- SVT Europa
Infobox TV channel
name = SVT Europa
logofile = SVT Europa logo.png
logoalt =
launch = 1988/1997
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owner =Sveriges Television
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country = flagcountry|Sweden
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former names = TV4, SVT4
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web = http://svt.se/europa
terr serv 1 =PlusTV (in Finland)
terr chan 1 = Channel 22
cable serv 1 =Welho (in Finland)
cable chan 1 = Channel 138
sat serv 1 =Eurobird 9
sat chan 1 =
sat serv 2 =Thaicom 5
sat chan 2 =SVT Europa is an international
television channel from the Swedish broadcasterSveriges Television . The channel is available on satellite in Europe and much of Africa, Australia and Asia and terrestrially in wholeFinland .The channel launched in 1988 as TV4 broadcasting a mix of
SVT1 andSVT2 terrestrially to the Swedish-speaking areas of southernFinland . The channel was later renamed "SVT4". On December 10, 1997 the channel started broadcasting from theSirius 2 satellite to all of Europe and was renamed SVT Europa. Initially, only regular households and hotels in theNordic countries were allowed to receive the channel, but in 1999, cable networks inSpain were allowed to distribute the channel and in 2000 hotels outside the Nordic countries were allowed to include the channel.In 2005, SVT Europa started broadcasting on the Thaicom 5 satellite and thereby became available in parts of
Africa ,Asia , andAustralia , although this require a large satellite dish of about 2-3 metres. SVT Europa no longer broadcasts from theSirius 2 satellite, it is now available via the satellite Eurobird 9.The broadcasts are mostly made up of the
Swedish language programmes fromSVT1 andSVT2 . If both SVT1 and SVT2 show a programme for which SVT doesn't have worldwide rights, programmes fromSVT24 orKunskapskanalen are shown. When SVT1 and SVT2 are not broadcasting, SVT24 is shown. Teletext pages fromSVT Text are included in the broadcasts. The radio channelsRadio Sweden andSR P4 are also included with SVT Europa.Analogue terrestrial broadcasts in Finland ceased in
1 September 2007 when Finland switched completely to digital television. On that day, SVT Europa started broadcasting as a digital pay-tv channel there. [ [http://www.plustv.fi/tutustu_ja_tilaa/index.shtml/plustv_paketti_syyskuussa?105610 SVT Europa blir en del av Plus TV:s avgiftsbelagda tv-kanalpaket] (accessed 2007-08-12)]References
External links
* [http://svt.se/europa Official site]
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