TV4 Fakta is a Swedish documentary channel owned by TV4 Group. It started broadcasting in 2005.

Much of the programming is taken from the A&E Television Networks

A&E Television Networks

A&E Television Networks is a U.S. media company that owns a group of television channels available via cable & satellite in the US and abroad...

. Since December 2005, the remainder of the schedule is filled with the English language Euronews

EuroNews

Euronews is an international multilingual news television channel.It covers world news from what it claims to be a 'European' perspective.Criticisms are that the perspective is in fact that of the European Commission - a major and growing funder of Euronews....

. TV4-gruppen bought a stake in Euronews

EuroNews

Euronews is an international multilingual news television channel.It covers world news from what it claims to be a 'European' perspective.Criticisms are that the perspective is in fact that of the European Commission - a major and growing funder of Euronews....

 in June 2006.

TV4 Fakta was the first channel owned by TV4-gruppen that wasn't broadcast from Sweden, instead it is broadcast from Finland where the advertising laws are more liberal. In November 2006, a Finnish version of the channel, called MTV3 Fakta

MTV3 Fakta

MTV3 Fakta is a Finnish documentary channel owned and operated by MTV3. It started broadcasting in November 2006.- External links :*...

, was launched in cooperation with MTV3

MTV3

MTV3 is a Finnish commercial television station owned by Bonnier. It had the biggest audience share of all Finnish TV channels until Finnish Broadcasting Company’s YLE1 took the lead. The letters MTV stand for Mainos-TV , due to the channel getting its revenue from running commercials...

. From 2009 has this channel broadcast from Sweden. A version for Norway was launched in 2010.

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