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).

Contents

[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 commercial channel ever to have broadcast nationally in the Swedish analogue terrestrial network, but the arrival of digital terrestrial television saw the TV4 monopoly on commercial television broken.

[edit] TV4 Group

[edit] Viasat / MTG

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

[edit] ProSiebenSat.1 Media

[edit] Other

Regional terrestrial channels:

[edit] Pan-Nordic channels

Channels that mostly target the Nordic countries. Most channels carry subtitles and/or audio in Swedish.

[edit] Viasat / MTG

[edit] ProSiebenSat.1 Media

[edit] NonStop Television

All channels carry Swedish subtitles.

[edit] Time Warner

[edit] Disney

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

[edit] Others

[edit] Pan-European channels

Channels targeting all of Europe. This section may include virtually all channels available from any satellite that can be received in Sweden, but this list mostly concerns encrypted channels that are available from Swedish satellite distributors. Some have Swedish subtitles.

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] By viewing share

Swedish television channels listed by their viewing share 1998-2007. Source: MMS.

1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
SVT1 22% 22% 20% 27% 27% 25% 25% 24.2% 21.8% 19.0%
SVT2 26% 25% 24% 17% 16% 15% 15% 14.3% 14.5% 12.5%
TV3 10% 11% 11% 11% 10% 10% 10% 10.5% 9.4% 9.3%
TV4 27% 27% 27% 28% 25% 25% 24% 23.2% 22.2% 21.2%
Kanal 5 6% 6% 6% 6% 8% 8% 8% 9.2% 8.8% 8.2%
ZTV/TV6 0.7% 1.3% 1.6% 1.4% 1.4% 1.5% 1.8% 2.3% 3.2% 4.5%
Eurosport 1.6% 1.5% 1.7% 1.6% 1.4% 1.7% 1.9% 1.6% 1.6% 1.4%
MTV 0.8% 0.8% 0.7% 0.7% 0.9% 0.7% 0.8% 0.9% 1.1% 1.1%
Discovery 0.3% 0.2% 0.4% 0.5% 0.8% 0.9% 1.3% 1.9% 1.7% 1.9%
TV6/Viasat Nature/Action/Crime 0.9% 0.5% 0.5% 0.5% 0.5% 0.3% 0.4% 0.3% 0.3% 0.4%
Cartoon Network 0.3% 0.5% 0.5% 0.4% 0.5% 0.7% 0.3% 0.6% 0.6% 0.5%
Canal+ 0.2% 0.3% 0.2% 0.3% 0.7% 0.7% 0.7% 0.4% 0.2%
TV8 0.0% 0.1% 0.1% 0.1% 0.1% 0.1% 0.1% 0.3% 0.6%
Nickelodeon 0.0% 0.3% 0.3% 0.3% 0.4% 0.8% 0.6%
SVT24 0.1% 0.3% 0.3% 0.5% 1.0% 1.4%
TV4 Plus 0.6% 1.3% 1.8% 2.4% 3.3%
Discovery Mix 0.8% 0.8% 0.3% 0.3% 0.2%
Disney Channel 0.4% 0.6% 0.8% 1.0% 1.3%
TV400 0.0% 0.0% 0.2% 0.4% 0.6%
Barnkanalen 0.3% 0.3% 0.7% 1.5%
TV4 Sport 0.0% 0.1% 0.3%
TV4 Film 0.3% 0.5% 0.8%
TV4 Fakta 0.1% 0.4% 0.7%
Kanal 9 0.9%

[edit] Distributors

Television packages and distributors in Sweden:

Digital terrestrial:
Satellite:
Cable:
IPTV

[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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