Television in Norway - Analogue Terrestrial Television

Analogue Terrestrial Television

The first television channel in Norway, NRK was started officially in 1960, but had regular programs since 1954. A second television channel, TV 2 was started in 1992. NRK started a second television channel, NRK2 in 1996. NRK1 goes out to 99,8% of all households, while TV2 has a 92% coverage and NRK2 and NRK3/NRK Super has 80% coverage. There are today 24 local television channels in the country, all terrestrially transmitted. The first local channel, TVBudstikka was started in 1986. Many of them cooperate with TVNorge, so that TVNorge use their transmitters when they are not broadcasting any programs.

Channel Description Financed by Owned by Launched Terrestrial coverage
NRK1 Public Broadcaster Licence Norsk Rikskringkasting 1960 99,8%
NRK2 Public Broadcaster Licence Norsk Rikskringkasting 1996 80%
NRK Super and NRK3 Public Broadcaster Licence Norsk Rikskringkasting 2007 80%
TV 2 General Entertainment Channel Commercials Egmont Holding AS 1992 92%
TVNorge General Entertainment Channel Commercials ProSiebenSat.1 Media AG 1988 Sharing frequencies with many local television stations.

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