Kanal 9
History | |
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Launched | 25 February 2007 |
Replaced | ONE Television |
Links | |
Website | Official website |
Availability | |
Terrestrial | |
Boxer | Channel 9 |
Kanal 9 (Channel 9) is a
History
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 F.C. Copenhagen 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.
In the first weeks the channel had ratings over 100,000 viewers several times thanks to the broadcasts of
Kanal 9 participates in Olympic coverage along with Kanal 5 as part of parent company Discovery's free to air sub-licensing rights.
Logos
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Kanal 9 second logo from 2014 to 2024
See also
- Kanal 5
References
- ^ Tillstånd att sända television med digital sändningsteknik Archived 2007-10-12 at the Wayback Machine, page 23, §9
- ^ Ratings from MMS, "Mediamätning I Skandinavien". Archived from the original on 2006-12-12. Retrieved 2006-12-11.