SVT Extra was a Swedish

television Television (TV) is a telecommunication medium for transmitting moving images and sound. Additionally, the term can refer to a physical television set rather than the medium of transmission. Television is a mass medium for advertising, ...

channel owned and operated by

Sveriges Television Sveriges Television AB ("Sweden's Television aktiebolag, Stock Company"), shortened to SVT (), is the Sweden, Swedish national public broadcasting, public television broadcaster, funded by a public service tax on personal income set by the Riksd ...

. SVT Extra was started on 14 January 2002,SVT startar ny digitalkanal i dag Västerbotten värnar berättelsen
/ref> using space preempted by the cancelling of SVT's regional channels. During its first year, it operated as a regular channel, providing extended coverage of several events and sports broadcasts. The channel was received by some 450,000 viewers on Boxer and on Com Hem. Its inclusion on Com Hem concided with the signing of a new agreement between the companies. The plan was to develop the channel throughout 2002. Towards the end of the year, its place was taken over by

Barnkanalen SVT Barn, formerly Barnkanalen and SVT B, is a Sweden, Swedish free-to-air television channel from state broadcaster Sveriges Television dedicated to Children's show, children's television programming. ''Barn'' is Swedish for ''children'', where ...

and most sports broadcasts were shifted over to

SVT24 SVT24, stylized as svt24, formerly known as SVT 24 (then stylized svt 24) or 24 is a Swedish language TV channel broadcast by Sveriges Television (SVT). It started broadcasting in 1999 as a dedicated news channel. In 2003 it extended its scope ...

. With SVT24's rebrand on 24 February 2003, the channel downsized. SVT Extra did however return occasionally, such as for the

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when it provided extended coverage, which it shared with SVT24.Svt satsar rekordstort
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References

External links

www.svt.se
Sveriges Television Defunct television channels in Sweden Television channels and stations established in 2002 Television channels and stations established in 2007 2002 establishments in Sweden 2007 disestablishments in Sweden {{sweden-tv-stub