TV4 Science Fiction

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TV4 Science Fiction
TV4 Science Fiction.svg
Country Sweden
Broadcast areaSweden, Denmark, Norway, Finland
Headquarters Stockholm, Sweden
Ownership
Owner TV4 Group
Sister channels TV4
Sjuan
TV11
TV4 Fakta
TV4 Film
TV4 Guld
TV4 Komedi
TV4 Sport
History
Launched29 February 2008
Closed5 August 2012

TV4 Science Fiction was a television channel dedicated to the science fiction genre owned by the TV4 Group. When the channel was announced, TV4 said that it would launch simultaneously in Denmark, Sweden, Finland, and Norway, becoming the first TV4 channel to launch in all four countries. The channel was launched in Sweden on 29 February 2008 and in Finland the next day. It did however not launch in Denmark and Norway.

In Sweden, the channel was carried from the launch by IPTV distributor Telia Digital-tv and the satellite distributors Viasat and Canal Digital. In Finland, the channel was known as MTV3 Scifi and was a part of the MTV3 channel package. TV4 has entered an agreement with the Norwegian TV 2 Group to launch the channel in Norway under the name TV 2 Science Fiction in 2009. [1] As of February 2009, the channel still wasn't available in Denmark. The channel was closed during August 2012. [2]

Series that have aired or would have been aired on the channel include:

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References

  1. "Ny TV 2-kanal". September 4, 2008. Retrieved 2008-10-19.
  2. TV4 Science Fiction skrotas – ersätts med TV4 Fakta XL, Dagens Media, 2 May 2012