Axess TV
SDTV) | |
Ownership | |
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Owner | Axel and Margaret Ax:son Johnson Foundation |
History | |
Launched | 27 May 2006 |
Links | |
Website | www |
Availability | |
Terrestrial | |
Digital terrestrial | Channel 25 |
Axess TV is a Swedish television channel belonging to the Axel and Margaret Ax:son Johnson Foundation. It is mainly devoted to cultural and science programmes. The Ax:son Johnson Foundation applied for a license to broadcast in the
Swedish digital terrestrial television
network in the autumn of 2005. The channel was awarded a license to broadcast free-to-air in the Weekends in February 2006.
Trial broadcasts started on 27 May 2006. The first weekend contained the opera Dialogues of the Carmelites, the British sitcom Yes Minister, a discussion programme and a documentary.
The channel had a full launch on 23 September 2006.
From 1 February 2010 Axess is no longer free-to-air but is available as part of a pay-channel package from Boxer. It has also changed compression to MPEG-4.