SVT24
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SVT24, stylized as svt24, formerly known as SVT 24 (then stylized svt 24) or 24 is a Swedish language TV channel broadcast by Sveriges Television (SVT). It started broadcasting in 1999 as a dedicated news channel. In 2003 it extended its scope to include other current events-related programmes and sports at the weekend. Nowadays the channel mainly consists of news, sports, and entertainment programmes with a focus on reruns from SVT1 and SVT2.
Key facts
- Television channel.name
- SVT24
- Television channel.logo
- frameless|class=skin-invert
- Television channel.owner
- Sveriges Television
- Television channel.former_names
- svt 24 (2001–2003) 24 (2003–2007)
- Television channel.picture_format
- 16:9 (576i, SDTV)
- Television channel.sister_channels
- SVT1, SVT2, SVT Barn, Kunskapskanalen
- Television channel.country
- Sweden
- Television channel.terr_serv_1
- DTT (Sweden)
- Television channel.terr_chan_1
- Channel 98
- Television channel.online_serv_1
- SVT Play
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- specialty channel
- Country
- Sweden
- Headquarters
- Stockholm
- Owned by
- Sveriges Television
- Industry
- journalism
- Official website
- svt.se
- Motto
- Fri Television
Show 3 more facts
- native label
- 24
- inception
- 1999-03-15
- streaming media URL
- www.discoveryplus.se/kanaler/svt24
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Encyclopedic overview
6 sectionsContents
- History
- Name
- Logos and identities
- Distribution
- References
- External links
SVT24, stylized as svt24, formerly known as SVT 24 (then stylized svt 24) or 24 is a Swedish language TV channel broadcast by Sveriges Television (SVT). It started broadcasting in 1999 as a dedicated news channel. In 2003 it extended its scope to include other current events-related programmes and sports at the weekend. Nowadays the channel mainly consists of news, sports, and entertainment programmes with a focus on reruns from SVT1 and SVT2.
==History== SVT24 launched on 15 March 1999 at 13:15. It started with a news summary followed by an official opening by the CEO of SVT. In the beginning, SVT24 simulcasted with other channels a lot of the time, first on SVT2 and in the summer on SVT1. SVT24 has to take care of extended broadcasts in case of special events.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “SVT24” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.