TV4 FaktaXL was a
Swedish factual television channel owned and operated by the
TV4 Group and was a sister channel of
TV4 Fakta. It started broadcasting in August 2012 replacing the now closed
TV4 Science Fiction
TV4 Science Fiction was a television channel dedicated to the science fiction genre owned by the TV4 Group. When the channel was announced, TV4 said that it would launch simultaneously in Denmark, Sweden, Finland, and Norway, becoming the first T ...
.
The channel broadcasts factual programs involving the world, humanity and technology.
Many of the programs shown on TV4 Fakta XL were purchased from the
UK,
Australia
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,
Canada
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,
France
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and
Denmark
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. It also airs Swedish-produced programs and films which they accounted for about 10 percent of the offering.
The channel ends its broadcasts on September 30, 2017 alongside its comedy channel,
TV4 Komedi.
External links
Official site
{{Swedish television channels
TV4 AB
Defunct television channels in Sweden
Television channels and stations established in 2012
Television channels and stations disestablished in 2017