TV8 (Sweden)
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TV8 is a television channel owned by Modern Times Group
broadcasting to Sweden. It focuses on news, current affairs, documentaries and drama. The channel was started by the private equity firm Ratos
in 1997 and was sold to MTG in 1999.
For some years TV8 timeshared with the Scandinavian History Channel in the evening and Bloomberg Television
in the night and daytime; TV8 own shows was only broadcast during a few hours in the late evening. During the American invasion of Iraq in 2003 Bloomberg was replaced by the Fox News Channel
. Fox News continued eventually but in December Bloomberg returned on some key slots during daytime.
In November 2004, MTG launched their own historical channel Viasat History
in the Nordic region. At the same time the programmes from History Channel disappeared from TV8. It was replaced by TV8's own programmes. The Fox News broadcasts were discontinued in September 2006. Nowadays TV8 show English language broadcasts from German news channel Deutsche Welle
during the days and nights instead.
TV8 is profiled as a commercial channel with own high quality-programming, about such matters such as financial and foreign news. TV8 is also showing several talkshows about domestic politics. Documentaries, mostly from the United Kingdom, is also a part of the prime time schedules, as well as high quality drama from the UK and France.
TV8 has so far not succeeded in attracting a lot of viewers. In September 2007 the channel will be launched in the analogue package of Com Hem
, the dominant cable distributor in Sweden. This means that the number of potential viewers have increased substantially. MTG have also started to promote the channel more.
TV8 is also available through digital terrestrial broadcasts in Sweden, as well as on the satellite platforms of Viasat and Canal Digital.
Modern Times Group
Modern Times Group is a Swedish media company. MTG was formed out of the media holdings of investment company Kinnevik, which in 1997 was distributed to the company stockholders. Among the assets were Viasat and Metro International...
broadcasting to Sweden. It focuses on news, current affairs, documentaries and drama. The channel was started by the private equity firm Ratos
Ratos
Ratos AB is a Swedish private equity company founded in 1933 and still controlled by the Söderberg family. Ratos is listed on the Stockholm Stock Exchange.-History:...
in 1997 and was sold to MTG in 1999.
For some years TV8 timeshared with the Scandinavian History Channel in the evening and Bloomberg Television
Bloomberg Television
Bloomberg Television is a 24-hour global network broadcasting business and financial news. It is distributed globally, reaching over 200 million homes worldwide. It is owned and operated by Bloomberg L.P...
in the night and daytime; TV8 own shows was only broadcast during a few hours in the late evening. During the American invasion of Iraq in 2003 Bloomberg was replaced by the Fox News Channel
Fox News Channel
Fox News Channel , often called Fox News, is a cable and satellite television news channel owned by the Fox Entertainment Group, a subsidiary of News Corporation...
. Fox News continued eventually but in December Bloomberg returned on some key slots during daytime.
In November 2004, MTG launched their own historical channel Viasat History
Viasat History
Viasat History is a pan Nordic television channel showing documentaries about history, culture and society which is very similar to the History Channel....
in the Nordic region. At the same time the programmes from History Channel disappeared from TV8. It was replaced by TV8's own programmes. The Fox News broadcasts were discontinued in September 2006. Nowadays TV8 show English language broadcasts from German news channel Deutsche Welle
Deutsche Welle
Deutsche Welle or DW, is Germany's international broadcaster. The service is aimed at the overseas market. It broadcasts news and information on shortwave, Internet and satellite radio on 98.7 DZFE in 30 languages . It has a satellite television service , that is available in four languages, and...
during the days and nights instead.
TV8 is profiled as a commercial channel with own high quality-programming, about such matters such as financial and foreign news. TV8 is also showing several talkshows about domestic politics. Documentaries, mostly from the United Kingdom, is also a part of the prime time schedules, as well as high quality drama from the UK and France.
TV8 has so far not succeeded in attracting a lot of viewers. In September 2007 the channel will be launched in the analogue package of Com Hem
Com Hem
Com Hem AB of Sweden, supplies triple play services that include cable tv, digital television, broadband, telephony and HDTV.Founded in 1983 as Televerket Kabel-TV as part of the former state-owned Televerket, the company has been successively named Svenska Kabel-TV AB and Telia InfoMedia...
, the dominant cable distributor in Sweden. This means that the number of potential viewers have increased substantially. MTG have also started to promote the channel more.
TV8 is also available through digital terrestrial broadcasts in Sweden, as well as on the satellite platforms of Viasat and Canal Digital.