ES TV is a
Norwegian Christian
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Pentecostal
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. ES TV broadcasts from a grid of ground transmitters, via
satellite
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and also as Web TV. The station began its mission in 1993. the
foundation ''Pinsevennenes Evangeliesenter'' (Pentecostal Gospel Center in Norway) owns the broadcaster.
Pinsevennenes Evangeliesenter is a
diaconal
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, voluntary based organization which works with addicts, assisting in freeing people from their addictions and in getting started with "a new life".
History
The TV station was established two years after the Gospel Center had begun regular radio broadcasts in
Oslo
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.
Programming
The programs which are presented are recordings from Christian meetings, singing and music, topical shows as well as news programming. The aim is to present the
Gospel
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s and to present the addict care program of the gospel center.
ES TV's transmissions target the
Nordic countries
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18 hours each week via the satellite broadcaster
TV Visjon Norge, and as Web TV via the web pages of ''TV Visjon Norge''. In the
Greater Oslo Region 14 hours each week are being transmitted via the ground-based grid of transmitters belonging to
NRK2
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History
The channel started its regular broadcasts on 1 September 1996, but the evening before, a live simulcast, led ...
as well as
cable television
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from
Liberty Global Europe's Norwegian affiliate,
UPC Norge.
See also
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Religious broadcasting
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External links
ES TV - home page- A selection of programming available through the internet. (''in
Norwegian'')
TV Visjon Norge - home page(''in Norwegian'')
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Pentecostalism in Norway
Television channels in Norway
Christian television
Television channels and stations established in 1993