SVT Barn

SVT Barn, formerly Barnkanalen and SVT B, is a Swedish free-to-air television channel from state broadcaster Sveriges Television dedicated to children's television programming. Barn is Swedish for children, whereas Barnkanalen meant The Children's Channel. (No relation to the British The Children's Channel.) Today SVT Barn has a daily reach of viewers exceeding 100 times the volume that Disney Channel has in Sweden.

SVT Barn
CountrySweden
Programming
Picture format1080i HDTV
(downscaled to 16:9 576i for the SDTV feed)
Ownership
OwnerSveriges Television
Sister channelsSVT1, SVT2, Kunskapskanalen, SVT24
History
Launched23 December 2002 (23 December 2002)
Former namesBarnkanalen (2002–2006)
SVTB (2008–2012)
SVT Barnkanalen (2006–2008, 2012–2016)
Links
Websitewww.svt.se/barnkanalen/
Availability
Terrestrial
DTT (Sweden)Channel 98
Streaming media
SVT Playwww.svtplay.se/kanaler/svtbarn (only in Sweden)
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