Number of employees 3,419; 266 temporary staff (2017) Website NRK (an abbreviation of the: Norsk rikskringkasting, generally expressed in English as the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation) is the Norwegian government-owned and public broadcasting company, and the largest organisation in Norway. NRK broadcasts three national TV channels and three national radio channels on digital terrestrial television, digital terrestrial radio and subscription television. All NRK radio stations are being streamed online at NRK.no, which also offers an extensive TV service. NRK is a founding member of the. Contents. Financing 94% of NRK's funding comes from a mandatory annual payable by anyone who owns or uses a TV or device capable of receiving TV broadcasts. The remainder comes from commercial activities such as programme and DVD sales, spin-off products and certain types of sponsorship.
NRK's license income in 2012 was more than 5 billion kroner. In the autumn of 2015 the government announced that it planned to change the way NRK is financed. This is in part a reaction to the decline of TV ownership in Norway. Some kind of 'media charge' is planned, but it is not yet clear how such a system would work. The feeling is that the current license system is not sustainable in the long term. In Kringkastningselskapet, a privately owned company and the predecessor of NRK, started regular radio broadcasts in Norway in 1925.
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NRK itself was founded in 1933. Based on a model similar to that of the and located in, it was a replacement for privately operated radio stations in larger cities. NRK initially set out to cover the entire country and had a monopoly on broadcasting in Norway. The monopoly was gradually dissolved from 1975 onwards, resulting in the introduction of in 1982, regional TV channels and in 1986 (culminating in the launch of in 1987 and in 1988) and the launch of the second free-to-air channel in 1992. During the, Norwegian transmitters were used to broadcast to Northern Europe (particularly Scotland and the northern half of Ireland, where the sea path ensured a good signal) and Scandinavia. Prior to the Nazi German occupation, NRK had also been partly financed by radio commercials. NRK was one of 23 founding broadcasting organisations of the, which was founded in 1950.
In 1954, NRK started broadcasting television shows, on a trial basis. Regular broadcasts started in 1960. NRK was the last of the major European public broadcasters to introduce a second radio stationofficially starting as late as 1984. In 1993 NRK launched a third radio station, the youth-oriented. A 24-hour station for classical music, Alltid Klassisk (now called '), introduced in 1995, was the first of its kind to be broadcast digitally using.
The 24-hour news station started in 1997, followed by a radio station for teenagers, mP3, in 2000, which mostly plays dance music. In 1996, a second television channel, was launched. The original television channel is now known as. On 3 September 2007 NRK launched its third channel: a youth channel called. Later that year, on 1 December, NRK launched its fourth television channel, which is aimed at children. And share the same channel, with NRK Super broadcasting from 06:00 to 19:30 and NRK3 from 19:30 to 06:00. In 1999, following NRK Interaktiv's relaunch as NRK.no, NRK introduced a new corporate logo which similar to its predecessor.
The new corporate logo made its first appearance in an ident in 2000 by making its overhaul to NRK's radio and television channels. A traditional music radio station, NRK Alltid folkemusikk (now known as ') was launched in 2004 on DAB and internet radio. Entrance to, another building at NRK's headquarters The CEO began major organisational changes in 2008, with the aim of creating a more agile NRK, while still adhering to the principles of the broadcaster-producer model introduced in January 2001.
By January 2009 the number of programme-producing divisions had been reduced from five to three, separated more along geographical than functional lines, and at the same time simplifying trading in the. The programme producing divisions are:. Marienlyst covering all facilities in. Distrikt, encompassing all regional offices and with their headquarters in. Sami, the producer of programmes situated in has been since 12 March 2013.
The previous directors were (1934–1947, except during the ), (1948–1962), (1962–1971), (1972–1981), (1981–1988), (1989–2001), (2001–2007) and (2007-2012) The chairman of the board is, heads the broadcasting department, and the head of the news department is. In 2017, NRK employed 3 419 and 266 temporary staff. Notable television programmes NRK productions. (The national selection for ).
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b. b. a b 1 All FM broadcast by NRK radio will close during 2017, to be replaced by Internet and DAB + only a Available on FM in only some parts of the country b, and internet radio c only d Internet radio only Television. / Regional broadcasting. See also: Norway was the first country to announce a complete switch-off of national FM radio stations, including NRK P1 with regional services, NRK P2 and NRK P3, NRK mP3 and NRK Alltid Nyheter.
Switch off started on 11 January 2017, and ended on 13 December 2017. From 2018, all FM transmitters are replaced with broadcast via, and cable. High definition NRK has an HD outside broadcast van, producing. The first Norwegian series filmed in HD was ('An Immortal Man') about the young.
The action six-part miniseries called Kodenavn Hunter was also filmed in HD. Promotional videos are freely downloadable from NRK's site, and the full-length last episode is available. NRK uses as the compression for the also known as MPEG4. NRK has also started to offer HD content via and uTorrent.
This is currently a very limited offer due to rights restrictions, but it is growing steadily. In preparation for the in Vancouver, NRK announced that they would launch a channel, and their first native HD broadcast would be from Vancouver. NRK1 HD is a of NRK1. Website Its website, nrk.no, has had an online presence supporting its TV and radio programmes and web-only initiatives since 1996.
Its development had started in 1995. It is the second most-visited Norwegian website, surpassed only by the website of the country's leading tabloid,. See also.
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