SVT24
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| Launched | 15 March 1999 |
| Owned by | Sveriges Television |
| Picture format | 16:9 (576i, SDTV) |
| Audience share | 0.6% (2013, MMS) |
| Slogan | Free Television |
| Country | Sweden |
| Formerly called | svt 24 (2001–2003) 24 (2003–2007) |
| Sister channel(s) | SVT1, SVT2, Barnkanalen, Kunskapskanalen |
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Availability
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| Terrestrial | |
| Digital terrestrial | Channel 98 |
| Satellite | |
| Viasat | Channel 59 |
| Cable | |
| Com Hem | Channel 153 |
| IPTV | |
| FastTV | Channel 3 |
| Telia Digital-tv | Channel 10 |
SVT24, stylized as svt24, formerly known as SVT 24 (Then stylized svt 24) or 24 is a Swedish language TV channel broadcast by Sveriges Television (SVT). It started broadcasting in 1999 as a dedicated news channel. In 2003 it extended its scope to include other current events-related programmes and sports at the weekend. Nowadays the channel mainly consists of news, sports and entertainment programmes with a focus on reruns from SVT1 and SVT2.
On 15 March 1999 at 13:15 the broadcasting of SVT24 started. It started with a news summary followed by an official opening by the CEO of SVT. In the beginning, SVT24 simulcasted with other channels a lot of the time, first in SVT2 and in the summer on SVT1. SVT24 got to take care of extended broadcasts in case of special events.
The channel broadcast news every fifteen minutes throughout the weekday. However, there were no broadcasts in the weekends and the nightly broadcasts started some months later. At :00 and :30 SVT24 showed longer bulletins, but the :15 and :45 broadcasts were just news summaries. The channel also broadcast economic news twice every hour, lots of weather forecasts, reports from the Nordic countries and other featured stories. The material was mostly picked up from other news programmes.
SVT24 used digital technology for broadcasting, so a bulletin from SVT24 was much cheaper to broadcast than a bulletin from Rapport or Aktuellt. That's why during 1999 and 2000 SVT24 took over all the short bulletins from Rapport and the morning programme was moved to the SVT24 studio. In 2000 SVT24 merged with Rapport and Aktuellt into one central newsdesk. After some time, the channel was hit by cost savings. All broadcasts between 09:30 and 16:00 ceased for some time and the economic news disappeared.
On 8 September 2001, Aktuellt and Rapport moved to a new common studio and got a graphical make-over. That meant that all bulletins in SVT1 got the Rapport brand, making SVT24 only broadcasting digitally (and on SVT1 in the nights). SVT24 moved into the common studio a week later. In the end of 2002 SVT declared that they were going to launch two new channels. That meant that SVT24 was about to be merged with SVT Extra into a new channel, called only 24. 24 would include a wider range of programmes than SVT24 did, also including acquired programming, sports events and weekend broadcasts.
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