Kunskapskanalen
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| Kunskapskanalen | |
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| Launched | September 27, 2004 |
| Owned by | Sveriges Utbildningsradio Sveriges Television |
| Audience share | ~0.3% (Nov '06, Source:MMS) |
| Country |  Sweden |
| Website | http://www.kunskapskanalen.se/ |
| Availability | |
| Terrestrial | |
| Free-to-air digital | Channel 98 |
| Satellite | |
| Canal Digital | |
| Viasat | |
| Cable | |
| Com Hem | Analogue Channel 153 |
Kunskapskanalen (in literal translation: the Knowledge channel) is a Swedish language television channel broadcasting educational and factual programming between 6 p.m. and 11 p.m. all days of the week. The channel is operated by Sveriges Television (SVT) and Sveriges Utbildningsradio (UR) and is broadcasted by satellite, cable and digital terrestrial television to Sweden as well as by cable to parts of Finland and terrestrially on Åland.
The channel was officially opened on September 27, 2004 and did initially only broadcast between Sundays and Thursdays. Transmissions on Fridays and Saturdays started in January 2006.
On weekdays, UR broadcasts between 6-7:30 and 9:30-11 and SVT between 7:30-9:30. On weekends UR starts at 6, handing over to SVT at 9. UR use in-vision presenters for their programmes. During the night a simple caption is broadcast. The channel shares space with Barnkanalen, which broadcast in the day-time.
The channel logo has been present since the start and is inspired by the Oscar Reutersvärd impossible figures.
Counterparts in Europe could be said to be BBC Four in the UK, France 5 in France, 2: in Portugal or YLE Teema in Finland.
[edit] External link
- Official site (Swedish)
| Swedish television channels |
| Public service broadcasting |
|---|
| SVT1 | SVT2 | SVT24 | Barnkanalen | Kunskapskanalen |
| Commercial channels |
| TV4 | TV4 Plus | TV400 | TV4 Film | TV4 Fakta TV3 | TV6 | TV8 | ZTV | TV1000 | Viasat Sport Kanal 5 | Canal + | The Voice | ONE MTV | Nickelodeon | Disney Channel | Star! | Showtime | TV7 | Kanal Lokal |
