TKTV, known as TV Nordvest before 2008, was a local television station servicing Nordmøre in Norway. It had until 2008 serviced the regions of Sunnmøre and Romsdal as well. It was owned by the holding company Mediegruppen Møre, of which the newspaper Tidens Krav held the largest share by the time of the TV station's dissolution in 2015.
History edit
TV Nordvest was established in 1988, and in short time partnered with TVNorge, one of the first to do so.[1]
After disagreements surrounding money and airing hours in 2002, their then partnership with TV Norge came to an end,[2] after which they remained a private company[3] until their purchase in 2005 by the holding company Amfi Eiendom. The editor stated that this decision was made to better establish themselves in the Romsdal district surrounding Molde after being mostly focused on the Nordmøre region surrounding Kristiansund further east. They also stated their intention to avoid being purchased by Tidens Krav or Adressa, two local newspapers, to not create a media monopoly in the region.[1] After the purchase, the holding company Mediegruppen Mære was created in 2006, which now owned both TV Sunnmøre, the local TV station for Sunnmøre.[4]
In 2004, the TV station was warned of potential sanctions by the Mass Media Authority along with three others, TVRomerike, TVTromsø, TVØstfold. Though the other three were warned for violations of guidelines surrounding sponsorships, TV Nordvest's warning remains unknown.[5]
In 2007, the newspaper Tidens Krav purchased 36% of shares in the media group Mediegruppen Møre.[6] Later the same year, TV Sunnmøre was merged with TV Nordvest.[7][8] A year later in 2008, Tidens Krav announced their plan to split TV Nordvest into TKTV and TV Romsdal, which would service the regions of Nordmøre and Romsdal respectively. Additionally, TV Sunnmøre would again start airing over a different channel.[9]
After years of economic stagnation from stiff online competition, Tidens Krav announced their plans to cease the production of local radio and TV in 2015.[10] TKTV's final broadcast aired on 30 October 2015, before being shut down permanently two days later on 1 November.[11]
References edit
- ^ a b Olsson, Terje I. (23 December 2005). "Kjøpmenn overtar TV Nordvest" [Businessmenn assume control over TV Nordvest]. Journalisten (in Norwegian Bokmål). Archived from the original on 31 August 2021.
- ^ "TV Nordvest ikkje lenger på TV Norge?" [TV Nordvest no longer]. NRK Møre og Romsdal (in Norwegian Nynorsk). 26 September 2002. Archived from the original on 31 August 2021.
- ^ "NRK Møre og Romsdal". NRK (in Norwegian Nynorsk). 16 February 2004. Archived from the original on 31 August 2021.
I Møre og Romsdal er det to private lokaltv-stasjonar, TV Sunnmøre og TV Nordvest.
[In Møre og Romsdal there are two privately owned local TV stations, TV Sunnmøre and TV Nordvest] - ^ "TVSunnmøre og TVNordvest under samme selskap" [TVSunnmøre and TVNordvest under the same company]. Tidens Krav. 23 January 2006. Archived from the original on 31 August 2021.
- ^ Hammernes, Linn Marie (12 January 2004). "Regelbrudd fra fire tv-stasjoner" [Breach of guidelines by four TV stations]. Nettavisen (in Norwegian Bokmål). Archived from the original on 31 August 2021.
- ^ Medietilsynets årsrapport for 2007 (PDF) (Report) (in Norwegian Bokmål). Norwegian Media Authority. 2007. p. 12.
- ^ Ødegård, Jan Arve (24 April 2007). "Lokale TV-stasjoner slås sammen" [Local TV stations consolidated]. Tidens Krav (in Norwegian Bokmål). Archived from the original on 31 August 2021.
- ^ "TV Sunnmøre og TV Nordvest blir én kanal" [TV Sunnmøre and TV Nordvest become one channel]. Romsdals Budstikke (in Norwegian Bokmål). Archived from the original on 31 August 2021.
- ^ "Dropper TV Sunnmøre". Romsdals Budstikke (in Norwegian Bokmål). 31 January 2008. Archived from the original on 31 August 2021.
- ^ Lehmann, Alexander (27 August 2015). "Tidens Krav kutter TV og radio" [Tidens Krav cut TV and Radio]. Tidens Krav (in Norwegian Bokmål). Archived from the original on 29 August 2015.
- ^ Brevik, Hilde-Christine (30 October 2015). "Siste sending for TKTV" [TKTV's last broadcast]. Tidens Krav (in Norwegian Bokmål). Archived from the original on 31 October 2015.