- Showtime Scandinavia
Infobox TV channel
name = Showtime Scandinavia
logofile = Showtime.svg
logosize = 200px
launch = September 30, 2004
owner =NonStop Television
slogan = "Nonstop Action"
country =Norway ,Sweden
broadcast area =Nordic countries
web = http://www.nonstop.tv/showtime
sat serv 1 =Canal Digital
sat chan 1 =
cable serv 1 =Com Hem
cable chan 1 = Channel 92
cable serv 2 =Tele2Vision
cable chan 2 =
adsl serv 1 =Canal Digital
adsl chan 1 =
adsl serv 2 =FastTV
adsl chan 2 =
adsl serv 3 =Telia Digital-tv
adsl chan 3 = Channel 61Showtime Scandinavia (generally referred to simply as "Showtime") is a
television channel broadcastingaction movie s to theNordic countries operated byNonStop Television . Its name and logo is licensed by Showtime Networks Inc, owners of the AmericanShowtime . The two channels however do not share any programme content.History
NonStop Television received a license for a channel with the working title "NonStop Film" on January 2004 when the government awarded new licenses for the terrestrial network (DTT). The channel was put into the new fifth multiplex that covered 50 percent of the country.
The channel was named "Showtime" and started broadcasting at 6 p.m. (CET) on September 30, 2004. It was then available from
Boxer TV Access (DTT in Sweden),Canal Digital satellite throughout the Nordic countries and cable services.In 2005, the channel became available in the basic analogue package for the
Canal Digital cable viewers in Norway.In February 2006, the Swedish government took back Showtime's terrestrial license. NonStop Television were however awarded a new license for a channel called "Nonstop Filmfestival" (working title). The channel was named Silver and replaces Showtime in May 2006.
Content
The programming consists almost entirely of action movies (and programmes about movies) dating from the 1970s to more recent days.
Movies are delivered by several distributors, such as Buena Vista Internatioanl Television, Fox,
MGM , Paramount and Universal.Subtitling is available in Norwegian, Swedish, Danish and Finnish.
Availability
According to NonStop, the channel is available to approximately 1 million households as of April 2006.
Via satellite, the channel is distributed through
Canal Digital . As of 2006, the channel is added as a bonus when buying both the Canal+ and Family package. The channel isn't (as of 2006) available throughViasat .Showtime is available through many cable distributors, including
Canal Digital ,Com Hem (Sweden),HTV (Finland), TDC (Denmark) andUPC (Sweden and Norway).External links
* [http://www.nonstop.tv/showtime Official site]
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