SVT HD
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| SVT HD | |
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| Launched | October 20, 2006 |
| Owned by | Sveriges Television |
| Picture format | 720p (HDTV) |
| Country |  Sweden |
| Broadcast area | Sweden |
| Sister channel(s) | SVT1, SVT2, SVT24 Barnkanalen, Kunskapskanalen, SVT Europa |
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| Com Hem | Channel 66 |
SVT HD is a high-definition television channel from Swedish public broadcaster Sveriges Television (SVT). The channel broadcasts high-definition simulcasts of programmes from the other SVT channels, where available.
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[edit] History
The channel has its origins in HD-kanalen, a channel set up jointly by SVT and TV4 AB to broadcast the 2006 FIFA World Cup. The channel was transmitted by satellite on Canal Digital and from terrestrial transmitters. When the World Cup ended, the terrestrial frequencies were shut down. HD-kanalen continued on satellite, mostly broadcasting test films and promos from SVT HD and an experimental simulcast of The Marriage of Figaro in August 2006.
In October 2006, HD-kanalen became SVT HD and started simulcasting programmes from the other SVT channels. Its first programme was the feature film Lost in Translation, broadcast on October 20, followed by SVT's 50th anniversary show Välkommen på 50-årsfest which was the first live high-definition programme produced by SVT.
In late 2006 SVT HD broadcast the Swedish dramas En uppstoppad hund, Mästerverket, Snapphanar and AK3 and the movies Girl with a Pearl Earring, 21 Grams and House of Sand and Fog. Its first children's programme was the Christmas calendar LasseMajas Detektivbyrå, its first current affairs programme was Böglobbyn and its first documentary was The Planet [1].
SVT HD's first live sports broadcast after the 2006 World Cup was the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2007. In early 2007, SVT HD broadcast the BBC series Planet Earth, the Eurovision Song Contest 2007 and dramas.[2]
Programmes broadcast in summer 2007 included Bleak House; Live Earth; the 2007 World Championships in Athletics; and Allsång på Skansen, the first live entertainment programme since the October anniversary show.
[edit] Production
SVT Väst, located in Gothenburg, will be the first region to film all productions in high defenition. SVT Väst moved their headquarters from Synvillan in Örgryte to the former Hasselblad headquarters (now coined Kanalhuset) in central Gothenburg. At the same time, new equipment was acquired for high definition productions.[3]
[edit] Distribution
Initially the channel was only available on satellite from Canal Digital, but on December 12, 2006, the cable network Com Hem launched its high-definition service consisting of four channels, including SVT HD.
On May 26, 2007 the channel started broadcasting over the Swedish digital terrestrial television network using MPEG-4 compression. It was only available from the Nacka, Västerås, Uppsala and Södertälje transmitters that also carried TV Finland. [4]
[edit] References
- ^ Schedule for SVT HD October-December 2006
- ^ Schedule for SVT HD January-June 2006
- ^ Sveriges Television (June 12, 2007). "SVT:s nya Göteborgshus HDTV-utrustas". Press release. Retrieved on 2007-06-15.
- ^ Premiär för hdtv i det digitala marknätet, press release, Teracom
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