RiksTV
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Website | www.rikstv.no |
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RiksTV is the distributor of pay television in the Norwegian digital terrestrial television network.
Except for NRK1, NRK2, NRK3/NRK Super and the NRK radio channels, all broadcasts in the Norwegian DTT network are encrypted. The channels that are broadcast in the RiksTV packages are selected by RiksTV themselves.
History
Pre-launch
Some of the initial discussions concerned the availability of free-to-air channels other than the ones from NRK. TV 2 and TVNorge had stated that their channels would be encrypted, although they were free-to-air in the analogue network. This caused
The first channels were announced on 12 June 2007, and were
were also included.On 12 June, it was announced that
Among the rejected channels were
Launch
RiksTV started its launch on 1 September 2007, in Rogaland County. The lineup from the launch was:
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RiksTV was then launched in the remaining counties in this order:
- 4 September 2007: Østfold
- 6 September 2007: Oslo and Akershus
- 1 October 2007: Hordaland
- 8 October 2007: Møre og Romsdal
- 11 October 2007: Buskerud, Vestfold and Telemark
- 1 November 2007: Sør-Trøndelag
- 5 November 2007: Sogn og Fjordane
- 8 November 2007: Hedmark and Oppland
- November 2008: Aust-Agder, Vest-Agder, Nord-Trøndelag, Nordland, Troms and Finnmark
Post-launch
On 25 June 2009, TV 2 upgraded their signal and started broadcasting the entire channel in high-definition.
On 10 September 2010, RiksTV announced the first major expansion of its channel lineup with six new channels.
Today
RiksTV has a monopoly in Norwegian terrestrial pay-TV and its services include the following packages and channels:
Television channels
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Radio channels
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On-demand
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See also
- Norges Televisjon – Operator of the digital terrestrial television network in Norway
References
- ^ Hans Hjellemo. "Her er digital-tv-kanalene". Kampanje. Archived from the original on 14 June 2007. Retrieved 13 June 2007.
- ^ Hans Hjellemo (4 July 2007). "RiksTV avviser kanal-press". Kampanje. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 4 July 2007.
- ^ Knut Kristian Hauger. "Stenger MTV ute". Kampanje. Archived from the original on 2 July 2007. Retrieved 13 June 2007.
- ^ Hans Hjellemo. "Eurosport ute av bakkenettet". Kampanje. Archived from the original on 27 September 2007. Retrieved 13 June 2007.
- ^ Knut Kristian Hauger. "Får ikke plass hos RiksTV". Kampanje. Archived from the original on 14 June 2007. Retrieved 13 June 2007.
- ^ Oddvin Aune. "Ny kanalrunde i 2010". Kampanje. Archived from the original on 27 September 2007. Retrieved 13 June 2007.
- ^ "Eurosport to debut on Norway's RiksTV". Broadband TV News. 16 October 2009.
- ^ "RiksTV satser på Sverige". Kampanje. 10 September 2010.
- ^ "Er du RiksTV-kunde?". Hegnar Online. 10 September 2010.
- ^ BBC Entertainment – endelig til RiksTV