Íslands Nýjasta Nýtt (ÍNN) (English: Iceland's Newest of the New) was a privately owned, Icelandic television station, which launched on 2 October 2007. The channel was controlled by Ingvi Hrafn Jónsson,[1] former news director of the Icelandic governmental TV station RÚV and Stöð 2.

Íslands Nýjasta Nýtt (ÍNN)
TypeBroadcast and
television
Country
AvailabilityNational; international, also via the Internet)
Launch date
2 October 2007 (2007-10-02)
Dissolved16 November 2017 (2017-11-16)
Official website
inntv.is

ÍNN mainly broadcast talk shows about politics and daily life.

Among the original programs on the channel were: Hrafnaþing,[2] Óli á Hrauni, Í nærveru sálar, Borgarlíf and Í kallfæri.

In October 2016, the station was bought by Pressan ehf.[3] In September 2017, Frjáls Fjölmiðlun bought the station[4] but in November the same year, it ceased broadcasting due to financial difficulties[5] and went bankrupt.[6]

Sources

edit
  1. ^ "Valdi ÍNN af því það stendur næst CNN". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). 1 March 2007. p. 13. Retrieved 29 August 2023.
  2. ^ Jakob Bjarnar Grétarsson (23 December 2006). "Hrafninn lætur sverfa til stáls með nýrri sjónvarpsstöð". Fréttablaðið (in Icelandic). p. 34. Retrieved 29 August 2023 – via Tímarit.is. 
  3. ^ Jakob Bjarnar Grétarsson (12 October 2016). "Björn Ingi tekur yfir rekstur ÍNN". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 29 August 2023.
  4. ^ "Sjónvarpsstöðin ÍNN lögð niður". Viðskiptablaðið (in Icelandic). 16 November 2017. Retrieved 29 August 2023.
  5. ^ "ÍNN hættir útsendingum í kvöld". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). 16 November 2017. Retrieved 29 August 2023.
  6. ^ "Nýir eigendur segja framtíð ÍNN óráðna". Fréttablaðið (in Icelandic). 4 December 2017. p. 2. Retrieved 29 August 2023 – via Tímarit.is. 
  • Moody, Jonas (2008) Feature of the Week: Brave New Broadcast, Iceland Review online (30/06/2008) published first in Iceland Review, 2007 Winter issue IR 45.04 (Accessed March 2013)
edit