Kanal 4

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Kanal 4
Kanal 4 Logo 2024.svg
Country Denmark
Broadcast area Denmark
Ownership
Owner Warner Bros. Discovery EMEA
(Warner Bros. Discovery)
Sister channels Kanal 5
6'eren
Canal 9
History
Launched1 May 2006
ReplacedTvDanmark 2
Links
Website Official website
Availability
Terrestrial
Boxer channel 10

Kanal 4 (Channel 4) is a Danish subscription television channel operated by Warner Bros. Discovery EMEA, a subsidiary of Warner Bros. Discovery It was launched in 2006 as the successor of the former TvDanmark.

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The station is broadcast to Denmark by satellite from London, showing mainly films, US and drama shows, therefore allowing for more lenient advertising rules as compared to broadcasting directly from Denmark.

History

In 1984, Kanal 2 launched in Copenhagen in an attempt at breaking DR's television monopoly. By 1991 the station was owned by the Scandinavian Broadcasting System. [1]

The stations that shared the same programming (Kanal 2, Vestsjællands TV, TV Næstved, TV Fynboen, TV Aarhus, TV Aalborg) were replaced by a new national service called TvDanmark in 1997 as Denmark's second nationwide commercial terrestrial channel after TV 2. It was renamed TvDanmark 2 when the sister channel TvDanmark 1 was launched. When TvDanmark 1 was renamed Kanal 5, the first channel reverted to its old name, TvDanmark.

SBS unveiled a new strategy in March 2006 with changes to be implemented on the short and long terms. Among the were the renaming of TV Danmark as Kanal 4 on 1 May 2006. [2] The rename repositioned the channel as "Denmark's first female channel". Some of Kanal 5's programmes aimed at the female audience moved to the new service. [3] The channel also inherited the former TVDanmark morning block of cartoons and the news service 5 minuten. [4]

On 1 January 2007, the terrestrial Kanal 4 signals were replaced by a new channel called SBS NET, while Kanal 4 continued broadcasting by satellite and cable. SBS knew that the terrestrial frequencies would be under threat of a new digital broadcasting law. [3] As consequence, Kanal 4 stopped airing news bulletins under the new license. [2]

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References

  1. "MATTS CARLGREN HAR SÅLT NORDIC CHANNEL", TT, 11 september 1991
  2. 1 2 Ny kanalstrategi for SBS TV – TV Danmark ændres til Kanal 4 og Kanal 5 opruster, Dansk Radio TV Nyt, 16 March 2006
  3. 1 2 "Leksikon: Kanal 4 - Mediefonen - TV Today and Tomorrow". Archived from the original on 27 September 2015. Retrieved 2 February 2010.
  4. KANAL 4 - [ Program oversigt [ Kanal 4 ] ]