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| Country | Sweden |
|---|---|
| Ownership | |
| Owner | TV4 Group (Telia Company) |
| Sister channels | TV4 TV12 TV4 Film TV4 Fakta TV4 Guld TV4 Hits TV4 Stars SF-kanalen TV4 Sportkanalen TV4 Fotboll TV4 Hockey TV4 Motor TV4 Tennis TV4 Sport Live |
| History | |
| Launched | 9 March 2003 |
| Former names | TV4 Plus |
| Availability | |
| Terrestrial | |
| Boxer TV Access | Channel 10 |
Sjuan (English: The Seven; formerly TV4 Plus) is a sister channel of Swedish TV4, owned by TV4 AB. The main focus of the channel is on entertainment, sports and lifestyle programmes. The channel started as TV4 Plus in 2003 but changed name to Sjuan in September 2011.
The channel was launched in 2003 on digital terrestrial, digital satellite and cable networks. The channel could be received by many households from its launch and became the seventh most watched television channel in 2005.
Sjuan has been showing Late Night with Conan O'Brien since its launch. In 2004, Sjuan took over Dr. Phil from its parent channel. In 2005, they also took over The Bold and the Beautiful from its parent channel.
Sjuan also broadcasts much sports, including La Liga and Serie A matches every weekend.
Other channels from TV4 AB include TV12 (youth and entertainment), TV4 Film (movies), TV4 Komedi (sitcoms), TV4 Guld (old classic series) and TV4 Fakta (documentaries).
In April 2011, TV4 announced that TV4 Plus would change its name to Sjuan, with the complete change to happen on 12 September 2011.[1]
From September 1, 2020 the TV4 Group channels, including Sjuan, became available on the Dplay - Discovery SVOD service (later renamed to Discovery+).
- ^ "TV4 Plus blir Sjuan" (in Swedish). tv4.se. 26 April 2011. Archived from the original on May 2, 2011. Retrieved 2011-04-26.