NonStop Television
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NonStop Television is a Scandinavian television company, part of Turner Broadcasting System
Turner Broadcasting System
Turner Broadcasting System, Inc. is the Time Warner subsidiary managing the collection of cable networks and properties started and acquired by Robert Edward "Ted" Turner starting in the mid-1970s. The company has its headquarters in the CNN Center in Atlanta, Georgia. TBS, Inc...

, packaging and distributing a number of specialty channels, mostly to the Nordic region. The company is a part of Millennium Media Group. The first channel, a Nordic version of E!
E!
E! Entertainment Television is an American basic cable and satellite television network, owned by NBCUniversal. It features entertainment-related programming, reality television, feature films and occasionally series and specials unrelated to the entertainment industry.E! has an audience reach of...

, launched in September 2000.

The channels owned or distributed by NonStop Television are:
  • Star! Scandinavia
    Star! Scandinavia
    Star! Scandinavia is a television channel in northern Europe that is devoted to entertainment and celebrity news and programming. The channel is managed by Scandinavian television broadcaster NonStop Television, part of Turner Broadcasting System, TBS, Inc., which merged with Time Warner in 1996,...

    , entertainment channel with a name licensed by CTVglobemedia
    CTVglobemedia
    CTVglobemedia , was one of Canada's largest private media companies. Its operations include newspaper publishing , television broadcasting and production , radio broadcasting , and their respective Internet properties.Originally established by BCE and the Thomson family in 2001 combining CTV Inc.,...

     (formerly CHUM Limited
    CHUM Limited
    CHUM Limited was a media company based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada from 1945 to 2007. Immediately prior to its acquisition, it held full or joint control of two Canadian television systems — Citytv and A-Channel  — comprising 11 local stations, and one CBC Television affiliate, one...

    ) with most of its content taken from CTVglobemedia channels. Broadcasting to the Nordic countries, Baltic countries and Benelux.
  • Showtime Scandinavia
    Showtime Scandinavia
    Showtime Scandinavia is a television channel broadcasting action movies to the Nordic countries operated by NonStop Television, part of Turner Broadcasting System, TBS, Inc., which merged with Time Warner in 1996, and now operates as a semi-autonomous unit of Time Warner...

    , action movie channel. The name is licensed by Showtime Networks, Inc., but the channels share no content. Available in the Nordic countries.
  • Mezzo
    Mezzo TV
    Mezzo is a French television channel devoted to classical music , jazz and world music. It was formed in 1992 and was called France Supervision until 1998.Its slogan is 'Écouter, Voir, Oser' ....

    , a French language music channel owned by Lagardère Networks International
    Lagardère Group
    Lagardère is a French-based multinational conglomerate headquartered in the 16th arrondissement of Paris. The group once covered a broad range of industries but is now largely focused on the media sector, in which it is one of the world’s leading companies...

    , distributed by NonStop in the Nordic region.
  • Silver
    Silver (TV channel)
    Silver is a movie television channel broadcasting to the Nordic countries broadcasting quality movies, "World cinema" and independent films. The channel is managed by Scandinavian television broadcaster NonStop Television, part of Turner Broadcasting System, TBS, Inc., which merged with Time Warner...

    , "quality" movie channel. Targeting the Nordic countries.
  • Voom HD, a high-definition channel made up of content from the different channels owned by Voom
    Voom
    Voom HD Networks was a group of 15 original high-definition television channels owned by Rainbow Media, a subsidiary of Cablevision. The channels were produced in true High Definition with Dolby Digital 5.1 surround sound and were the largest suite of HD channels in the world...

    . Broadcasting to the Nordic and Baltic countries.
  • Luxe TV HD
    Luxe.tv
    Luxe.TV is a worldwide TV network broadcasting content related to "luxuries". The channel is based in Luxembourg but broadcasts across the world.-History:Luxe.TV was started by Jean Stock and his son Jean-Baptiste in June 2006...

    , a high-definition "luxury" channel owned by Lagardère Networks International
    Lagardère Group
    Lagardère is a French-based multinational conglomerate headquartered in the 16th arrondissement of Paris. The group once covered a broad range of industries but is now largely focused on the media sector, in which it is one of the world’s leading companies...

    , distributed by NonStop to the Nordic and Baltic countries.
  • TNT7, a scandinavian version of TNT, previously named TV7 (Sweden)
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