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Stöð 2 (literally Station 2) is an Icelandic language, Icelandic Pay television, subscription television channel, owned and operated by Sýn (media corporation), 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 operating in Iceland, Rás 1 and Rás 2 and Ríkissjónvarpið.


Start of Stöð 2

Stöð 2 went on the air on October 9 that same year as a subscription station with a scrambled program where the subscriber had to buy a code number and enter a video code to unscramble the broadcast. Television presenter Jón Óttar and Vala Matt were prominent on the screen during the first days of the station. The line-up was made up of imported entertainment, dramatized Icelandic entertainment and news. It was difficult to get investors to participate in the activity to begin with. At the beginning of 1987, there were about five thousand subscribers, but by the end of the year there had been almost thirty thousand. At the same time, the number of employees increased and the station began to compete with RÚV for programmers and reporters, which was considered unheard of.


Unification of the brand

Many sister stations were operated under the same company, but in 2008 they were all united under the name of station 2, thus the sports station became Sýn a Stöð 2 Sport. Sirkus became Stöð 2 Extra and Fjölvarpið became Stöð 2 Fjölvarp, on the other hand, Stöð 2 Bíó kept its name.


Current Programming


Icelandic


News

* ''Fréttir'', an evening news program, every evening at 6:30 pm * ''Ísland í dag'', a daily magazine covering various aspects of life in Iceland such as politics, culture and entertainment. It also includes sport, news and weather


Global


Animation

*''Adventure Time'' *''Danger Mouse (2015 TV series), Danger Mouse'' *''Dora the Explorer'' *''Maya the Bee (TV series), Maya the Bee'' *''Mia and Me'' *''The New Adventures of Lucky Luke'' *''The Smurfs (1981 TV series), The Smurfs'' *''Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2012 TV series), Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles'' *''Wow! Wow! Wubbzy!'' *''Zigby''


Anthology

*''True Detective''


Clip Shows

*''TruTV Top Funniest, Top 20 Funniest''


Comedy


Drama


Lifestyle

*''Grand Designs'' *''Grand Designs Australia'' *''Jamie Oliver, Jamie Cooks Italy'' *''Jamie Oliver, Jamie's Quick & Easy Food'' *''Jamie Oliver, Jamie's Ultimate Veg'' *''Jamie Oliver, Jamie & Jimmy's Food Fight Club''


News

*''60 Minutes''


Reality

*''Property Brothers (franchise), Brother vs. Brother'' *''First Dates'' *''The Great British Bake Off'' *''Love in the Wild'' *''The X Factor: Celebrity'' *''The X Factor (British TV series), The X Factor UK''


Science Fiction

*''Westworld (TV series), Westworld''


Sitcoms

*''Fresh Off the Boat'' *''Friends'' *''The Goldbergs (2013 TV series), The Goldbergs'' *''Modern Family'' *''Mom (TV series), Mom'' *''New Girl''


Soap Operas

*''The Bold and the Beautiful'' *''Neighbours''


Talk Shows

*''Last Week Tonight with John Oliver'' *''Real Time with Bill Maher''


Past Programming


Icelandic


Children's Shows

* ''LazyTown''


Comedy

* ''Spaugstofan''


Drama

* ''Réttur'', a legal drama series


Game shows

* ''Viltu vinna milljon?'', the Icelandic version of ''Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?''.


News

* ''Kompás'', A weekly newsmagazine * ''Silfur Egils'', Sunday talkshow with interviews of those who made the news in the past week


Reality

* ''Idol stjörnuleit'', the Icelandic version of ''Pop Idol'' and related shows * ''The X Factor (Iceland), The X Factor'', the Icelandic version


Sitcoms

* ''Dagvaktin'' * ''Fangavaktin'', a comedy series continuation of ''Næturvaktin'' and ''Dagvaktin'' * ''Næturvaktin''


Sketch Shows

* ''Fóstbræður''


Talk Shows

* ''Independent People (TV program), Sjálfstætt fólk'', an interview and talk show hosted by Jón Ársæll Þórðarson


Global


Animation


Anthology

* ''American Horror Story''


Children's Shows


Clip Shows

* ''America's Funniest Home Videos''


Comedy


Documentary

* ''You Are What You Eat''


Drama


Game Shows

* ''Fear Factor'' * ''Total Wipeout'' * ''Wipeout (2008 American game show), Wipeout''


Lifestyle

* ''The F Word (British TV series), The F Word''


Mini-series

* ''Mildred Pierce (miniseries), Mildred Pierce''


News

* ''Entertainment Tonight''


Reality


Science Fiction


Sitcoms


Sketch Shows

* ''Little Britain (sketch show), Little Britain'' * ''The Muppet Show''


Soap Operas

* ''Dallas (2012 TV series), Dallas'' * ''Doctors (2000 TV series), Doctors'' * ''Falcon Crest'' * ''Hollyoaks'' * ''Melrose Place''


Talk Shows

* ''The Daily Show'' * ''The Doctors (2008 TV series), The Doctors'' * ''The Oprah Winfrey Show'' * ''Vibe (talk show), Vibe''


Western

* ''Breaking Bad''


See also

* Bylgjan * Fréttablaðið


References


External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Stod 2 Television channels in Iceland Television channels and stations established in 1986 Companies based in Reykjavík