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IS - ICELAND


Broadcasting regulatory authority

There is no independent broadcasting authority.

National channels with terrestrial broadcast

Public service

RUV

Private

Skjár 1
Stöð 2
Syn - Vision TV

Television channel packagers

Provider of digital terrestrial services 

Digital island (Vodafone)

Main cable-operator

Simmin (Iceland Telecom)

Providers of TV services through IPTV

Dagsbrün (Og Vodafone)
Simmin (Iceland Telecom)

Provider of TV service for mobile

Dagsbrün (Og Vodafone) Vodafone live!

Channels with wide national coverage through terrestrial, cable, MMDS, IPTV or satellite distribution
(regional or local channels with satellite distribution are not included)

Channels made available by private companies

SprtSkjär
Omega Television
Sirkus
Stöð 2 Bio

Regional and local channels

Regional channels (private)

Fjölsýn
N4

Channels targeting foreign markets

Gospel Channel Europe

Other television resources on the Observatory website

Legal information

Legal information on broadcasting in Iceland (IRIS MERLIN database)

Market and statistical information

The Yearbook published by the European Audiovisual Observatory provides information on the economic and financial situation of broadcasting (Volume 1), on the TV equipment, transmissions facilities and on TV audience market share (Volume 2), on interactive television and new services (Volume 4) and on TV programming and TV production (volume 5).

The report Radio and Television systems in Europe 2000/2001, edited by the Hans Bredow Institute and published in English and French by the Observatory, provides excellent background information on the various national radio and television landscape in each of the European countries.

Broadcasting section of the website of the European Audiovisual Observatory

Other resources on television in Iceland

Terrestrial transmission company

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Information on licence fee

RÚV

Information on the advertising market

Samband Íslenskra Auglýsingastofa (SÍA) (Professional body of advertising agencies)
Capacent (Rate card measurement and statistics)

Television programmes guides

Sjónvarp.is
VefTV

Audience measurement company

Capacent 
Social Science Research Institute

Broadcasters professional organisations

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Television addresses

sat-address website : this website provides adresses of satellite TV channels. It is bundled with the Lyngsat website, which itself provides detailled and daily up-dated information on all satellite line-ups, satellite digital packages and satellite and radio television channels in the world.

Directories of Live-TV services on the web

Comfm
Lyngsat Live-TV

Bibliography

Bibliography on the history of television in Iceland on the website History of television

Other websites of interest

Statistics Iceland (Television and media statistics)
"Islande" (Site Francenordic)
Medier i Norden / Nordic Media (News and update information on tv and media in the Nordic countries)
NORDICOM - Nordic Information Centre for Media and Communication Research

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Updated on 17/11/2007