SF-kanalen

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SF-kanalen
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Broadcast area Sweden, Norway
Programming
Picture format 576i 16:9
Ownership
Owner TV4 AB
(Telia Company)
Sister channels TV4, Sjuan, TV12, TV4 Film, TV4 Fakta, TV4 Guld, TV4 Hits, TV4 Stars, TV4 Sportkanalen, TV4 Fotboll, TV4 Hockey, TV4 Motor, TV4 Tennis, TV4 Sport Live
History
Launched1 October 2009

SF-kanalen is a Scandinavian television channel, which shows movies from the library of Svensk Filmindustri. It is broadcast to Sweden as a part of the TV4 Play+ package.

The channel launched on 1 October 2009 and would broadcast 24 hours per day from the start. [1] From 1 November 2009, it will broadcast terrestrially in Sweden between 6 a.m. and 6 p.m. on Weekdays and between 6 a.m. and 12 p.m. on Weekends, sharing its channel space with Canal+ Sport 1. [2]

The SF brand had previously been used by a pay channel called SF Succé, which operated between 1989 and 1991.

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References

  1. "CANAL+ startar helsvenska SF-kanalen" (Press release). Canal+. August 25, 2009. Archived from the original on September 13, 2009.
  2. "SF-kanalen". Boxer. October 27, 2009. Archived from the original on October 29, 2009.