Axess TV is a Swedish television channel belonging to the
Axel and Margaret Ax:son Johnson Foundation. It is mainly devoted to cultural and science programmes.
The Ax:son Johnson Foundation applied for a license to broadcast in the
Swedish digital terrestrial television network in the autumn of 2005. The channel was awarded a license to broadcast free-to-air in the Weekends in February 2006.
Trial broadcasts started on 27 May 2006. The first weekend contained the opera ''
Dialogues of the Carmelites
' (''Dialogues of the Carmelites''), FP 159, is an opera in three acts, divided into twelve scenes with linking orchestral interludes, with music and libretto by Francis Poulenc, completed in 1956. The composer's second opera, Poulenc wrote the ...
'', the British sitcom ''
Yes Minister
''Yes Minister'' is a British political satire sitcom written by Antony Jay and Jonathan Lynn. Comprising three seven-episode series, it was first transmitted on BBC2 from 1980 to 1984. A sequel, ''Yes, Prime Minister'', ran for 16 episodes fr ...
'', a discussion programme and a documentary.
The channel had a full launch on 23 September 2006.
From 1 February 2010 Axess is no longer free-to-air but is available as part of a pay-channel package from Boxer. It has also changed compression to MPEG-4.
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Television channels in Sweden