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| Country | Sweden |
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| Broadcast area | Sweden |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Warner Bros. Discovery EMEA (Warner Bros. Discovery) |
| Sister channels | Kanal 5 Kanal 11 Discovery Channel (Swedish) TLC (Swedish) |
| History | |
| Launched | 25 February 2007; 18 years ago (2007-02-25) |
| Replaced | ONE Television |
| Links | |
| Website | Official website |
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Kanal 9 (Channel 9) is aSwedish television channel owned byWarner Bros. Discovery. It targets the 25-59 age group, which is a slightly older age group than the sister channelKanal 5. The channel launched on 25 February 2007. Its opening night featured the79th Academy Awards. The programming consists of drama series, movies, sports and documentaries.
Kanal 9 uses the space formerly occupied by ONE Television in the terrestrial network. This caused some controversy. A clause in the broadcasting license states that "news from the European Union and programmes from different European countries" should be included in the broadcasts.[1] ONE used to broadcast several French and German programmes, as well as the news programmeEuropean Journal to comply with this clause. As SBS have stated that Kanal 9 will not broadcast any news at all, they could possibly violate the license.
The channel opened at 4.45pm (CET) with aRoyal League match betweenF.C. Copenhagen andHammarby IF. This was followed by an Oscars nights containing the movieThe Pianist up to theAcademy Awards at 2am. The first week's schedule also includedEuropean Journal and some non-British European content to comply with the broadcasting license, but it was broadcast outside primetime.
In the first weeks the channel had ratings over 100,000 viewers several times thanks to the broadcasts ofice hockey games. The highest rating in March 2007 was 215,000 for two ice hockey games. On 2 June 2007 Kanal 9 broadcast aUEFA Euro 2008 Qualifying game between Denmark and Sweden. The second half, that contained thefan attack, had a rating of 865,000, then the highest ever for a channel not belonging to the big five.[2]
Kanal 9 participates in Olympic coverage along with Kanal 5 as part of parent company Discovery's free to air sub-licensing rights.
| Sveriges Television | |
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| Viaplay Group | |
| Schibsted (TV4 Media) |
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| Warner Bros. Discovery | |
| Paramount Skydance | |
| The Walt Disney Company | |
| Viasat World | |
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| Defunct | |
