TV 2 Zebra | |
Launch Date: | 24 January 2004 (SD) 12 December 2013 (HD) |
Closed Date: | 26 February 2012 (SD) |
Picture Format: | (1080i, HDTV) |
Owner: | TV 2 Group (Egmont) |
Former Names: | TV2 Plus (2003-2004) (working title) TV2 Xtra (2004-2005) |
Sister Channels: | TV 2 Direkte, TV 2 Livsstil, TV 2 Nyheter, TV 2 Sport, TV 2 Sport Premium |
Terr Serv 1: | RiksTV |
Terr Chan 1: | Channel 7 |
Online Serv 1: | TV 2 Play |
TV 2 Zebra is a Norwegian television channel showing entertainment programmes, interactive programmes and live sport mainly targeted towards a male audience. The channel was started as TV 2 Xtra on 24 January 2004, but before that the channel was first announced in 2003 as TV2 Plus, which is its working name.
The channel has been a pay-TV basic package channel from the beginning. The channel was initially designed as a general secondary channel, but was later converted into a male demographic channel. TV 2 Zebra has the rights to "Tippeligaen", and the channel broadcasts a live game every week. In addition, people can subscribe to the other games by buying TV 2 Sport. TV 2 Zebra also invests in Norwegian handball leagues.
The vast majority of programming is imported, and a few carried over from the main channel (The Julekalender, Reddet), with only a few shows being original productions specifically for TV 2 Zebra: