Kunskapskanalen

Infobox TV channel
name = Kunskapskanalen
logofile = Kunskapskanalen.jpg
logosize =
launch = 27 September, 2004
share = ~0.4%
share as of = Aug '07
share source = [citation|url=http://www.mms.se/manrapp/Månadsrapport_2007-08.xls|publisher=Mediamätning i Skandinavien|title=Månadsrapport Augusti 2007]
owner = Sveriges Utbildningsradio
Sveriges Television
country = SWE
web = http://www.kunskapskanalen.se/
terr serv 1 = Digital terrestrial
terr chan 1 = Channel 98
sat serv 1 = Canal Digital
sat chan 1 =
sat serv 2 = Viasat
sat chan 2 = Channel 39
cable serv 1 = Com Hem
cable chan 1 = Analogue
Channel 153
cable serv 2 = Canal Digital
cable serv 3 = Tele2Vision
adsl serv 1 = Canal Digital
adsl serv 2 = FastTV
adsl serv 3 = Telia Digital-tv
adsl serv 4 = Viasat

Kunskapskanalen (in literal translation: "the Knowledge channel") is a Swedish language television channel broadcasting educational and factual programming between 6 p.m. and 11 p.m. all days of the week. The channel is operated by Sveriges Television (SVT) and Sveriges Utbildningsradio (UR) and is broadcasted by satellite, cable and digital terrestrial television to Sweden as well as by cable to parts of Finland and terrestrially on Åland. Because Denmark and Sweden borders so close at the Øresund Strait, the channel can also be received over DVB-T in Copenhagen.

The channel was officially opened on 27 September, 2004 and did initially only broadcast between Sundays and Thursdays. Transmissions on Fridays and Saturdays started in January 2006. On weekdays, UR did broadcast between 6-7:30 and 9:30-11 and SVT between 7:30-9:30. On weekends UR started at 6, handing over to SVT at 9. UR use in-vision presenters for their programmes until January 2007, when in-vision continuity was abolished at UR. During the night a simple caption is broadcast. The channel shares space with Barnkanalen, which broadcast in the day-time.

On 1 September, 2007, the channel got new broadcasting hours. Barnkanalen took over the 6-7 slot, while Kunskapskanalen extended its broadcasting time to 1 a.m.

In autumn 2008, Barnkanalen took over yet another hour of broadcast time. From 8 August 2008, Barnkanalen would broadcast until 7.30, and from on weekdays, and from 25 August 2008, Kunskapskanalen will commence it broadcasts at 8 p.m. every day of the week. SVT also cuts down on the amount of original programming they produce for Kunskapskanalen, letting the channel rerun programmes from SVT2 instead.

The channel logo has been present since the start and is inspired by the Oscar Reutersvärd impossible figures.

Counterparts are said to be BBC Four in the UK, SBS in Australia, PBS in USA, 3sat in Germany and Austria, Nederland 4 in the Netherlands, France 5 in France, RTP2 in Portugal or YLE Teema in Finland.

ee also

* List of documentary channels

References

External links

* [http://www.kunskapskanalen.se/ Official site] sv icon