SVTB
| SVT Barnkanalen | |
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| Launched | 23 December 2002 |
| Owned by | Sveriges Television |
| Picture format | 576i (SDTV) (2002-) |
| Audience share | 3.5% (2013, MMS) |
| Country | Sweden |
| Formerly called | Barnkanalen, SVTB |
| Sister channel(s) | SVT1, SVT2, SVTK, SVT24 |
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Availability
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| Terrestrial | |
| Digital terrestrial | Channel 98 |
| Satellite | |
| Canal Digital | Channel 7 |
| Viasat | Channel 39 |
| Cable | |
| Com Hem | Analogue Channel 153 |
| IPTV | |
| Telia Digital-tv | Channel 14 |
SVT Barnkanalen is a channel from Sveriges Television dedicated to children's programming.
Barnkanalen started broadcasting on 23 December 2002. During its first year it was only available from 6.30 a.m. to 6.00 p.m. on weekdays. The channel also took a "summer vacation" between 23 May and 18 August. The rest of the time could be used for other programming, some weekends one could see tennis in the schedule.
The programming was aimed at pre-school children in the mornings and the afternoon programming was targeted at older children (pre-teens). The morning block featured special announcers that presented programmes from "the TV ship". Right after it had finished, the morning programmes would rerun immediately. At 1.00 p.m., an interactive show called Twebby was broadcast and it was followed by programmes for older children presented by two animated continuity announcers called "Joppe and Nella". Afternoon programming included animation, English language programming as well as dramas from the SVT archives.
On 6 December 2003, the channel started broadcasting on weekends, from 7.00 a.m.. From 2004, Barnkanalen would be a full year service.
During the 2004 Summer Olympics, SVT Extra would simulcast with Barnkanalen in the evenings and from 27 September 2004, the evening slot would be occupied by Kunskapskanalen.
The TV ship was removed in the autumn of 2005 and its presenters was integrated with Bolibompa, the evening children strand on SVT1. Bolibompa would from then be the brand for pre-school programming on Barnkanalen as well. Twebby was discontinued later in the autumn.
In February 2006, Barnkanalen got new graphics and Joppe and Nella were removed. Instead, a new show called Bobster was shown between the programmes in the afternoon. Bobster would also broadcast between 7 p.m. and 7.30 p.m. in SVT1.
On 1 September 2007 Barnkanalen had its broadcasting hours extended to 7 p.m., allowing Bobster to broadcast for another hour. On 25 August 2008 SVT made a major reshuffle in its schedules. This meant that the primetime broadcasts from Bolibompa at 6 p.m. and Bobster at 7 p.m. that were previously broadcast on SVT1 would be moved to Barnkanalen. Barnkanalen was upgraded as one of the three main channels from SVT, meaning that the channel would receive most of SVT's funding for children's programmes. With the reorganization, Barnkanalen was given a new look. The new logo reads "SVTB", but it is still referred to as "Barnkanalen".
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