SF Succé
| SF Succé | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Launched | December 1, 1989[1] |
| Closed | 1991 |
| Owned by |
Svensk Filmindustri Marieberg Warner Bros. Canal Plus |
| Broadcast area | Sweden |
| Replaced by | TV1000 |
SF Succé was a Swedish premium movie channel that operated in the late 1980s and early 1990s. It was owned by Warner Bros., Canal Plus, Svensk Filmindustri and Marieberg, which each held a 25 percent share.
The channel went on air from a satellite operated by Intelsat, specifically Intelsat VA-F11, on December 1, 1989. At launch, a subscription cost 120 Swedish krona and the channel was on-air for about 60 hours per week, mostly in the evenings and weekend mornings.[2]
In 1991, it was purchased and subsequently merged with TV1000.[3] TV1000's owners, Kinnevik, would own 75 percent of the company, while SF Succé's owners got the remaining 25 percent.[4] The merged channel launched on September 1, 1991 under the name TV1000 - Succékanalen.[5]
The SF brand makes a return as a television channel in Sweden on October 1, 2009, when Svensk Filmindustri and TV1000's competitor Canal+ together launch SF-kanalen, a channel with only Swedish films. Both Svensk Filmindustri and the Nordic Canal+ branch are now owned by the same company.[6]
References
- ↑ http://ftp.funet.fi/pub/dx/text/NEWS/SCDX/scdx2076.txt
- ↑ SF Succé - Ny svensk filmkanal, Elektronikkbranschen 3/1990
- ↑ "TV 1000 acquires SF-Succe(Warner Bros,3 others) from Time Warner Inc". July 8, 1991.
- ↑ http://ftp.funet.fi/pub/dx/text/NEWS/SCDX/scdx2135.txt
- ↑ Chaînes à péage: Kinnevik prend le contrôle de SF Succe, Les Echos, July 17, 1991
- ↑ "CANAL+ startar helsvenska SF-kanalen" (Press release). Canal+. August 25, 2009.