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Denmark
Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...

 television channel
Television channel
A television channel is a physical or virtual channel over which a television station or television network is distributed. For example, in North America, "channel 2" refers to the broadcast or cable band of 54 to 60 MHz, with carrier frequencies of 55.25 MHz for NTSC analog video and...

 operated by Tritel.

The channel was launched in 1994 as an intellectual TV channel. It got a lot of attention from several politicians, because it had live transmissions of the debates in the Folketing
Folketing
The Folketing , is the national parliament of Denmark. The name literally means "People's thing"—that is, the people's governing assembly. It is located in Christiansborg Palace, on the islet of Slotsholmen in central Copenhagen....

.

From 2004-2006 it had a sister channel 4Sport, but because of hard competition it closed again.

Today the channel shows old Danish movies from the 30s and 40s, speedway
Motorcycle speedway
Motorcycle speedway, usually referred to as speedway, is a motorcycle sport involving four and sometimes up to six riders competing over four anti-clockwise laps of an oval circuit. Speedway motorcycles use only one gear and have no brakes and racing takes place on a flat oval track usually...

, basketball
Basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...

 and programs about camping. 60% of the Danish population can see the channel.

Former Minister of Health
Health Minister (Denmark)
The Health Minister of Denmark was a Danish ministerial post in the Danish cabinet, for the leader of the Ministry of Health. The post and the ministry was created in 1987, and merged into the Ministry of the Interior in 2001, which was then renamed the Ministry of the Interior and Health...

 Torben Lund is the director of the channel.
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