TV4 News
{{Infobox television channel
| name = TV4 News
| logo_size = 200px
| logo = TV4 News logo 2012.png
| launch_date = 24 January 2012
| closed_date = 31 August 2013
| owner = TV4 Group
| country = Sweden
| former_names =
| website = {{Official URL}}
| sister_channels = TV4
Sjuan
TV11
TV4 Fakta
TV4 Film
TV4 Guld
TV4 Komedi
TV4 Sport
| terr_serv_1 = Digital terrestrial
| terr_chan_1 = Channel 28
| terr_serv_2 = Kanal Global
| terr_chan_2 = Channel 17
}}
TV4 News was a Swedish television channel owned and operated by the TV4 Group. It started broadcasting on 24 January 2012 as Sweden's first 24/7 news channel in the Swedish language, with some material from BBC World News also rebroadcast on the said channel.
Kanal Global began simulcasting TV4 News in February 2012 after TV4 News left the terrestrial network: first from 11:00 to 18:00, later cut to a two-hour block from 16:00.{{cite web |url=http://www.tv4.se/1.2526082/2012/02/06/tv4_news_forsvinner_ur_marknatet |title=TV4 News försvinner ur marknätet |access-date=19 February 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120208232137/http://www.tv4.se/1.2526082/2012/02/06/tv4_news_forsvinner_ur_marknatet |archive-date=8 February 2012 }}
In May 2013, TV4 Group announced that TV4 News will close down as it was not expected to become profitable.[https://www.broadbandtvnews.com/2013/05/20/swedens-tv4-news-to-close/ Sweden’s TV4 News to close]. Broadband TV News. May 20, 2013. Retrieved May 26, 2013. TV4 News stopped broadcasting on 31 August 2013.
References
External links
- {{Official website}}
{{Bonnier}}
{{Swedish television channels}}
Category:Defunct television channels in Sweden
Category:Television channels and stations established in 2012
Category:Television channels and stations disestablished in 2013
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