TV 2 Nyhetskanalen
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TV 2 Nyhetskanalen is a Norwegian language
television news channel which started broadcasting on January 15, 2007. It is Norway
's first national news network in Norwegian
, although Nyhetskanalen
did exist from 1997 to 1998.
Its main office is located in Bergen
.
, and is also responsible for God Morgen Norge's news bulletins every half hour in the morning. From 5:00pm to midnight the network broadcasts from its main office in Bergen.
At any point, the programming can be interrupted for the much-advertised breaking news
.
. During this breaking news broadcast, Lene Østby Sævrøy and Espen Fiveland anchored the broadcast.
Terje Svabø
and Mah-Rukh Ali
lead the first ordinary broadcast on January 15, 2007 at 12 noon.
Norwegian language
Norwegian is a North Germanic language spoken primarily in Norway, where it is the official language. Together with Swedish and Danish, Norwegian forms a continuum of more or less mutually intelligible local and regional variants .These Scandinavian languages together with the Faroese language...
television news channel which started broadcasting on January 15, 2007. It is Norway
Norway
Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...
's first national news network in Norwegian
Norwegian language
Norwegian is a North Germanic language spoken primarily in Norway, where it is the official language. Together with Swedish and Danish, Norwegian forms a continuum of more or less mutually intelligible local and regional variants .These Scandinavian languages together with the Faroese language...
, although Nyhetskanalen
Nyhetskanalen
Nyhetskanalen was a Norwegian news channel started by A-Pressen. The channel was first broadcast on 18 August 1997 and ceased operations on 30 January 1998.-References:**...
did exist from 1997 to 1998.
Its main office is located in Bergen
Bergen
Bergen is the second largest city in Norway with a population of as of , . Bergen is the administrative centre of Hordaland county. Greater Bergen or Bergen Metropolitan Area as defined by Statistics Norway, has a population of as of , ....
.
Programming
TV 2 Nyhetskanalen broadcasts from 6:25 am to 5:00 pm from OsloOslo
Oslo is a municipality, as well as the capital and most populous city in Norway. As a municipality , it was established on 1 January 1838. Founded around 1048 by King Harald III of Norway, the city was largely destroyed by fire in 1624. The city was moved under the reign of Denmark–Norway's King...
, and is also responsible for God Morgen Norge's news bulletins every half hour in the morning. From 5:00pm to midnight the network broadcasts from its main office in Bergen.
At any point, the programming can be interrupted for the much-advertised breaking news
Breaking news
Breaking news, also known as a special report or news bulletin, is a current event that broadcasters feel warrants the interruption of scheduled programming and/or current news in order to report its details. Many times, breaking news is used after the news network has already reported on this story...
.
Weekdays
The network has live broadcast with two anchors in the studio from 6:25am to midnight, but it is manned all night long so that the network can quickly break in to its night-schedule for big breaking news events. Its night-schedule consists of Nyhetshjulet ('The News Wheel') which shows news reports from the previous day without an anchored introduction. At all times (except during commercials) there is a news ticker at the bottom of the screen, and today's date and exact time beneath the network's logo.Weekends
During the week-ends the network has its own morningshow called Nyhetsfrokost ('BreakfastNews') with live broadcast from 8am to 1pm. The daytime slot is also used for re-runs of the weeks actuality programs and selected documentaries - such as "Korrespondenten" ('The Correspondent'), focusing on a recent international news stories, and "Økonomimagasinet" ('Economy Magazine').Breakthrough
Its breakthrough came at 2pm on 13 January 2007, two days before its planned launch date, when the channel had a breaking news report about the environmental disaster outside Fedje, breaking into broadcast on its mother channel TV 2TV 2 (Norway)
TV 2 is the largest commercial television station in Norway. Over 30% of the time Norwegians spend watching TV is spent watching TV 2. The station has 65% of the market for TV commercials in Norway....
. During this breaking news broadcast, Lene Østby Sævrøy and Espen Fiveland anchored the broadcast.
Terje Svabø
Terje Svabø
Terje Svabø is a Norwegian journalist living in Vienna. Svabø has worked at Aftenposten, VG and NRK evening news, where he hosted the debate programs Debatt 21 and Til debatt . In 2000 he left NRK and joined the public relations agency Dinamo...
and Mah-Rukh Ali
Mah-Rukh Ali
Mah-Rukh Ali is a Norwegian journalist and news anchor.Mah-Rukh Ali was born and raised in Oslo, of Pakistani parents with three brothers. As a 14-year-old, she wrote the book Den sure virkeligheten , released in 1996...
lead the first ordinary broadcast on January 15, 2007 at 12 noon.
News Anchors
- Mah-Rukh AliMah-Rukh AliMah-Rukh Ali is a Norwegian journalist and news anchor.Mah-Rukh Ali was born and raised in Oslo, of Pakistani parents with three brothers. As a 14-year-old, she wrote the book Den sure virkeligheten , released in 1996...
- Espen Fiveland
- Rune Kjos
- Elin Ludvigsen
- Cathrine Fossum
- Morten Sandøy
- Odd Reidar Solem
- Kjetil H. Dale
- Sturla Dyregrov
- Fin Gnatt (sports news)
- Jan Ove Ekeberg (business news)