Canal 9 (Denmark)
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| Launched | July 17, 2009 |
| Owned by | Discovery Networks Northern Europe |
| Slogan | Sport & Spænding |
| Broadcast area | Denmark |
| Sister channel(s) | Eurosport 6'eren |
| Website | http://www.canal9.dk |
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| Terrestrial | |
| Boxer | 30 |
| Satellite | |
| Canal Digital | 9 |
| Viasat | 41 |
| Cable | |
| YouSee | 15 |
| IPTV | |
CANAL9 is a Danish television channel owned by Discovery Networks Northern Europe previously owned by C More Entertainment from 2009 to 2015.
The channel is a retro channel that shows older documentary series from the Discovery Channel and old 80s action & comedy series like Miami Vice, The A-Team, Magnum and M*A*S*H and with football in the weekends from Danish Superliga, UEFA Europa League, La Liga, Serie A. The channel share sports rights with Eurosport and 6'eren, it was original launched as a low-pay sister channel to Canal+ in July 2009.
The channel was announced on March 20, 2009. There had been some uncertainty as for the distribution for the channel, as neither YouSee nor Telia Stofa and Boxer had expressed interest in distributing the channel. On March 25 it was announced that Canal Digital will broadcast the channel exclusively on satellite. The channel will cost 23,95 DKK, which is slightly less than its competitor TV 2 Sport.
Canal 9 launched on July 17, 2009 with the Danish action movie In China They Eat Dogs. From the start, it was available from Canal Digital, ComX, Smile Content and several community antennas and fiber networks.
Canal 9 became available terrestrially in July when it temporarily replaced Kanal København in Copenhagen where it will broadcast until October 31, 2009. After this, it will broadcast from Boxer's transmitters nationwide. On September 15, it was added to YouSee's cable network, where it initially be available digitally on the Middle package.
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