Axess TV

Axess TV
Launched	May 27, 2006
Owned by	Axel and Margaret Ax:son Johnson Foundation
Picture format	576i (SDTV)
Audience share	0.1% (2010, MMS)
Slogan	The Swedish Culture Channel
Country	Sweden
Website	http://www.axess.se
Availability
Terrestrial
Digital terrestrial	Channel 25
Cable
Com Hem	Channel 42

Axess TV is a Swedish television channel belonging to the Axel and Margaret Ax:son Johnson Foundation. It is mainly devoted to cultural and science programmes. The Ax:son Johnson Foundation applied for a license to broadcast in the Swedish digital terrestrial television network in the autumn of 2005. The channel was awarded a license to broadcast free-to-air in the Weekends in February 2006. Trial broadcasts started on May 27th 2006. The first weekend contained the opera Dialogues of the Carmelites, the British sitcom Yes Minister, a discussion programme and a documentary. The channel had a full launch on September 23rd 2006. From February 1, 2010, Axess is no longer free-to-air, but is available as part of a pay-channel package from Boxer. It has also changed compression to MPEG-4.