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Encyclopedia > Discovery Channel Finland
Discovery Channel Finland
Launched September 1, 2007
Owned by Discovery Communications
Broadcast area Finland
Website http://www.discoverychannel.fi/
Availability
Terrestrial
Canal Digital Channel 17
PlusTV Channel 17
Satellite
Canal Digital
Cable
Elisa
LumoTV
Welho

Discovery Channel Finland is a television channel targeting Finland owned by Discovery Networks. It has programming similar to its U.S. counterpart, the Discovery Channel. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Discovery Communications LLC (DCI) is an American global media and entertainment company that began as a single channel, the Discovery Channel, launched in 1985. ... Canal Digital is a Scandinavian television distributor that was founded in March 1997 as a joint venture between the French pay-TV company Canal+ and the Norwegian state-telecommunications operator Telenor. ... Canal Digital is a Scandinavian television distributor that was founded in March 1997 as a joint venture between the French pay-TV company Canal+ and the Norwegian state-telecommunications operator Telenor. ... Elisa Oyj (Elisa) is a Finnish telecommunications company founded in 1882 (known until July 2000 as HPY or Helsingin puhelinyhdistys). ... See also Discovery Channel Discovery Communications Inc. ... Discovery Channel is a cable and satellite TV channel founded by John Hendricks which is distributed by Discovery Communications. ...


It was launched on September 1, 2007, replacing a former pan-Nordic version of the Discovery Channel. On the same day, the analogue terrestrial transmitters were shut down and a new digital network containing, among other, Discovery Channel Finland was launched. In the terrestrial network it is a part of both the Canal Digital and PlusTV packages. Canal Digital is a Scandinavian television distributor that was founded in March 1997 as a joint venture between the French pay-TV company Canal+ and the Norwegian state-telecommunications operator Telenor. ...


The pan-Nordic version of the Discovery Channel had carried subtitles in both Swedish, Finnish, Norwegian and Danish. The new channel would only contain Finnish subtitles. Finland has a large Swedish language minority and those would now loose the possibility to choose Swedish subtitles. [1]


References

  1. ^ "Discovery Finland saknar svensk textning", Vasabladet, August 15, 2007. 


 
 

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