TV4 HD is a Swedish high-definition

High-definition television

High-definition television is video that has resolution substantially higher than that of traditional television systems . HDTV has one or two million pixels per frame, roughly five times that of SD...

 television channel

Television channel

A television channel is a physical or virtual channel over which a television station or television network is distributed. For example, in North America, "channel 2" refers to the broadcast or cable band of 54 to 60 MHz, with carrier frequencies of 55.25 MHz for NTSC analog video and...

 from TV4 AB

TV4 AB

TV4 Group is a Swedish media company that owns the largest commercial television channel in Sweden, TV4.Since 2007, the company is fully owned by Bonnier through Nordic Broadcasting Oy...

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TV4 made their first broadcasts in high-definition during the 2006 FIFA World Cup

2006 FIFA World Cup

The 2006 FIFA World Cup was the 18th FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial international football world championship tournament. It was held from 9 June to 9 July 2006 in Germany, which won the right to host the event in July 2000. Teams representing 198 national football associations from all six...

 on a channel called HD-kanalen ("the HD channel") in co-operation with Sveriges Television

Sveriges Television

Sveriges Television AB , Sweden's Television, is a national television broadcaster based in Sweden, funded by a compulsory fee to be paid by all television owners...

. This channel was broadcasting on satellite from Canal Digital

Canal Digital

Canal Digital is a Scandinavian television distributor and internet service provider that was founded in March 1997 as a joint venture between the French pay-TV company Canal+ and the Norwegian telecommunications operator Telenor...

 and terrestrially from a few selected TV transmitters for the duration of the tournament.

The TV4 HD channel launched on the Canal Digital

Canal Digital

Canal Digital is a Scandinavian television distributor and internet service provider that was founded in March 1997 as a joint venture between the French pay-TV company Canal+ and the Norwegian telecommunications operator Telenor...

 satellite and Com Hem

Com Hem

Com Hem AB of Sweden, supplies triple play services that include cable tv, digital television, broadband, telephony and HDTV.Founded in 1983 as Televerket Kabel-TV as part of the former state-owned Televerket, the company has been successively named Svenska Kabel-TV AB and Telia InfoMedia...

 cable television platform on 28 May 2007. The first high-definition programme was 24

24 (TV series)

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, followed by other series such as Robin Hood, Ghost Whisperer

Ghost Whisperer

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, Numb3rs

NUMB3RS

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and Lost

Lost (TV series)

Lost is an American television series that originally aired on ABC from September 22, 2004 to May 23, 2010, consisting of six seasons. Lost is a drama series that follows the survivors of the crash of a commercial passenger jet flying between Sydney and Los Angeles, on a mysterious tropical island...

in the first month. When no high-definition content is available the channel is broadcasting an upscaled version of TV4. TV4 broadcasted the 2008 UEFA European Football Championship

2008 UEFA European Football Championship

The 2008 UEFA European Football Championship, commonly referred to as Euro 2008, was the 13th UEFA European Football Championship, a quadrennial football tournament contested by European nations. It took place in Austria and Switzerland from 7 to 29 June 2008...

 in high definition.

See also

• TV4 (Sweden)
• TV4 HD (Poland)
• TV4 HD
  TV4 HD
  TV4 HD is a Swedish high-definition television channel from TV4 AB.TV4 made their first broadcasts in high-definition during the 2006 FIFA World Cup on a channel called HD-kanalen in co-operation with Sveriges Television...