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TV4 Group (previously known as ''Nordisk Television AB and TV4 AB'') 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 :fi:Nordic Broadcasting Oy. The stock used to be traded at the Stockholm Stock Exchange but was removed from the stock exchange when Bonnier took full control of the company. In an interesting move, two Swedish filmmakers sued the TV4 Group over copyright infringement in November 2004 for placing commercials during their film's TV broadcasts. This was unexpected, given that commercial broadcasters around the world normally interrupt their programs to make money. Surprisingly, the filmmakers won. Though the verdict lacks any real effect, contracts today are written with a clause that commercial breaks will take place and both filmmakers claimed it to be a victory for directors in Sweden. == Businesses == TV4 Group broadcasts the following channels: *TV4 *Sjuan, formerly ''TV4 Plus'', launched in March 2003 broadcasting sport, games and entertainment. *TV4 Film, launched in April 2004 broadcasting uninterrupted movies. *TV12 *TV4 Fakta, launched in September 2005, originally planned as a news channel, but eventually becoming a channel only broadcasting documentaries. *TV4 Sport (66.2% ownership), sports station in conjunction with daily tabloid Expressen. *TV4 Komedi, launched in November 2006. Focuses on comedies. *TV4 Guld, launched in November 2006. This channel airs classic TV shows. *TV4 HD, launched in May 2007, high-definition simulcast of TV4. *TV4 Science fiction, launched in February 2008 broadcasting science fiction The company also owns ''TV4 Sverige AB'' that owns all the 25 local stations and ''TV4 Digitala Medier'' that includes the TV4 Groups Text-TV and internet services like the websites tv4.se and nyheterna.se and on-demand service TV4 Play. The TV4 Group is also involved in the selling of merchandising, DVDs, CDs, magazines and books relating to the television programmes. Since December 2008, the C More Entertainment group is included in the TV4 Group. It broadcasts the following thirteen channels to Sweden, Finland, Norway and Denmark: *Canal+ First *Canal+ Hits *Canal+ Action *Canal+ Series *Canal+ Drama *Canal+ Film HD *Canal+ Sport 1 (four different channels) *Canal+ Sport 2 *Canal+ Sport Extra *Canal+ Sport HD In addition, the TV4 Group operates several themed channels in corporation with MTV Oy in Finland and TV 2 Gruppen in Norway: *Sub Leffa *MTV3 Fakta *MTV3 Scifi *MTV3 Sarja *TV 2 Science Fiction 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「TV4 Group」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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