Kunskapskanalen
television channel
Kunskapskanalen (transl. The Knowledge Channel) is a Swedish television channel operated by Sveriges Television (SVT) and Sveriges Utbildningsradio (UR) broadcasting educational and factual programming. The channel broadcasts between 15:00 and 01:00 on all days of the week, having previously aired between 09:00 and 01:00.
Kunskapskanalen is broadcast by satellite, cable, and digital terrestrial television to Sweden, by cable to Norway and parts of Finland, and terrestrially on Åland. The channel can also be received over DVB-T in Copenhagen due to its proximity to southern Sweden.
History
The channel officially started broadcasting on 27 September 2004, initially only between Sundays and Thursdays. Transmissions on Fridays and Saturdays began in January 2006. On weekdays, UR 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 used in-vision presenters for their programs until the abolition of in-vision continuity in January 2007. At night, a simple caption is broadcast.
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