Kunskapskanalen

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Kunskapskanalen
Launched	September 27, 2004
Owned by	Sveriges Utbildningsradio Sveriges Television
Audience share	~0.3% (Nov '06, MMS)
Country	Sweden
Website	http://www.kunskapskanalen.se/
Availability
Terrestrial
Boxer TV Access	Channel 98
DVB-T
Satellite
Canal Digital
Viasat	Channel 39
Cable
Com Hem	Analogue Channel 153
Canal Digital

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. Because Denmark and Sweden borders so close at the Øresund Strait, the channel can also be received over DVB-T in Copenhagen.

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.