Canal Digital is a Scandinavian television distributor and internet service provider (Norway and Sweden) that was founded in March 1997 as a joint venture between the French pay-TV company Canal+ and the Norwegian telecommunications operator Telenor. Since 2001, Canal Digital is fully owned by Telenor.
Canal Digital was started by broadcasting a DTH satellite service to Sweden, Norway, Denmark and Finland, but have since expanded into cable telev...
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Canal Digital is a Scandinavian television distributor and internet service provider (Norway and Sweden) that was founded in March 1997 as a joint venture between the French pay-TV company Canal+ and the Norwegian telecommunications operator Telenor. Since 2001, Canal Digital is fully owned by Telenor.
Canal Digital was started by broadcasting a DTH satellite service to Sweden, Norway, Denmark and Finland, but have since expanded into cable television in Norway and Sweden, digital terrestrial television in Finland and IPTV in Sweden. More than 2.9 million Nordic households and activities are subscribed to their services.
FTTH (Fiber) services have slowly started in selected areas in Norway.
Internet through the cable system is based on the EuroDOCSIS standard.
Canal Digital's cable system in the newer network areas which includes most of Canal Digital's cable networks in Norway is based on a hybrid of fibre and coaxial. Some other network areas are copper only, but are subject to...
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