Canal Digital
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Canal Digital was founded in March 1997 as a joint venture between the French pay-TV company CANAL+ and the Norwegian state-telecommunications operator Telenor. Since 2003, Canal Digital is 100% owned by Telenor.
Canal Digital is the market leader for DTH and CATV services in the Nordic residential market. More than 2.9 million Nordic households and activities are subscribed to their services.
Unlike its DTH rival, Viasat, Canal Digital does not own a TV-network – they have however secured several multi-year exclusive broadcasting deals with SBS Broadcasting Group, Eurosport, BBC Worldwide and Discovery Communications.
Their satellite broadcasts can be received from the Thor 2 and Thor 3 satellites at 1°W with any DVB receiver equipped with a Conax descrambling module.
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[edit] High-definition television
Canal Digital was the first major distributor in the region to launch high-definition television, HDTV. The first channel, C More HD, was launched in September 2005 using MPEG-2 compression. In June 2006, Canal Digital started broadcasting HD-kanalen from Sveriges Television and TV4 AB in Sweden, which did broadcast the 2006 FIFA World Cup in HD using MPEG-4 compression. HD-kanalen became SVT HD in October when SVT expanded thair HD broadcasts.
The major launch of HDTV occurred in Sweden in November 2006 when a special high-definition package with Discovery HD Europe and Voom HD launched and C More HD was rebranded as Canal+ HD. The high-definition package is to be released in the other Nordic countries during 2007. High-definition channels launching in 2007 include Canal+ Sport HD, National Geographic Channel HD and TV4 HD (Sweden only).
[edit] Available channels on the satellite service
[edit] Danish channels
- DR1
- DR2
- TV 2 Zulu
- TV 2 Charlie
- TV 2 Film
- Kanal 4
- Kanal 5
- SBS Net
- DK4
- 24 Nordjyske
- Dantoto Racing
- MTV Denmark
- Discovery Channel Denmark
- The Voice TV Denmark
DR1 an DR2 are also available with a premium subscription in Norway, Sweden and Finland. Although TV 2 is broadcast on one of Canal Digital's transponders, it is not a DTH channel. Its only available to the Norwegian cable market, and is not a subscribtion channel.
[edit] Finnish channels
- YLE TV1
- YLE TV2
- YLE 24
- YLE FST
- YLE Teema
- MTV3
- Nelonen
- MTV Finland
- Discovery Channel Finland
- The Voice TV Finland
[edit] Norwegian channels
- NRK1
- NRK2
- TV 2
- TV2 Zebra
- TV2 Filmkanalen
- TV2 Nyhetskanalen
- TV Norge
- Rikstoto Direkte
- Moox Live
- MTV Norway
- Discovery Channel Norway
- The Voice TV Norway
[edit] Swedish channels
- SVT1
- SVT2
- SVT24
- SVT Barnkanalen
- Kunskapskanalen
- SVT HD
- SVT Extra
- TV4
- TV4 Plus
- TV4 Film
- TV400
- TV4 Fakta
- TV4 Guld
- TV4 Komedi
- TV4 Sport-Expressen
- TV4 HD (spring 2007)
- Kanal 5
- Kanal 9
- Aftonbladet TV7
- TV8
- Di TV
- MTV Sweden
- Discovery Channel Sweden
- The Voice TV Sweden
[edit] Transnational
- Adult Channel
- Al Jazeera English
- Animal Planet
- BBC Food
- BBC Prime
- BBC World
- Bloomberg TV
- Cartoon Network
- Canal+ Film 1
- Canal+ Film 2
- Canal+ Film 3
- Canal+ Film HD
- Canal+ Sport 1
- Canal+ Sport 2
- Canal+ Sport HD
- Canal+ Mix
- CNBC Nordic
- CNN International
- Discovery Civilisation
- Discovery HD Europe
- Discovery Science
- Discovery Travel & Living
- Disney Channel Scandinavia
- ESPN Classic
- Eurosport
- Eurosport 2
- Extreme Sports Channel
- Hallmark Entertainment
- History Channel UK
- Jetix
- Motors TV
- NASN
- National Geographic Channel
- National Geographic Channel HD
- Nickelodeon Scandinavia
- Playhouse Disney Scandinavia
- Sky News International
- Showtime Scandinavia
- Star! Scandinavia
- Toon Disney Scandinavia
- Travel Channel
- Turner Classic Movies
- TV Finland
- tvins
- Verdikanalen
- Voom HD
- VH1 Europe
- VH1 Classic Europe
[edit] See also
- List of Danish television channels
- List of Finnish television channels
- List of Norwegian television channels
- List of Swedish television channels
[edit] External links
- Canal Digital
- Canal Digital in Denmark
- Canal Digital in Finland
- Canal Digital in Norway
- Canal Digital in Sweden
- Channels on the Canal Digital transponder from LyngSat.
