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RiksTV

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RiksTV AS
Company typeAksjeselskap
IndustryTelecommunication
Founded2005
HeadquartersOslo,Norway
Area served
Norway
ProductsDigital terrestrial television
Number of employees
47(2013)
ParentTV 2 Group(100%)
Websiterikstv.no

RiksTVis the distributor of pay television in the Norwegian digital terrestrial television network.

Except forNRK1,NRK2,NRK3/NRK Superand the NRK radio channels, all broadcasts in the Norwegian DTT network are encrypted. The channels that are broadcast in the RiksTV packages are selected by RiksTV themselves.

History

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Pre-launch

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Some of the initial discussions concerned the availability of free-to-air channels other than the ones from NRK. TV 2 and TVNorge had stated that their channels would be encrypted, although they were free-to-air in the analogue network. This causedModern Times Group,owners ofTV3,to announce the launch of "TV4" that they wanted to be free-to-air. RiksTV were however unwilling to broadcast it free-to-air.

The first channels were announced on 12 June 2007, and wereTV 2,TVNorge,TV3,TV 2 Zebra,Discovery Channel,Disney Channel,The Voice TV,SportN,TV 2 Filmkanalen,TV 2 Nyhetskanalen,Viasat 4,TVNorge2(was named FEM the next day),Canal+ Sport 1andCanal+ Film 1.[1]The radio channelsP4,Kanal 24andRadio 1were also included.

On 12 June, it was announced thatAnimal Planet,Canal+ Film 2,theNational Geographic Channel,TV 2 Sportand local television would launch later on. It was however announced in July thatBBC Worldwould become a part of the RiksTV package and that Animal Planet, Canal+ Film 2 and National Geographic would be a part of the package from the start, thanks to new compression technology.[2]

Among the rejected channels wereMTV,[3]Eurosport,[4]SVT1andSVT2(these two due to rights issues).[5]The fact that MTV was rejected, meant that The Voice TV would be the only music channel on RiksTV. International news channels such asCNN,BBC WorldandSky Newswere also rejected initially, as TV2 Nyhetskanalen first was seen as good enough.[6]

Launch

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RiksTV started its launch on 1 September 2007, inRogalandCounty. The lineup from the launch was:

RiksTV was then launched in the remaining counties in this order:

Post-launch

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On 25 June 2009, TV 2 upgraded their signal and started broadcasting the entire channel in high-definition.

SportNclosed down on 15 September 2009. Its channel space was left empty for two months until 15 November, when it was replaced byEurosport.[7]

On 10 September 2010, RiksTV announced the first major expansion of its channel lineup with six new channels.[8]The new channels were the Swedish public service channelsSVT1andSVT2,the Children's channelsPlayhouse DisneyandDisney XD,the lifestyle channelTLCand the new men's channelMAX.TVNorge will also started broadcasting in high-definition. The new channels launched on 14 September, with the exception MAX which starts on 1 November.[9]On 1 November 2012, SVT2 was replaced byBBC Entertainment.[10]

Today

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RiksTV has a monopoly inNorwegianterrestrial pay-TV and its services include the following packages and channels:

Television channels

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Radio channels

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On-demand

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See also

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References

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  1. ^Hans Hjellemo."Her er digital-tv-kanalene".Kampanje. Archived fromthe originalon 14 June 2007.Retrieved13 June2007.
  2. ^Hans Hjellemo (4 July 2007)."RiksTV avviser kanal-press".Kampanje. Archived fromthe originalon 3 March 2016.Retrieved4 July2007.
  3. ^Knut Kristian Hauger."Stenger MTV ute".Kampanje. Archived fromthe originalon 2 July 2007.Retrieved13 June2007.
  4. ^Hans Hjellemo."Eurosport ute av bakkenettet".Kampanje. Archived fromthe originalon 27 September 2007.Retrieved13 June2007.
  5. ^Knut Kristian Hauger."Får ikke plass hos RiksTV".Kampanje. Archived fromthe originalon 14 June 2007.Retrieved13 June2007.
  6. ^Oddvin Aune."Ny kanalrunde i 2010".Kampanje. Archived fromthe originalon 27 September 2007.Retrieved13 June2007.
  7. ^"Eurosport to debut on Norway's RiksTV".Broadband TV News. 16 October 2009.
  8. ^"RiksTV satser på Sverige".Kampanje. 10 September 2010.
  9. ^"Er du RiksTV-kunde?".Hegnar Online. 10 September 2010.
  10. ^BBC Entertainment – endelig til RiksTV
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