List of television stations in Sweden

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This is a list of television channels that broadcast for a Swedish language audience.

Channels holding a broadcasting license for the terrestrial network are marked (DTT).

Contents

[edit] Free-to-air

These channels are available as via cable and satellite systems.

Channel Description Financed by Owned by Launched Viewing rate in %
SVT1 Public broadcaster License Sveriges Television 1956 23,1
SVT2 Public broadcaster License Sveriges Television 1969 6,9
SVT24 News, sports and reruns License Sveriges Television 1999 1,9
SVTB Children License Sveriges Television 2002 2,3
SVTK Factual programming License Sveriges Television 2004 0,4
SVT UR Educational programming License Sveriges Television 1978 1,9
TV3 General entertainment Commercials Modern Times Group and Viasat 1987 8,1
TV4 General entertainment Commercials TV4 AB 1990 19,2
TV4 Sport Sports Commercials TV4 AB and Expressen 2005 1,3
Kanal 5 Entertainment Commercials ProSiebenSat.1 Media and SBS Broadcasting 1989 6,8
TV6 Entertainment Commercials Modern Times Group and Viasat 2006 5,2
7 General entertainment Commercials TV4 AB 2003 3,7
TV8 News, finance and documentaries Commercials Modern Times Group and Viasat 1997 2,4
Kanal 9 Entertainment Commercials ProSiebenSat.1 Media and SBS Broadcasting 2007 2,2
TV10 Sports and documentaries Commercials Modern Times Group 2010
TV11 Entertainment and youth Commercials TV4 AB 2005 0,5

[edit] Public non-commercial networks

[edit] SVT

  • SVT1 (general) (DTT)
  • SVT2 (general) (DTT)
  • SVT24 (news, sports, reruns) (DTT)
  • SVT1 HD (high-definition programming)
  • SVT2 HD (high-definition programming)
  • SVT Extra (special events)
  • SVT World (international) terrestrial only in Finland
  • SVTB (children) (DTT)
  • SVTK (educational) (DTT)
  • SVT UR - Public service educational programming, broadcasting in time slots allocated by SVT1 and SVT2.

The public television channels are mostly funded by a license fee and broadcast free-to-air

SVT has 12 regional news districts.

[edit] Swedish private commercial networks

These are privately owned television channels that are solely, or almost solely, directed at Sweden. Many such channels don't broadcast from Sweden, but nevertheless target a Swedish audience.

TV4 is the only commercial channel ever to have broadcast nationally in the Swedish analogue terrestrial network, but the arrival of digital terrestrial television saw the TV4 monopoly on commercial television broken.

[edit] TV4 Group

TV4 has 16 regional news districts.

[edit] Viasat / MTG

[edit] ProSiebenSat.1 Media / SBS Broadcasting

[edit] MTV Networks Nordic

[edit] Other

Regional terrestrial channels:

[edit] Pan-Nordic channels

Channels that mostly target the Nordic countries. Most channels carry subtitles and/or audio in Swedish.

[edit] Viasat / MTG

[edit] TV4 Group

[edit] NonStop Television

All channels carry Swedish subtitles.

[edit] Turner Broadcasting System Europe

[edit] Disney

The video streams are pan-Nordic, but audio streams and subtitles are separate:

[edit] BBC Worldwide

[edit] Others

[edit] Pan-European channels

Channels targeting all of Europe. This section may include virtually all channels available from any satellite that can be received in Sweden, but this list mostly concerns encrypted channels that are available from Swedish satellite distributors. Some have Swedish subtitles.

See also: Lists of television channels, List of television channels in Europe

[edit] Public access stations

Cable operators with more than 100 households are required by law to carry extra space for a local cable channel.

[edit] Defunct channels

[edit] Distributors

Television packages and distributors in Sweden:

Digital terrestrial:
Satellite:
Cable:
IPTV

[edit] See also

[edit] External links

  • Boxer - Terrestrial Digital Broadcast Distributor
  • Canal Digital Cable & Satellite Television Distributor
  • Com Hem - Cable Television Distributor
  • Tele2Vision - Cable Television Distributor
  • Viasat - Satellite Television Distributor
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