RiksTV

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RiksTV (formerly NTV Pluss) is the distributor of pay television in the Norwegian digital terrestrial television network. It is owned by Norges televisjon as, a consortium owned by Norsk rikskringkasting, the TV 2 Group and Telenor.

Except for NRK1, NRK2, NRK3, NRK Super and the NRK radio channels, all broadcasts in the Norwegian DTT network are encrypted. (TV2 was temporarily free-to-air until the end of 2009.) The channels that are broadcast in the RiksTV packages are selected by RiksTV themselves.

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[edit] History

[edit] Pre-launch

Some of the initial discussions concerned the availability of free-to-air channels other than the ones from NRK. TV 2 and TVNorge had stated that their channels would be encrypted, although they were free-to-air in the analogue network. This caused Modern Times Group, owners of TV3, to announce the launch of "TV4" that they wanted to be free-to-air. RiksTV were however unwilling to broadcast it free-to-air.

The first channels were announced on June 12, 2007, and were TV 2, TVNorge, TV3, TV 2 Zebra, Discovery Channel, Disney Channel, The Voice TV, SportN, TV 2 Filmkanalen, TV 2 Nyhetskanalen, Viasat 4, TVNorge2 (was named FEM the next day), Canal+ Sport 1 and Canal+ Film 1.[1] The radio channels P4, Kanal 24 and Radio 1 were also included.

On June 12, it was announced that Animal Planet, Canal+ Film 2, the National Geographic Channel, TV 2 Sport and local television would launch later on. It was however announced in July that BBC World would become a part of the RiksTV package and that Animal Planet, Canal+ Film 2 and National Geographic would be a part of the package from the start, thanks to new compression technology.[2]

Among the rejected channels were MTV,[3] Eurosport,[4] SVT1 and SVT2.[5] The fact that MTV was rejected, meant that The Voice TV would be the only music channel on RiksTV. International news channels such as CNN, BBC World and Sky News were also rejected initially, as TV2 Nyhetskanalen first was seen as good enough.[6]

[edit] Launch

RiksTV started its launch on September 1, 2007, in Rogaland County. The lineup from the launch was:

RiksTV was then launched in the remaining counties in this order:[7]

[edit] Post-launch

On June 25, 2009, TV 2 upgraded their signal and started broadcasting the entire channel in high-definition.

SportN closed down on September 15, 2009. Its channel space was left empty for two months until November 15, when it is replaced by Eurosport.[8]

On September 10, 2010, RiksTV announced the first major expansion of its channel lineup with six new channels.[9] The new channels were the Swedish public service channels SVT1 and SVT2, the Childrens' channels Playhouse Disney and Disney XD, the lifestyle channel TLC and the new men's channel MAX. TVNorge will also starts broadcasting in high-definition. The new channels launch on September 14, with the exception MAX which starts on November 1.[10]

[edit] Today

RiksTV has a monopoly in Norwegian terrestrial pay-tv and its services include the following packages and channels:

Note: the prices are per month.

In addition to the monthly price there is a base rate of 120 NOK (14€/20 USD).

[edit] References

  1. ^ Hans Hjellemo. "Her er digital-tv-kanalene". Kampanje. Archived from the original on 2007-06-14. http://web.archive.org/web/20070614172850/http://www.kampanje.com/medier/article55775.ece. Retrieved 2007-06-13. 
  2. ^ Hans Hjellemo (July 4, 2007). "RiksTV avviser kanal-press". Kampanje. http://www.kampanje.com/medier/article56118.ece. Retrieved 2007-07-04. [dead link]
  3. ^ Knut Kristian Hauger. "Stenger MTV ute". Kampanje. Archived from the original on 2007-07-02. http://web.archive.org/web/20070702010952/http://www.kampanje.com/medier/article55523.ece. Retrieved 2007-06-13. 
  4. ^ Hans Hjellemo. "Eurosport ute av bakkenettet". Kampanje. Archived from the original on 2007-09-27. http://web.archive.org/web/20070927064403/http://www.kampanje.com/medier/article55543.ece. Retrieved 2007-06-13. 
  5. ^ Knut Kristian Hauger. "Får ikke plass hos RiksTV". Kampanje. Archived from the original on 2007-06-14. http://web.archive.org/web/20070614202459/http://www.kampanje.com/medier/article55766.ece. Retrieved 2007-06-13. 
  6. ^ Oddvin Aune. "Ny kanalrunde i 2010". Kampanje. Archived from the original on 2007-09-27. http://web.archive.org/web/20070927064646/http://www.kampanje.com/medier/article55789.ece. Retrieved 2007-06-13. 
  7. ^ "1. september starter salget!". RiksTV. http://rikstv.no/Nar-kommer-det/1-september-starter-salget2/. Retrieved 2007-10-18. 
  8. ^ "Eurosport to debut on Norway’s RiksTV". Broadband TV News. October 16, 2009. http://www.broadbandtvnews.com/2009/10/16/eurosport-to-debut-on-norway%E2%80%99s-rikstv/. 
  9. ^ "RiksTV satser på Sverige". Kampanje. September 10, 2010. http://www.kampanje.com/medier/article5304817.ece. 
  10. ^ "Er du RiksTV-kunde?". Hegnar Online. September 10, 2010. http://www.hegnar.no/personlig_okonomi/article450843.ece. 

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