Kanal 9

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Kanal 9

Launched	25 February, 2007
Owned by	SBS Broadcasting Group
Country	United Kingdom
Broadcast area	Sweden
Replaced	ONE Television
Sister channel(s)	Kanal 5
Website	http://kanalnio.se/
Availability
Terrestrial
Boxer	Channel 52
Satellite
Canal Digital
Cable
Com Hem	Channel 70

Kanal 9 is a commercial television channel owned by the SBS Broadcasting Group broadcasting to Sweden. It targets the 30-59 age group, which is a slightly older age group than the sister channel Kanal 5.

The channel launched on 25 February, 2007. Its opening night featured the 79th Academy Awards. The programming consists of drama series, movies, sports and documentaries.

Kanal 9 uses the space formerly occupied by ONE Television in the terrestrial network. This caused some controversy. A clause in the broadcasting license states that "news from the European Union and programmes from different European countries" should be included in the broadcasts. ^[1] ONE used to broadcast several French and German programmes, as well as the news programme European Journal to comply with this clause. As SBS have stated that Kanal 9 will not broadcast any news at all, they could possibly violate the license.

The channel opened at 4.45pm (CET) with a Royal League match between FC Köpenhamn and Hammarby IF. This was followed by an Oscars nights containing the movie The Pianist up to the Academy Awards at 2am. The first week's schedule also included European Journal and some non-British European content to comply with the broadcasting license, but it was broadcast outside primetime.