Sveriges Television

Sveriges Television (SVT) is a national publicly-funded television broadcaster based in Sweden. The Swedish public broadcasting system is in many respects modelled after the one used in the United Kingdom, and Sveriges Television shares many traits with its British counterpart, the BBC. Sveriges Television is a public limited company, owned by an independent foundation, and funded through a licensing fee, which is allocated by the Swedish Riksdag. It is now separate from, but was initially part of, Sveriges Radio, which is the public radio broadcaster. Its status could be described as that of a quasi-autonomous non-government organisation.

Programming

  • Melodifestivalen, preselection for the Eurovision Song Contest
  • Survivor - Sveriges Television was the first network to broadcast the reality television series Survivor in 1997. The show was named Expedition Robinson, alluding to Robinson Crusoe and was a major hit in Sweden. The show which consistently held high ratings was concluded after its seventh and final year on the network. The popular series is however to be continued on the commercial channel TV3.
SVT also shows US and British programmes, in the original language with subtitles, as is the case on other Nordic TV channels.

Channels

Broadcast nationally: Satellite, Cable and Terrestrial Digital Stations: 24 and Barnkanalen are available on free-to-air digital television in the terrestrial network. SVT Extra, which has no regular schedule, transmits live coverage of special events (chiefly sporting) when available. SVT Europa, a mix of SVT1 and SVT2, is broadcast on satellite, and also as a terrestrial channel in Swedish-speaking areas of Finland. For rights reasons, SVT Europa does not show acquired material, such as movies, sport, or English language programming.

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