Launched 3 December 2008 Owned by BBC Worldwide | Closed 5 January 2016 Owner BBC Worldwide | |
Broadcast area Nordic countries & Turkey Sister channel(s) BBC Entertainment
BBC Lifestyle
BBC World News
BBC Earth
BBC Brit | ||
BBC HD Nordics was a television channel broadcasting high-definition programming to Sweden, Norway, Finland, Denmark and Iceland. The channel is also included in HD Cable Platform Teledünya in Turkey.
The channel was launched on 3 December 2008 from the Canal Digital platform and YouSee in Denmark. It was the third BBC HD channel overall (after the British BBC HD and BBC HD Australia), and the first in Continental Europe. The launch of BBC HD coincided with the launch of BBC Entertainment, BBC Lifestyle and BBC Knowledge in Scandinavia.
The channel broadcasts round-the-clock and heavily features BBC dramas and natural documentaries such as Bleak House and Planet Earth.
BBC HD ceased broadcast in the Nordic region on Tuesday 5 January 2016.
References
BBC HD Nordics Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA