List of television channels in Sweden

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This is a list of television channels that broadcast for a Swedish language audience. Typically, non Swedish content is subtitled, but maintains the original language soundtrack. Non Swedish programming intended for children is, however, usually dubbed into Swedish. Regardless of intended audience, many shows receive a Swedish title, which is used in programme schedules.

The five largest channels by ratings have been SVT1, SVT2, TV3, TV4 and Kanal 5 since the 1990s, with SVT1 and TV4 attracting the largest audiences. In 2006, the most watched non-"big 5" channels were TV4 Plus, TV6, Eurosport, Discovery Channel and MTV. There were never more than three national channels in the analogue terrestrial network: SVT1 (from 1956), SVT2 (from 1969) and TV4 (from 1992).

It should be noted many of the channels targeting Sweden aren't actually broadcasting from Sweden, but from other countries (mostly from the United Kingdom). This is done to avoid the Swedish Broadcasting Law which restricts advertising heavily.

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

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[edit] Public non-commercial networks

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

[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 private channel ever to have broadcast nationally in the Swedish analogue terrestrial network, but the arrival of digital terrestrial television saw its monopoly broken.

[edit] TV4 Group

  • TV4 (general entertainment) (DTT)
  • TV4 Plus (general entertainment) (DTT)
  • TV4 Film (movies) (DTT)
  • TV400 (entertainment) (DTT)
  • TV4 Fakta (documentaries) (DTT) (broadcast from Finland)
  • TV4 Sport-Expressen (sports), owned by TV4 and Expressen.
  • TV4 Guld ("classic" programming)
  • TV4 Komedi (sitcoms)

[edit] Viasat / MTG

  • TV3 (general entertainment) (DTT)
  • TV6 (entertainment) (DTT)
  • TV8 (news and documentaries) (DTT)
  • ZTV (music) (DTT)
  • Viasat Sport 1 Sweden (sports)

[edit] SBS Broadcasting (all broadcast from the United Kingdom)

[edit] Other

  • Axess TV (culture and information) owned by Axel och Margaret Ax:son Johnsons stiftelse för allmännyttiga ändamål (DTT)
  • Canal 7 (DTT)
  • DiTV (financial news) owned by Dagens Industri
  • Elitserien
  • Kanal 10 (christian)
  • Ombudskanalen
  • Säsongskortet
  • Spelkanalen
  • TV7 (general entertainment) owned by Aftonbladet (DTT)

Regional terrestrial channels:

[edit] Pan-Nordic services

[edit] Viasat / MTG (all broadcast from the United Kingdom)

[edit] SBS Broadcasting

(From November 2006)

[edit] NonStop Television

[edit] Others

  • LifeStyle TV (religious)
  • TV Shop Europe (home shopping)
  • Tvins.com (home shopping)

[edit] Localised versions of transnational television channels

[edit] Discovery Communications

Discovery Channel has a dedicated Swedish video stream, the others only have Swedish subtitles:

[edit] BBC Worldwide

[edit] Time Warner

[edit] Disney

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

[edit] Viacom / MTV Networks

  • MTV Sweden, completely separate Swedish version - see also MTV
  • Nickelodeon, common Nordic video stream, separate audio and subtitles (DTT)

[edit] Other

[edit] European versions of transnational television channels

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

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] 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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