SWEDEN

Kunskapskanalen (in literal translation: the Knowledge channel)
is a Swedish language television channel broadcasting educational
and factual programming between 6 p.m. and 11 p.m. all days of the
week. The channel is operated by Sveriges Television (SVT) and Sveriges Utbildningsradio (UR) and is broadcasted by satellite, cable and digital terrestrial television to Sweden as well as by cable to parts of Finland and terrestrially on Åland. Because Denmark and Sweden borders so close at the Øresund Strait, the channel can also be received over DVB-T in Copenhagen.
The channel was officially opened on September 27, 2004 and did initially only broadcast between Sundays and Thursdays. Transmissions on Fridays and Saturdays started in January 2006. On weekdays, UR did broadcast between 6-7:30 and 9:30-11 and SVT between 7:30-9:30. On weekends UR started at 6, handing over to SVT at 9. UR use in-vision presenters for their programmes until January 2007, when in-vision continuity was abolished at UR . During the night a simple caption is broadcast. The channel shares space with Barnkanalen, which broadcast in the day-time.
On September 1, 2007, the channel got new broadcasting hours. Barnkanalen took over the 6-7 slot, while Kunskapskanalen extended its broadcasting time to 1 a.m.
The channel logo has been present since the start and is inspired by the Oscar Reutersvärd impossible figures.

TV4 Fakta is a Swedish documentary channel owned by TV4 AB. It started broadcasting in 2005.
Much of the programming is taken from the A&E Television Networks. TV4 Fakta broadcasts from 15:00 to 01:00. Since December 2005, the remainder of the schedule is filled with the English language Euronews. TV4 AB bought a stake in Euronews in June 2006.
TV4 Fakta was the first channel owned by TV4 AB that wasn't broadcast from Sweden, instead it is broadcast from Finland where the advertising laws are more liberal. In November 2006, a Finnish version of the channel, called MTV3 Fakta, was launched in cooperation with MTV3.