Sveriges Television

Sveriges Television (SVT) is a national publicly-funded television broadcaster based in Sweden. The Swedish public broadcasting system is in many respects modelled after the one used in the United Kingdom, and Sveriges Television shares many traits with its British counterpart, the BBC.

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Television - Sweden - Public broadcasting - United Kingdom - BBC

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Sveriges Television is a public limited company, owned by an independent foundation, and funded through a licensing fee, which is allocated by the Swedish Riksdag. It is now separate from, but was initially part of, Sveriges Radio, which is the public radio broadcaster. Its status could be described as that of a quasi-autonomous non-government organisation.

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Riksdag - Sveriges Radio - Radio - Quasi-autonomous non-government organisation

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Sveriges Television maintained a monopoly in domestic terrestrial broadcasting from the start in 1956 until the start of the privately held TV 4 in 1990. Until the launch of the Swedish language satellite television channel TV3 in 1987, Sveriges Television provided the only Swedish television available to the public.

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TV 4 - Swedish language - Satellite television - TV3

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