Kanal 5 (Sweden)
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| Kanal 5 | |
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| Launched | 1989 |
| Owned by | SBS Broadcasting Group |
| Audience share | 8.5 % (Nov '06, Source:MMS) |
| Slogan | Roligare TV |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Broadcast area | Sweden |
| Formerly called | Nordic Channel, TV5, TV5 Nordic, Femman |
| Website | http://www.kanal5.se/ |
| Availability | |
| Terrestrial | |
| Boxer | Channel 5 |
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| Cable | |
| Com Hem | Only available in analogue form |
Kanal 5 is a Swedish commercial television channel. It is owned by the media corporation SBS Broadcasting.
The station was launched in 1989 as The Nordic Channel. In 1991, it was renamed TV5, and was subsequently renamed Femman in 1994 before becoming Kanal 5 in 1996.
The channel is the home of a lot of popular shows:
- The OC
- Desperate Housewives
- Rome
- CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
- CSI: Miami
- CSI: New York
- Friends
- Joey
- Frasier
- Gilmore Girls
- 7th Heaven
- One Tree Hill
- Ugly Betty
The network currently owns the right to air the James Bond movies and has done so twice since the rights were acquired.
[edit] External links
- Official site (Swedish)
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