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Stöð 3 (1995)
Stöð 3 was an Icelandic television channel which launched on 24 November 1995, but shut down in February 1997, when it merged with Stöð 2 and Sýn. Its owner was Íslenska sjónvarpið hf, whose shareholders were Morgunblaðið's publisher Árvakur, Nýherji, Sambíóin, Japis and Texti; in total, there were 15 shareholders, none of which held more than 10% of the shares. Its first administrative director was Úlfar Steindórsson, followed by Heimir Karlsson (who took over in August 1996) and its last was Magnús E. Kristjánsson. Background and history The plan to create the channel began in 1988, when Ísfilm hf showed interest. Ísfilm was owned by SÍS, Haust hf (owned by Indriði G. Þorsteinsson, Jóns Hermannssonar and Ágústs Guðmundssonar, Almenna bókafélagið, Dagblaðið Tíminn, Frjáls fjölmiðlun hf and Jón Aðalsteinn Jónsson. Ísfilm originally had Morgunblaðið and Reykjavík's respective publishing companies. But Ísfilm was never involved in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iceland
Iceland is a Nordic countries, Nordic island country between the Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic and Arctic Oceans, on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge between North America and Europe. It is culturally and politically linked with Europe and is the region's westernmost and most list of countries and dependencies by population density, sparsely populated country. Its Capital city, capital and largest city is Reykjavík, which is home to about 36% of the country's roughly 380,000 residents (excluding nearby towns/suburbs, which are separate municipalities). The official language of the country is Icelandic language, Icelandic. Iceland is on a rift between Plate tectonics, tectonic plates, and its geologic activity includes geysers and frequent Types of volcanic eruptions, volcanic eruptions. The interior consists of a volcanic plateau with sand and lava fields, mountains and glaciers, and many Glacial stream, glacial rivers flow to the sea through the Upland and lowland, lowlands. Iceland i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stöð 2
Stöð 2, literally Station 2, was an Icelandic subscription television channel. 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 was the second-oldest private television station in the Nordic countries, after MTV3 in Finland. It was last operated by Sýn, until it was discontinued in favour of the Sýn brand in 2025. 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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sýn (media Corporation)
Sýn (, ) is a telecommunications and mass media company in Iceland. The company operates a telecommunications division including 4G/ 5G services, the online newspaper Vísir.is, and several television stations including Sýn (TV channel) and radio stations Bylgjan and FM 957. It also rebroadcasts foreign television channels over its digital TV systems, over IPTV and DVB-T2. In 2022, it was the largest mass media company in Iceland. Sýn is listed on the Icelandic stock exchange. Sýn previously operated the Stöð 2 and Vodafone Iceland brands in Iceland. History Sýn is a conglomeration of multiple Icelandic telecommunication and media entities acquired throughout the 2000s. The brand name ''Sýn'' was originally used for a new television channel in 1995. At the time it mostly showed sporting events and raunchy material. In 2008 the Sýn brand was aquired by Stöð 2. The telecommunications entity of the current Sýn was founded in 1998 as Íslandssími (, ), becomin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Morgunblaðið
''Morgunblaðið'' (, ''The Morning Paper'') is an Icelandic daily newspaper. ''Morgunblaðið''s website, mbl.is, is the most popular website in Iceland. It is currently the country's only daily printed newspaper and the newspaper of record. History ''Morgunblaðið'' was founded by Vilhjálmur Finsen and Ólafur Björnsson, brother of Iceland's first president, Sveinn Björnsson. The first issue, only eight pages long, was published on 2 November 1913. On 25 February 1964, the paper first printed a caricature by Sigmúnd Jóhannsson which featured the first landings on Surtsey. He became a permanent cartoonist for ''Morgunblaðið'' in 1975 and worked there until October 2008. In a controversial decision, the owners of the paper decided in September 2009 to appoint Davíð Oddsson, a member of the Independence Party, Iceland's longest-serving Prime Minister and former Governor of the Central Bank, as one of the two editors of the paper. In May 2010, Helgi Sigurðsson w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Úlfar Steindórsson
Úlfar is an Icelandic male given name. A mountain Úlfarsfell and river Úlfarsá in Mosfellsbær are named after a settler 'Úlfar'. People bearing the name Úlfar include: *Úlfar Þórðarson Úlfar Þórðarson (2 August 1911 – 28 February 2002) was an Icelandic water polo player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1936 Summer Olympics The 1936 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XI Olympiad () and o ... References {{given name Icelandic masculine given names Masculine given names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heimir Karlsson
Heimir (Old Norse) was a Germanic figure in Germanic heroic legend who appears in ''Grípisspá'', ''Helreið Brynhildar'' and the ''Völsunga saga''. He is the king of Hlymdalir, the maternal uncle of Brynhildr and foster-father, or spouse, of Brynhildr's sister Bekkhildr.Ohlmarks, Åke. (1994). Fornnordiskt lexikon. Tiden. p. 144 He is also the foster-father of Aslaug, Brynhildr's daughter with Sigurd (Sigfried).The article Heimer' in ''Nordisk familjebok'' (1909). As the Burgundians wanted to kill the little child, he kept her hidden in a harp and wandered as a minstrel until he arrived in Spangereid in Norway Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic countries, Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and the archipelago of Svalbard also form part of the Kingdom of ..., where he was murdered in his sleep by Áki and Grima, who believed that Heimir kept valuables in the harp. Referenc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Magnús E
Magnus, meaning "Great" in Latin, was used as cognomen of Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus in the first century BC. The best-known use of the name during the Roman Empire is for the fourth-century Western Roman Emperor Magnus Maximus. The name gained wider popularity in the Middle Ages among various European peoples and their royal houses, being introduced to them upon being converted to the Latin-speaking Catholic Christianity. This was especially the case with Scandinavian royalty and nobility. As a Scandinavian forename, it was extracted from the Frankish ruler Charlemagne's Latin name "Carolus Magnus" and re-analyzed as Old Norse ''magn-hús'' = "power house". People Given name Kings of Hungary * Géza I (1074–1077), also known by his baptismal name Magnus Kings of Denmark * Magnus the Good (1042–1047), also Magnus I of Norway King of Livonia * Magnus, Duke of Holstein (1540–1583) King of Mann and the Isles * Magnús Óláfsson (died 1265) Kings of Norway * Magnus I of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |