List of television stations in Norway

List of television stations in Norway.

Terrestrial channels

These channels are available as via cable and satellite systems. (The Norwegian analogue terrestrial net is closed and replaced with a digital net. The NRK channels are open, the other channels are encrypted and subscriptions are sold by www.rikstv.no)

Channel	Description	Financed by	Owned by	Launched	Terrestrial coverage
NRK1	Public Broadcaster	Licence	Norsk Rikskringkasting	1960	99,8%
NRK2	Public Broadcaster	Licence	Norsk Rikskringkasting	1996	80%
NRK Super and NRK3	Public Broadcaster	Licence	Norsk Rikskringkasting	2007	80%
TV 2	General Entertainment Channel	Commercials	Egmont Holding AS	1992	92%
BZAO	General Entertainment Channel	Licence	Egmont Holding AS	1999	91%
TVNorge	General Entertainment Channel	Commercials	ProSiebenSat.1 Media AG	1988	Sharing frequences with many local-TV stations.

Cable and satellite television

Norsk Rikskringkasting

• NRK1
• NRK2
• NRK3 (Youth channel)
• NRK Super (Children channel)
• NRK1 Tegnspråk (Television channel for those with a hearing impairment. This channel adapt shows from the other national channels, so that they are appropriate for those with hearing loss, for example by adding sign language and/or subtitles)
• NRK1 HD simulcast of NRK1
• NRK2 HD simulcast of NRK2
• NRK3 HD simulcast of NRK3

TV 2

• TV 2
• TV 2 HD - High-definition simulcast of TV 2
• TV 2 Filmkanalen (movies)
• TV 2 Nyhetskanalen (news channel)
• TV 2 Sport (sports channel)
  • TV 2 Sport 2
  • TV 2 Sport 3
  • TV 2 Sport 4
  • TV 2 Sport 5
• TV 2 Premier League HD
  • TV 2 Premier League HD 2
  • TV 2 Premier League HD 3
• TV 2 Zebra (youth programs, interactive programs and live sports)
• TV 2 Livsstil (lifestyle)
• TV 2 Science Fiction (Science fiction)(Web-TV channel)

TV4 Group

• Canal 9
• Canal+ First
• Canal+ Hits
• Canal+ Action
• Canal+ Drama
• Canal+ Family
• Canal+ Emotion
• Canal+ Series
• Canal+ SF Kanalen
• Canal+ Film HD (high-definition movies)
• Canal+ Fotball
• Canal+ Sport 2
• Canal+ Sport 3
• Canal+ Hockey
• Canal+ Sport Extra
• Canal+ Sport HD (sports in high-definition)
• TV4 Fakta

Viasat/MTG

• TV3 (general entertainment)
• Viasat 4 (general entertainment)
• TV6 (planned)
• TV1000 (movies)
• TV1000 Action
• TV1000 Classic
• TV1000 Family
• TV1000 Nordic
• Viasat Golf
• Viasat Sport
• Viasat Hockey
• Viasat Fotball
• Viasat Motor
• Viasat Sport HD (High Definition sports channel)
• Viasat Explorer
• Viasat History
• Viasat Nature/Crime (nature documentaries, crime series)
• Viasat Ticket 1, 2 (pay-per-view)

SBS Discovery Media/Discovery Networks Western Europe

• TVNorge (general entertainment)
• TVNorge HD (Simulcast of TVNorge)
• FEM (Women's channel)
• MAX (Men's channel)
• VOX (Adult/"Grown ups" channel)
• Animal Planet
• Animal Planet HD
• Discovery Channel
• Discovery HD
• Discovery World
• TLC Norway
• Discovery Science

Others

• Canal Motor, owned by Intele, programs about racing, cars, motorcycles & Motors
• Rikstoto Direkte, owned by Norsk Rikstoto, horse racing
• Verdikanalen (general/religious)web link
• Visjon Norge (religious), owned by iVisjon web link
• tvins (home shopping), owned by Thane Direct
• TV Glad
• Fatstone.TV, (Fatstone Media AS) Norwegian owned, Outdoor and Action sports channel

Transnational television channels

Localised and non-localised versions

BBC Worldwide

• BBC Entertainment (Replaced BBC Prime on December 1, 2008).
• BBC Lifestyle (Merged with BBC Food December 2, 2008).
• BBC HD, High Definition television channel.
• BBC Knowledge, documentary channel

Chello Zone

• CBS Reality
• Extreme Sports Channel

Disney-ABC Television Group

• Disney Channel Scandinavia
• Disney XD Scandinavia
• Playhouse Disney Scandinavia
• ESPN America
• ESPN America HD
• ESPN Classic

Fox International Channels

• Fox Crime

National Geographic Society

• National Geographic Channel Scandinavia
• National Geographic Channel HD
• National Geographic Wild

NonStop Television

• Showtime Scandinavia - Action and horror movies
• Silver - Independent Movies
• Silver HD
• Star! Scandinavia
• Rush HD

Playboy Enterprises

• The Adult Channel
• Playboy TV
• Spice Network

TF1 Group

• Eurosport
• Eurosport 2
• Eurosport HD

Turner Broadcasting System Europe

• Boomerang (Nordic)
• Cartoon Network (Nordic)
• Turner Classic Movies

Viacom International Media Networks Europe

• MTV Norge
• MTV Live HD
• Nickelodeon Scandinavia
• VH1
• VH1 Classic

Others

• Bloomberg TV, owned by Michael Bloomberg
• CNBC Nordic, owned by NBCUniversal
• E!, owned by Comcast, news and programs about the entertainment industry
• The God Channel
• God 2
• Motors TV
• Penthouse TV
• Private Blue
• History, owned by A+E Networks and BSkyB
• History HD
• The Poker Channel
• Travel Channel, owned by Travel Channel International Limited

Non-localised versions

Channels shown in their original format, without local subtitles or local audio.

• 3sat
• BBC World News
• BEN Television
• Chelsea TV
• Club - Entertainment for women
• CNN International - 24/7 News channel
• DR1
• Euronews
• Fashion TV
• Fox News Channel
• Health Channel
• Life TV
• Liverpool TV
• Mezzo TV
• Motors TV
• MUTV
• RTL
• Sat1
• Sky News - 24/7 News channel
• Sony Entertainment Television Asia
• SVT1 – See also Sveriges Television
• SVT2 – See also Sveriges Television
• Prime TV
• Rai Uno
• TBN Europe
• TV2
• TV4
• TV5MONDE
• TV8
• TVE Internacional
• TV Finland
• TRT
• Wonderful - Religious channel
• Zee TV

Other channels

Defunct television channels

• 3+ - General entertainment channel (1 July 1996 - 1 October 1996)
• BBC Prime - Entertainment channel replaced by BBC Entertainment (???? - 2008)
• BBC Food - Food channel Merged with BBC Lifestyle (2004–2008)
• C More Film - Movie channel (2004–2006)
• C More Film 2 - Movie channel (2004–2006)
• Canal+ Comedy (2006–2010)
• Canal M - Shopping channel (1998–1999)
• Cinema 1 - Movie Channel (1995–2004)
• Cinema 2 - Timeshift channel for Cinema 1 (2002–2004)
• Cinema 3 - Timeshift channel for Cinema 2 (2002–2004)
• Fight+ - Combat Sports channel (March, 2006 - December, 2006)
• FilmMax - Movie Channel (???? - 1995)
• FilmNet 1 - Movie Channel (1985–1996) (See Canal+)
• FilmNet 2 - Movie Channel (1985–1996)
• Fox Kids Nordic - Children's channel (1998–2004) (changed name to Jetix, see below)
• Hallmark Channel Scandilux - Movie channel (1996–2009)
• Janco Visjon - General entertainment channel (1986–1987)
• Jetix Scandinavia - Children's channel (2004–2009) (replaced by Disney XD)
• Kiosk - 8 pay-per-view channels (1997–2007)
• Metropol TV - Youth-oriented entertainment channel (1999–2002)
• Moox Live - Youth channel with user-generated content (December, 2006 - August, 2007)
• Norsk TV1 - General entertainment channel (1987–1990) (Merged with TVNorge)
• Nyhetskanalen - News channel (1997–1998)
• The Studio - Movie channel (2001–2003)
• Sportkanalen - Sports channel (1996–1997)
• SuperSport - Sports channel (1995–1997) (compare now Canal+ Sport)
• Toon Disney Scandinavia - Children's channel (2005–2009) (replaced by Disney XD)
• TV+ - General entertainment channel (1994–1995)
• TV 2 Sonen 24/7 - Interactive television channel (March, 2007 - July, 2007)
• TV4 Norge - General entertainment channel (1990–1992)
• TV6 - Women's channel (1994–1998) (Replaced with TV6 Nature World/TV6 Action World)
• TV1000 2 - Timeshift channel for TV1000 (2002–2004)
• TV1000 3 - Timeshift channel for TV1000 (2002–2004)
• Viasat Plus - General entertainment channel (2000–2002)
• Viasat SportN - Sports channel (2005–2009) (replaced by Viasat Fotball)
• Viasat Sport 2 - Soccer channel (2004–2008)
• Viasat Sport 3 - Action sports channel (2004–2008)
• Viasat Sport 24 - Sports channel (2005–2007)
• Voom HD International - General enteraiment channel (2005–2009)
• ZTV Norway - Youth channel (2002 - September 5, 2007)

Channels with former names

• Canal+ Gul now Canal+ First
• Canal+ Blå now Canal+ Hits
• Canal+ Zap now Canal+ Sport
• C More HD now Canal+ HD
• Canal+ now Canal+ Drama
• TV 2 Bliss now TV 2 Livsstil

See also

• Television in Norway