Nanoq Media

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Nanoq Media
Company typeIncentive
IndustryMedia
Founded2002
Nuuk, Greenland
HeadquartersNuuk, Greenland

Nanoq Media is a company in Greenland, who produces a television station of the same name, as well as the Nanoq FM radio station. Nanoq Media is also a service provider of broadband internet and digital TV.

The television programming is in the Danish and Greenlandic language.

History

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In January 1965, editor Jørgen Benzon and radio dealer Ole Winstedt began to find ways to introduce television to Greenland, specifically Nuuk (at the time Godthåb) for a three-year period. It was initially rejected, forcing Winstedt to form a closed-circuit service instead. The company started providing its services in May 1966 as Godthåb lukkede Telenet (Godthåb Closed-Circuit Television Network). In 1968, in order to give a formal greenlight, it needed 200 members to continue its viability. There were 100 subscribers at the time.[1] It faced technical problems in 1969, especially since the relays of DR Television programmes constituted possible copyright infringement.[2] With the passing of new legislation on 1 January 1970, the Godthåb TV (later renamed Nuuk TV) association was created.[3] By 1973, some 2,000 families in Greenland had access to television.[4]

In December 2000, it, alongside the Greenlandic Home Rule, Tele Greenland and KNR, took part in a digital TV study project. 50 subscribers were interested, if the results were positive, the digital service would be deployed.[5] Nanoq Media began broadcasting a local channel on 1 August 2002, coinciding with the launch of its paid DTT service, which had 17 channels.[6]

Subscription based digital terrestrial television is currently available in the capital Nuuk, Qaqortoq, Ilulissat and Qasigiannguit. Expansion beyond Nuuk started in 2015 with the start of services to Qaqortoq on 1 September, in association with Qaqortoq Digital.[7] In April 2017, it llaunched in Ilulissat, in association with Ilulissat Digital, according to its manager "from 1 April, 4 April at latest". Plans for Aasiaat and Qasigiannguit were also on the cards.[8]

Services

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Nanoq Media carries over 45 channels, including Nanoq Media Lokal. Danish and Scandinavian channels are available either live or time-shifted to adapt to the local timezone. Live feeds apply to entertainment (DR1, DR2, TV 2, TV3, Kanal 5, etc.), news (BBC News, TV 2 News) and sports channels (the two Eurosport channels, TV3's sports channels, TV 2 Sport and TV 2 Sport X). Two Norwegian (NRK1 and NRK2) and two Swedish channels (SVT1 and TV4 are available in the basic package. DR Ramasjang is not available. Subscribers are also eligible to join Viaplay, PlayMaker and TV 2 Play.[9]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Godthåb lukkede telenet
  2. ^ Nye vanskeligheder for Godthåb lukkede telenet
  3. ^ Historie
  4. ^ Manden den indførte fjernsynet u Grønland er selv tv-narkoman
  5. ^ Digital television for Nuuk? (2000, Dec 12). Nordic Business Report
  6. ^ Nuuk to get terrestrial digital network. (2002, May 31). Nordic Business Report
  7. ^ "Nuuk-tv udvider til provinsen". Sermitsiaq AG. 26 August 2015. Archived from the original on 10 April 2017. Retrieved 9 April 2017.
  8. ^ "Nuuk TV udvider igen". Sermitsiaq AG. 20 March 2016. Archived from the original on 31 July 2016. Retrieved 9 April 2017.
  9. ^ "TV-pakker". Nanoq Media (in Danish).
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