that I could join the Safari Live crew on their early morning game drive that was leaving at 04h30. The moon was still bright in the sky as we left camp. I was tucked in between the ranger and the cameraman…

September 20, 2016

Traveller24

Cape Town – If seeing the Great Migration of Africa is one of the travel-musts you’d like to experience live, this is your chance. WildEarth in partnership with HerdTracker will be live streaming the wildebeest migration via various social media streams during dedicated times from Kenya’s Masai Mara National Reserve from Tuesday, 20 to 25 September 2016. The live broadcasts will be hosted daily…

August 29, 2016

TripAdvisor

This wonderful channel from the Sabi Sands in South Africa has managed to broadcast from the Mara river: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lw9A3iacnmc. We are completely addicted to the twice daily game drives from the Djuma reserve, well worth watching for African animal fans!

August 2016

Taronga Zoo, Sydney, Australia

Join Taronga Zoo’s Hayden Turner on safari in the South African bush. Send your questions in real-time and interact with the SafariLIVE crew as they search for lions, elephants, giraffe, zebra and much more!

March 15, 2016

Brainstorms blog

I randomly stumbled upon the hashtag #safarilive on Twitter the other day, and noticed everyone was talking about what seemed to be a safari that was going on at that very moment in South Africa. A little searching resulted in the discovery of an outfit called WildEarth.tv which among other things operates live, unedited, noncommercial safaris in the huge 7000 sq mi Kruger National Park in northeastern South Africa. Twice a day, you can go to YouTube and see the live “Safari Sunrise” and “Safari Sunset” broadcasts, sometimes 2-3 hours in length.

March 10, 2016

Express News

Jump on the back and join a LIVE African Safari. Twice a day our expert guides invite you to come along and drive through the African bush in search of the Big Five as well as smaller animals. When safariLIVE isn’t live, you can view the feed from the Djuma Waterhole camera, from the heart of Djuma Private Game Reserve in the Sabi Sand/greater Kruger National Park area.

December 10, 2015

The Jaguar and its Allies blog

Big Cat Week 2015 has come and gone, hopefully generating more support for wild felid conservation. While I am mostly satisfied with this 6th edition of Big Cat Week, I have one minor gripe. This year’s specials were replete with coolness. Big Cat Games, Ultimate Predator, and Cat Fight did a great job of showing how awesome big cats are. This is important, because highlighting the magnificence of the natural world helps motivate people to protect it (Blackmore, Underhill, McQuilkin, Leach, & Holmes, 2013).

November 28, 2015

Winnipeg Free Press

LOS ANGELES – There’s strictly armchair travel involved for Nat Geo Wild’s live telecasts from Sabi Sands, a private game reserve in South Africa’s Kruger National Park that’s likely to dazzle even from a distance. The no-sweat safaris, which begin Friday night, will offer “a real-time experience transporting viewers to a place they all want to go but may not have the opportunity,” said Geoff Daniels, head of Nat Geo Wild. “That we can beam audiences half a world away into the African bush is magical and stunning,” said Daniels.

November 28, 2015

MentalFloss.com

An African safari is on the travel bucket list for many adventurers. But for those who have yet to find their way to the jungles of South Africa, Nat Geo WILD has got the next best thing: Safari Live. Now in its second year, and back by popular demand, Safari Live brings the African bush into the living rooms of Nat Geo WILD viewers. Throughout the channel’s “Big Cat Week,” which premiered on Friday, hosts Pieter Pretorius and Hayden Turner will take audiences on a live tour of South Africa’s Sabi Sands Park, where they’ll come face to face lions, giraffes, elephants, leopards, impalas, and the many other animals who call this area home.

November 25, 2015

The San Diego Union-Tribune

LOS ANGELES (AP) — As a chaser to the Thanksgiving feast and football, consider heading out on an African safari. There’s strictly armchair travel involved for Nat Geo Wild’s live telecasts from Sabi Sands, a private game reserve in South Africa’s Kruger National Park that’s likely to dazzle even from a distance. The no-sweat safaris, which begin Friday night, will offer “a real-time experience transporting viewers to a place they all want to go but may not have the opportunity,” said Geoff Daniels, head of Nat Geo Wild. “That we can beam audiences half a world away into the African bush is magical and stunning,” said Daniels.

November 22, 2015

Mom Does Reviews blog

This year’s Big Cat Week is our biggest event yet, with five new premieres and a live African safari beamed into your living room.

November 2o, 2015

Midget Momma blog

This year’s Big Cat Week is National Geographic’s biggest event yet, with five new premieres and a live African safari beamed into your living room. How much fun does that sound! Sounds like it will be a great time to enjoy family time and do some learning at the same time National Geographic is having a 10 days of animal programming starting on Thanksgiving Day, that includes this awesomeness of Big Cat Week!

November 2015

TVmaze

Africa is far and pricey for most to travel to. But that’s not stopping Nat Geo WILD from bringing Africa to you. Beginning Saturday, Nov. 29, at 9 a.m. ET on Nat Geo WILD, Wild Safari Live gives viewers a front row seat on daily safari rides as we explore the natural habitat of lions, giraffes, elephants and more. No passport required for this one! As part of BIG CAT WEEK, Nat Geo WILD’s week dedicated to big cat programming to help save big cats in the wild, you will witness these majestic animals each morning with two expert guides leading the way.

September 2, 2015

The Jaguar and its Allies blog

Wildlife television is an important conservation tool. It can be highly educational, expose viewers to diverse ecosystems, and motivate people to care about far away creatures. Of all the natural history programs I am aware of, Wild Safari Live by WildEarth Media is the most powerful. WildEarth is the brainchild of Emily and Graham Wallington. Founded in 2006 (WildEarth Media, 2015), it represents a new chapter in wildlife television. This is because WildEarth (WE) specializes in live broadcasting.

July 29, 2015

Variety

Nat Geo Wild has ordered a wildlife epic miniseries, titled “Big Game of Thrones,” Variety has learned. The six-episode miniseries, set to to bow globally in 2016, will revolve around rival animal tribes battling for supremacy. The real-life story is described as exposing the rivalries, betrayals, battles, struggles and triumphs of the interconnected predators and prey. The production team behind “Big Game of Thrones” spent years tracking the animals to develop the characters and narratives.

April 15, 2015

Latest Sightings

Come watch Africa happen, as and when it happens! If you are lucky, something extraordinary might happen at this Djuma live webcam situated in the Greater Kruger National Park.

March 17, 2015

Smart Monkey TV

Graham Wallington, WildEarth TV talks about how he has created a business out of live streaming animals across the globe. The interview covers: the different kinds of locations and wildlife covered; the number of people viewing the streams; the advertising the site attracts; the impact of lower satellite bandwidth prices; and the possible of 4K live streams.

March 5, 2015

Future CEOs

On this week’s #StartupOfTheWeek feature, Hlubi and Gareth talk to Graham Wallington, Co-Founder and CEO of WildEarth, a company that produces and broadcasts LIVE wildlife content. He chats about everything from his first foray in the online space where he lost everything when the .COM bubble burst, to the big plans he and his team have in place to continue broadcasting from all over the globe. He is an entrepreneur with a very interesting and diverse history, including 24 businesses, 21 of which have taught him many, many lessons that he now uses as he pushes forward with WildEarth.

January 29, 2015

NatGeo TV Blogs

It’s been over a month since I left the Djuma & Arathusa Game Reserves in Sabi Sands, South Africa. Wild Safari LIVE was an incredible experience for me and reflecting on it over the past month has allowed me to understand how many different people we connected with. All backgrounds, in all different stages of life were on a journey with the African bush through this exciting project. Not a day would go past that I wasn’t  amazed by the questions, support and kindness of children, school groups, avid followers, and ‘newbies’ all ‘riding’ in the back of our Land Rovers.

There is a new online reality program that I am rapidly becoming addicted to. It is not a survivor type program where people try to out others, or people trying to impress someone of the opposite sex leading to a marriage proposal. It is a diving program, called DiveLive. The program takes you to some of the best dive sites in the Grand Cayman islands. And it does it live, twice a day.

Video: More than 1,400 of you tuned in to the Compass Facebook page to watch marine biologists in real time as they explored Cayman’s underwater wonderland.

An innovative new project, streaming live scuba diving tours from the Cayman Islands, launches Saturday.

South African company WildEarth has been testing the idea for the past month and will go live for the first time this weekend.

Just Imagine… sitting in your living room after a long day at the office. Click your mouse a few times and suddenly you’re under water. There are schooling hammerheads above, turtles, fish and bizarre, colourful invertebrates all around…