Kanal 4 (''Channel 4'') is a Danish subscription

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operated by

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, a subsidiary of

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It was launched in 2006 as the successor of the former TvDanmark. Its predecessor TvDanmark was launched in 1997 as Denmark's second nationwide commercial terrestrial channel after TV 2. It was renamed TvDanmark 2 when the sister channel TvDanmark 1 was launched. When TvDanmark 1 was renamed Kanal 5, the first channel reverted to its old name before becoming Kanal 4 in 2006. On 1 January 2007, the terrestrial Kanal 4 signals were replaced by a new channel called

SBS NET 6'eren is a Danish subscription television channel operated by Warner Bros. Discovery EMEA. It replaced SBS Net on 1 January 2009. The channel's target audience is males, branding itself with the slogan "Denmark's got a new TV Channel - and it' ...

, while Kanal 4 continued broadcasting by satellite and cable. The station is broadcast to Denmark by satellite from

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, showing mainly films, US and drama shows, therefore allowing for more lenient advertising rules as compared to broadcasting directly from Denmark.

References

External links

Official Kanal 4 site
Television stations in Denmark Television channels and stations established in 2006 Warner Bros. Discovery networks Warner Bros. Discovery EMEA {{Denmark-tv-stub