MTV Sweden was a music and entertainment channel broadcasting to the Swedish market. The channel replaced

MTV Nordic MTV Nordic was a pan-European cable television network launched on 5 June 1998. A 24-hour English-language network aimed at viewers in the Nordic countries and other European territories. Between 1998 and 2006 MTV Nordic served the majority of Eu ...

on September 18, 2005, however on February 22, 2019 it was replaced by the return of

History

* MTV Sweden launched in September 2005 along with

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and

MTV Norway MTV Norway was a music and entertainment channel broadcasting to the Norwegian market. The channel replaced MTV Nordic on September 18, 2005, however on February 22, 2019 it was replaced by the return of MTV Nordic. History *MTV Norway launche ...

. Before the start of country-specific channels, Denmark, Sweden, Norway and Finland had been served by a common channel called

, launched on June 5, 1998 which replaced the

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feed. * MTV Sweden's offices are based at

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' Nordic offices in Stockholm. The channel is broadcast from the

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headquarters in London, partly because of the strict laws on television advertising in Sweden (interrupting programmes for commercials was illegal until 2002). *During the days of MTV Nordic, languages other than English were rarely spoken on MTV in Sweden. With the start of MTV Sweden, several Swedish language programmes were produced for example ''MTV News'' in Swedish and Off Beat. *Since the mid-2000s MTV Sweden shares a similar schedule to its other European counterparts featuring mainly reality based content from

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and very few music videos. *On February 22, 2019, the local MTV channels for the Nordic region were replaced by the relaunch of

which features no advertising or sponsorships. Despite this, separate websites still exist for the local languages.

Availability

*At its launch MTV Sweden was available on all major digital television providers. Most cable networks carry the channel in their basic packages. It was available on satellite from

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and

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. In 2001, the government granted MTV a license to broadcast on the terrestrial network on the Boxer platform. Since 2006, the overnight programming between 2 and 7 a.m. has been replaced by music videos from

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in the terrestrial network. *In 2010, MTV Networks International signed a new agreement with Com Hem which meant that MTV would be removed from Com Hem's analogue package, losing a sizeable chunk of its reach. MTV was removed from the analogue network on January 15, 2011.

Former local shows

* ''MTV Beat'' (September 2007 - November 2007) * ''MTV Fuzz'' (September 2007 - November 2007) * ''MTV Phaser'' (September 2007 - November 2007) * ''MTV Chorus'' (September 2007 - November 2007) * ''Celsius'', a daily top 10 chart (2004–2006) * ''Hej, kom och hjälp mig'' ( en, Hi, come and help me) (2006–2007) * ''Strössel'' (''Hundreds and thousands'') (2006–2007) * ''Mycket mer än müsli'' (''Much more than

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'') (2006–2007)

References

External links

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MTV Sweden Graphics

MTV Networks AB B2B Website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Mtv Sweden MTV channels Television channels and stations established in 2005 Television channels in Sweden 2005 establishments in Sweden Music organizations based in Sweden