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NFS (news Service)
NFS, or Nýja fréttastofan, (), founded in 18 november 2005, was an Icelandic news service of 365 and a television channel broadcasting news during daytime. Its main news show was shared with Stöð 2 and Bylgjan Bylgjan (''The Wave'') is an Icelandic radio station, run by the media company Sýn. Launched in 1986, it was the first privately owned radio station in Iceland. Bylgjan is broadcast throughout the country from a network of FM transmitters (98. ... with news reporters from those stations. News during other times where reported by less experienced news reporters, sometimes interns. NFS CEO was Róbert Marshall and Sigmundur Ernir Rúnarsson was news director. NFS stopped broadcasting on 22 september 2006. After its demise, the main news show moved back to Stöð 2 and Bylgjan. References Mass media companies of Iceland {{Iceland-media-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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NFS may refer to: Organisations * NFS (news service) (''Nýja fréttastofan''), a defunct Icelandic television news service * National Film School, former name of the National Film and Television School, England * National Financial Switch, bank network in India * National Fire Service, the Second World War UK fire service * National Flying Services, a defunct British aviation company * Council of Nordic Trade Unions (''Nordens Fackliga Samorganisation'') * National Forest System, created by the US Land Revision Act of 1891 ** National Forest System, division of the 1905 formed United States Forest Service * National Funding Scheme, UK charity fundraising organisation Technology * Network File System, a distributed file system protocol * Near-field scanner, scanning technology * Number field sieve (other), algorithms for factoring integers Other uses * ''Need for Speed'', a series of racing video games [Baidu] |
Iceland
Iceland ( is, Ísland; ) is a Nordic island country in the North Atlantic Ocean and in the Arctic Ocean. Iceland is the most sparsely populated country in Europe. Iceland's capital and largest city is Reykjavík, which (along with its surrounding areas) is home to over 65% of the population. Iceland is the biggest part of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge that rises above sea level, and its central volcanic plateau is erupting almost constantly. The interior consists of a plateau characterised by sand and lava fields, mountains, and glaciers, and many glacial rivers flow to the sea through the lowlands. Iceland is warmed by the Gulf Stream and has a temperate climate, despite a high latitude just outside the Arctic Circle. Its high latitude and marine influence keep summers chilly, and most of its islands have a polar climate. According to the ancient manuscript , the settlement of Iceland began in 874 AD when the Norwegian chieftain Ingólfr Arnarson became the first p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
365 (media Corporation)
365 is a media company in Iceland. At its peak, it was a mass media company and operated several TV and radio stations, and one newspaper. 365 also rebroadcast foreign television channels over its digital TV system. It started broadcasting Bylgjan in 1986, Stöð 2 started in 1986, Stöð 2 Sport (Sýn) in 1995, Bíórásin in 1998, and it started publishing ''Fréttablaðið'' in 2001. In 2017, it sold most of its assets to Fjarskipti ehf, the parent company of Vodafone Iceland. History Og fjarskipti was formed in 2003 through a merger of ''Íslandssími'', ''Tal'' and ''Halló!'' (all telephone companies). During 2004 and early 2005, Og fjarskipti grew further by acquiring the two largest Icelandic ISP's, Margmiðlun hf. and Lína.Net hf., as well as most of the Icelandic media company Norðurljós, making it the largest corporate network provider in Iceland, offering mobile and fixed telephony and high-quality data networking, with a large footprint in the residential broad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stöð 2
Stöð 2 (literally Station 2) is an Icelandic subscription television channel, owned and operated by Sýn. Founded in 1986, it was the first privately owned television station in Iceland following the lifting of the state monopoly on television broadcasting. Sister channels under the Stöð 2 name include Stöð 2 Sport and Stöð 2 Bíó. Stöð 2 is the second oldest private television station in the Nordic countries, after MTV3 in Finland. History New media laws of 1986 During the big BSRB strike in the fall of 1984, almost all of RÚV's activities shut down and several illegal radio stations sprung up. As a result, consideration was given to revising the broadcasting laws during the tenure of Minister of Education Ragnhildar Helgadóttir. A new law, which allowed private radio and television stations, was approved by Alþingi on June 13, 1985, and came into effect at the beginning of 1986. Until that time, there had been two radio stations and one television station oper ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bylgjan
Bylgjan (''The Wave'') is an Icelandic radio station, run by the media company Sýn. Launched in 1986, it was the first privately owned radio station in Iceland. Bylgjan is broadcast throughout the country from a network of FM transmitters (98.9 MHz is the channel's main frequency in Reykjavík) and also streamed on the internet. See also * Stöð 2 * Fréttablaðið ''Fréttablaðið'' ( en, The Newspaper) is a free Icelandic newspaper. It is distributed five days per week. History and profile ''Fréttablaðið'' was established in 2001. It was originally owned primarily by the media group '' 365''. The pape ... Radio stations in Iceland Radio stations established in 1986 {{Iceland-media-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |