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TV3 Norway is a commercial television channel targeting Norway owned by Viasat
Viasat

Viasat is a Direct broadcast satellite distributor and Television Broadcasting, owned by the Swedish media conglomerate Modern Times Group. Broadcasting from London, the target markets are in the Nordic countries and the Baltic state....
, which is a part of the Swedish
Sweden

Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic countries on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden has land borders with Norway to the west and Finland to the northeast, and it is connected to Denmark by the ?resund Bridge in the south....
 media group Modern Times Group
Modern Times Group

Modern Times Group is a Sweden media company. MTG was formed out of the media holdings of investment company Investment AB Kinnevik, which in 1997 was distributed to the company stockholders....
. It was separated from the common Swedish-Norwegian feed in the early 1990s.

Unlike its main rivals, NRK
Norsk Rikskringkasting

The Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation , which is usually known as the NRK, is the Norway government-owned radio and television public broadcasting company, and the leading Mass media company of Norway....
, TV 2
TV 2 (Norway)

TV 2 is the largest commercial television station in Norway. Over 30% of the time Norwegians spend watching TV is spent watching TV 2. The station has 65% of the market for TV commercials in Norway....
 and TVNorge
TVNorge

TVNorge is a Norway television channel.TVNorge went on the air December 5, 1988 and was the first advertising-supported Norwegian channel. Originally TVNorge broadcast via satellite and cable, later they have affiliated several local television broadcasters, who in addition to some local programming also broadcast TVNorge's programs....
, the channel isn't broadcast from Norway but from London
London

London is the capital of both England and the United Kingdom, and the most populous municipality in the European Union. An important settlement for two millennia, History of London goes back to its founding by the Roman Empire....
 in the United Kingdom
United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom , the UK or Britain,is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe....
, even if the channel is almost solely aimed at Norwegian
Norway

Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a constitutional monarchy in Northern Europe that occupies the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula....
 viewers. This excludes the channel from the strict rules in Norway
Norway

Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a constitutional monarchy in Northern Europe that occupies the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula....
 that apply to advertising (ban on advertisements aimed at children or interrupting programs).






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TV3 Norway is a commercial television channel targeting Norway owned by Viasat
Viasat

Viasat is a Direct broadcast satellite distributor and Television Broadcasting, owned by the Swedish media conglomerate Modern Times Group. Broadcasting from London, the target markets are in the Nordic countries and the Baltic state....
, which is a part of the Swedish
Sweden

Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic countries on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden has land borders with Norway to the west and Finland to the northeast, and it is connected to Denmark by the ?resund Bridge in the south....
 media group Modern Times Group
Modern Times Group

Modern Times Group is a Sweden media company. MTG was formed out of the media holdings of investment company Investment AB Kinnevik, which in 1997 was distributed to the company stockholders....
. It was separated from the common Swedish-Norwegian feed in the early 1990s.

Unlike its main rivals, NRK
Norsk Rikskringkasting

The Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation , which is usually known as the NRK, is the Norway government-owned radio and television public broadcasting company, and the leading Mass media company of Norway....
, TV 2
TV 2 (Norway)

TV 2 is the largest commercial television station in Norway. Over 30% of the time Norwegians spend watching TV is spent watching TV 2. The station has 65% of the market for TV commercials in Norway....
 and TVNorge
TVNorge

TVNorge is a Norway television channel.TVNorge went on the air December 5, 1988 and was the first advertising-supported Norwegian channel. Originally TVNorge broadcast via satellite and cable, later they have affiliated several local television broadcasters, who in addition to some local programming also broadcast TVNorge's programs....
, the channel isn't broadcast from Norway but from London
London

London is the capital of both England and the United Kingdom, and the most populous municipality in the European Union. An important settlement for two millennia, History of London goes back to its founding by the Roman Empire....
 in the United Kingdom
United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom , the UK or Britain,is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe....
, even if the channel is almost solely aimed at Norwegian
Norway

Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a constitutional monarchy in Northern Europe that occupies the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula....
 viewers. This excludes the channel from the strict rules in Norway
Norway

Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a constitutional monarchy in Northern Europe that occupies the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula....
 that apply to advertising (ban on advertisements aimed at children or interrupting programs). Also unlike the other main channels, it wasn't available on analogue terrestrial, having to rely on satellite
Satellite television

Satellite television is television delivered by the means of communications satellite and received by a satellite dish and set-top box. In many areas of the world it provides a wide range of channels and services, often to areas that are not serviced by terrestrial television or cable television providers....
 and cable television
Cable television

Cable television is a system of providing television to consumers via radio frequency signals transmitted to televisions through fixed optical fibers or coaxial cables as opposed to the over-the-air method used in traditional television broadcasting in which a television antenna is required....
 for its distribution. With the launch of digital terrestrial television in October 2007, the channel will however be available terrestrially.

See also

  • List of Norwegian television channels
  • List of programs broadcast by TV 3 in Norway
    List of programs broadcast by TV 3 in Norway

    This is a list of programs that has been or is currently being broadcast by TV3 on its TV3 ....


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