Sjuan

Sjuan
CountrySweden
Ownership
OwnerTV4 AB
(Telia Company)
Sister channelsTV4
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
Launched9 March 2003
Former namesTV4 Plus
Availability
Terrestrial
Boxer TV AccessChannel 10

Sjuan (transl. The Seven; formerly TV4 Plus until September 2011) is a Swedish television channel owned by TV4 AB, focusing on entertainment, sports and lifestyle programmes.

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.[citation needed]

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 sports, including La Liga and Serie A matches, during weekends.

In April 2011, TV4 announced that TV4 Plus would change its name to Sjuan, with the complete change happening on 12 September 2011.[1] From 1 September 2020, the TV4 Group channels, including Sjuan, became available on the Dplay - Discovery SVOD service (later renamed Discovery+).

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).

  1. ^ "TV4 Plus blir Sjuan" (in Swedish). tv4.se. 26 April 2011. Archived from the original on May 2, 2011. Retrieved 2011-04-26.