Canal Digital
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'''Canal Digital''' is a Scandinavian television distributor that was founded in March 1997 as a [[joint venture]] between the French pay-TV company [[Canal+]] and the Norwegian state-telecommunications operator [[Telenor]]. Since 2001, Canal Digital is fully owned by [[Telenor]].
Canal Digital was originally only broadcasting a [[Direct broadcast satellite|DTH]] satellite service to Sweden, Norway, Denmark and Finland, but have since expanded into [[cable television]] in Norway and Sweden, [[digital terrestrial television]] in Finland and [[IPTV]] in Sweden. More than 2.9 million Nordic households and activities are subscribed to their services.{{Fact|date=June 2007}}
Unlike its DTH rival, [[Viasat]], Canal Digital does not own a TV-network – they have however secured several multi-year exclusive broadcasting deals with [[SBS Broadcasting Group]], [[Eurosport]], [[BBC Worldwide]] and [[Discovery Communications]].
Their satellite broadcasts can be received from the [[Thor 2]] and [[Thor 3]] satellites at 1°W with any [[DVB]] receiver equipped with a [[Conax]] descrambling module.
==Satellite television==
=== High-definition television ===
Canal Digital was the first major distributor in the region to launch [[high-definition television]], HDTV. The first channel, [[C More HD]], was launched in September 2005 using [[MPEG-2]] compression. In June 2006, Canal Digital started broadcasting ''HD-kanalen'' from [[Sveriges Television]] and [[TV4 AB]] in Sweden, which did broadcast the [[2006 FIFA World Cup]] in HD using [[MPEG-4]] compression. HD-kanalen became [[SVT HD]] in October when SVT expanded their HD broadcasts.
The major launch of HDTV occurred in Sweden in November 2006 when a special high-definition package with Discovery HD Europe and Voom HD launched and C More HD was rebranded as [[Canal+ HD]]. The high-definition package is to be released in the other Nordic countries during 2007. High-definition channels launching in 2007 include [[Canal+ Sport HD]] in February, [[National Geographic Channel HD]] in April, [[TV4 HD]] (Sweden only) in May, [[Silver HD]] in September and [[The History Channel HD Scandinavia|The History Channel HD]] in December. 2008 brought [[Kanal 5 HD]] in January and [[Eurosport HD]] in May.
The HD channels were initially offered for as a separate package, but starting on April 1, 2008 this package was dropped in Sweden and the HD channels were included in the "Family" package.<ref>{{cite press release | pub=Canal Digital Sverige AB | url=http://www.newsdesk.se/view/pressrelease/eurosport-tar-steget-oever-till-hdtv-hos-canal-digital-200977 | title=Eurosport tar steget över till HDTV hos Canal Digital | date=March 10, 2008}}</ref>
=== Danish channels ===
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*[[DR1]]
*[[DR2]]
*[[DR Update]]
*[[TV 2 Zulu]]
*[[TV 2 Charlie]]
*[[TV 2 Film]]
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*[[Kanal 4]]
*[[Kanal 5 (Denmark)|Kanal 5]]
*[[Kanal 5 HD]]
*[[SBS Net]]
*[[DK4]]
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*[[24 Nordjyske]]
*[[Dantoto Racing]]
*[[MTV Denmark]]
*[[Discovery Channel Denmark]]
*[[The Voice TV Danmark|The Voice TV Denmark]]
|}
DR1 an DR2 are also available with a premium subscription in Norway, Sweden and Finland. Although [[TV 2 (Denmark)|TV 2]] is broadcast on one of Canal Digital's transponders, it is not a DTH channel. Its only available to the Norwegian cable market, and is not a subscription channel.
=== Finnish channels ===
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*[[YLE TV1]]
*[[YLE TV2]]
*[[MTV3]]
*[[Nelonen]]
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*[[YLE FST5]]
*[[Sub (TV channel)|Sub]]
*[[YLE TV1|YLE TV1+]]
*[[YLE Teema]]
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*[[JIM]]
*[[KinoTV]]
*[[Urheilukanava]]
*[[MTV Finland]]
*[[Discovery Channel Finland]]
|}
=== Norwegian channels ===
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*[[NRK1]]
*[[NRK2]]
*[[NRK3]]
*[[NRK Super]]
*[[TV3 (Norway)|TV3]]
*[[Viasat4]]
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*[[TV 2 (Norway)|TV 2]]
*[[TV2 Zebra]]
*[[TV2 Filmkanalen]]
*[[TV2 Nyhetskanalen]]
*[[TV 2 Sport (Norway)|TV2 Sport]] (PPV)
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*[[TV Norge]]
*[[FEM (TV channel)|FEM]]
*[[Rikstoto Direkte]]
*[[MTV Norge]]
*[[Discovery Channel Norway]]
*[[The Voice TV Norway]]
|}
=== Swedish channels ===
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*[[SVT1]]
*[[SVT2]]
*[[SVT24]]
*[[Barnkanalen]]
*[[Kunskapskanalen]]
*[[SVT HD]]
*[[SVT Extra]]
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*[[TV4 (Sweden)|TV4]]
*[[TV4 Plus]]
*[[TV4 Film]]
*[[TV400]]
*[[TV4 Fakta]]
*[[TV4 Guld]]
*[[TV4 Komedi]]
*[[TV4 Science fiction]]
*[[TV4 Sport]]
*[[TV4 HD]]
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*[[TV3 (Sweden)|TV3]]
*[[Kanal 5 (Sweden)|Kanal 5]]
*[[Aftonbladet TV7]]
*[[TV8 Sweden|TV8]]
*[[Kanal 9]]
*[[Di TV]]
*[[MTV Sweden]]
*[[Discovery Channel Sweden]]
*[[The Voice TV Sweden]]
|}
=== Transnational ===
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*[[The Adult Channel|Adult Channel]]
*[[Al Jazeera English]]
*[[Animal Planet]]
*[[BBC Food]]
*[[BBC Prime]]
*[[BBC World]]
*[[Boomerang Nordic]]
*[[Bloomberg TV]]
*[[Cartoon Network]] (Scandinavia)
*[[Canal+ First]]
*[[Canal+ Hits]]
*[[Canal+ Action]]
*[[Canal+ Comedy]]
*[[Canal+ Drama]]
*[[Canal+ Film HD]]
*[[Canal+ Sport 1 (Scandinavia)|Canal+ Sport 1]]
*[[Canal+ Sport 2 (Scandinavia)|Canal+ Sport 2]]
*[[Canal+ Sport Extra]]
*[[Canal+ Sport HD]]
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*[[CNBC Europe|CNBC Nordic]]
*[[CNN International]]
*[[Discovery Civilisation]]
*[[Discovery HD Europe]]
*[[Discovery Science]]
*[[Discovery Travel & Living]]
*[[Disney Channel Scandinavia]]
*[[ESPN Classic (UK)|ESPN Classic]]
*[[Eurosport]]
*[[Eurosport 2]]
*[[Eurosport HD]]
*[[Extreme Sports Channel]]
*[[Hallmark Entertainment]]
*[[The History Channel Scandinavia]]
*[[The History Channel HD Scandinavia]]
*[[Jetix]]
*[[Motors TV]]
*[[NASN]]
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*[[National Geographic Channel Scandinavia]]
*[[National Geographic Channel HD]]
*[[Nickelodeon Scandinavia]]
*[[Playhouse Disney Scandinavia]]
*[[Sky News]] International
*[[Silver (TV channel)|Silver]]
*[[Showtime Scandinavia]]
*[[Star! Scandinavia]]
*[[Toon Disney Scandinavia]]
*[[Travel Channel]]
*[[Turner Classic Movies]]
*[[TV Finland]]
*[[tvins]]
*[[Verdikanalen]]
*[[Voom HD (Scandinavia)|Voom HD]]
*[[VH1 Europe]]
*[[VH1 Classic Europe]]
|}
==Cable television==
===Norway===
===Sweden===
Canal Digital in Sweden expanded into cable television in September 2003 when the cable companies Telenor Vision and Sweden Online were merged into Canal Digital.
==Terrestrial television==
Canal Digital sells decryption cards for digital television in Finland. Prior to the closedown of the analogue channels, the package consisted of [[Disney Channel Scandinavia|Disney Channel]] and four [[C More Entertainment|Canal+]] channels. When the analogue transmitters were closed down, a new multiplex launched bringing [[Kino TV]], [[Nickelodeon Scandinavia|Nickelodeon]], [[Discovery Channel Finland|Discovery Channel]] and [[MTV Finland]] to the package. Kino TV is exclusive was exclusive to Canal Digital, while the others were also sold by its competitor, [[PlusTV]]. The erotic channel [[Canal 69]] is added on October 1, 2007.
The terrestrial package now consists of:
*[[Discovery Channel Finland|Discovery Channel]]
*[[Disney Channel Scandinavia|Disney Channel]]
*[[Kino TV]]
*[[Nickelodeon Scandinavia|Nickelodeon]]
*[[MTV Finland]]
*[[Canal+ Film 1]]
*[[Canal+ Film 2]]
*[[Canal+ Sport 1 (Scandinavia)|Canal+ Sport 1]]
*[[Canal+ Sport 2 (Scandinavia)|Canal+ Sport 2]]
*[[Canal 69]]
Canal Digital have expressed interest in selling encryption cards for the [[digital terrestrial television in Sweden|Swedish digital network]]. The Norwegian terrestrial operator [[RiksTV]] is partly owned by Canal Digital's owner [[Telenor]].
==IPTV==
An [[IPTV]] service was launched in Sweden in 2004. It offers most channels on the satellite platform as well as interactive services and [[video on demand]] from [[C More Select]], [[C More On demand]], [[Film2Home]] and [[SF Anytime]].
==Set-top boxes==
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Canal Digital supplies set-top boxes that contains many [[software bugs]]. However continuous viewing on one channel is not a problem. [[Subtitle (captioning)|Subtitling]] is sometimes out of sync with up to 10 minutes.
==See also==
*[[List of Danish television channels]]
*[[List of Finnish television channels]]
*[[List of Icelandic television channels]]
*[[List of Norwegian television channels]]
*[[List of Swedish television channels]]
*[[Telenor]] - The company that owns Canal Digital
==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.canaldigital.com/ Canal Digital]
*[http://www.canaldigital.dk/ Canal Digital in Denmark]
*[http://www.canaldigital.fi/ Canal Digital in Finland]
*[http://www.canaldigital.no/ Canal Digital in Norway]
*[http://www.canaldigital.se/ Canal Digital in Sweden]
*[http://www.lyngsat.com/packages/canaldigital.html Channels on the Canal Digital transponder] from [[LyngSat]].
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