TV 2 Group

TV 2 Group (Norwegian: TV 2 Gruppen) is Norway's largest commercial and public media company. TV 2 Group provides services for TV, Teletext, radio, Internet, web TV, IPTV, mobile telephones and other information formats.

TV 2 Group

Company type	Joint stock company
Industry	Media
Founded	13 November 1991
Headquarters	Bergen , Norway
Key people	Hans Jacob Carstensen[1]
Products	TV 2
Revenue	2.7 billion kr (2008)[2]
Owner	Egmont Group
Number of employees	830 (2008) [2]
Website	TV 2

Services

TV channels

• TV 2 Direkte^{[note 1]}
• TV 2 Zebra^{[note 2]}
• TV 2 Livsstil^{[note 3]}
• TV 2 Nyheter^{[note 4]}
• TV 2 Sport 1^{[note 5]}
• TV 2 Sport 2
• TV 2 Sport Premium 1^{[note 6]}
• TV 2 Sport Premium 2^{[note 6]}

Programming blocks only

• Oiii^{[note 7]}

Discontinued

• TV 2 Filmkanalen
• TV 2 Science Fiction
• TV 2 Humor^{[note 8]}
• TV 2 3D^{[note 9][3]}

Other

• TV 2 Play (Paid streaming service)^{[note 10]}
• TV2.no (Free of charge newssite)
• TV 2 Skole (Paid service for educational institutions, as a co-provider for the Elevkanalen online service)

Previous

• Radio Norge (TV 2 Group was an investor from the start in 2004,^[4] acquired full ownership in 2006, and then sold all their stakes to SBS Group in 2008).

Notes

1. Previously known as simply TV 2.
2. Was known as TV 2 Xtra at launch.
3. Converted from TV 2 Bliss.
4. Previously known as TV 2 Nyhetskanalen.
5. Previously known as TV 2 Sportskanalen.
6. Converted from TV 2 Premier League after they lost the Norwegian rights to Viaplay Group.
7. Previously known as TV 2 Junior.
8. Its targeted content was merged into TV 2 and TV 2 Zebra.
9. Only lasted a few days in early October 2011 before being shut down, with only one scheduled program being aired, which was Norway v Cyprus in the Euro 2012 qualifiers.
10. Previously known as TV 2 Sumo.