TV4 News

Last updated
TV4 News
TV4 News logo 2012.png
Country Sweden
Ownership
Owner TV4 Group
Sister channels TV4
History
Launched24 January 2012
Closed31 August 2013
Links
Website www.tv4news.se OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
Availability
Terrestrial
Digital terrestrial Channel 28
Kanal GlobalChannel 17

TV4 News was a Swedish television channel owned and operated by the TV4 Group. It started broadcasting on 24 January 2012 as Sweden's first 24/7 news channel in the Swedish language, with some material from BBC World News also rebroadcast on the said channel.

In May 2013, TV4 Group announced that TV4 News will close down as it was not expected to become profitable. [1] TV4 News stopped broadcasting on 31 August 2013.

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References

  1. Sweden’s TV4 News to close. Broadband TV News. May 20, 2013. Retrieved May 26, 2013.