Stöð 2
Stöð 2 (literally Station 2) is an Icelandic subscription television channel, owned and operated by Sýn. Founded in 1986, it was the first privately owned television station in Iceland following the lifting of the state monopoly on television broadcasting. Sister channels under the Stöð 2 name include Stöð 2 Sport and Stöð 2 Bíó. Stöð 2 is the second oldest private television station in the Nordic countries, after MTV3 in Finland.
History Edit
New media laws of 1986 Edit
During the big BSRB strike in the fall of 1984, almost all of RÚV's activities shut down and several illegal radio stations sprung up. As a result, consideration was given to revising the broadcasting laws during the tenure of Minister of Education Ragnhildar Helgadóttir. A new law, which allowed private radio and television stations, was approved by Alþingi on June 13, 1985, and came into effect at the beginning of 1986. Until that time, there had been two radio stations and one television station operating in Iceland, Rás 1 and Rás 2 and Ríkissjónvarpið.
Start of Stöð 2 Edit
Stöð 2 went on the air on October 9 that same year as a subscription station with a scrambled program where the subscriber had to buy a code number and enter a video code to unscramble the broadcast. Television presenter Jón Óttar and Vala Matt were prominent on the screen during the first days of the station. The line-up was made up of imported entertainment, dramatized Icelandic entertainment and news. It was difficult to get investors to participate in the activity to begin with. At the beginning of 1987, there were about five thousand subscribers, but by the end of the year there had been almost thirty thousand. At the same time, the number of employees increased and the station began to compete with RÚV for programmers and reporters, which was considered unheard of.
Unification of the brand Edit
Many sister stations were operated under the same company, but in 2008 they were all united under the name of station 2, thus the sports station became Sýn a Stöð 2 Sport. Sirkus became Stöð 2 Extra and Fjölvarpið became Stöð 2 Fjölvarp, on the other hand, Stöð 2 Bíó kept its name.
Current Programming Edit
Icelandic Edit
News Edit
- Fréttir, an evening news program, every evening at 6:30 pm
- Ísland í dag, a daily magazine covering various aspects of life in Iceland such as politics, culture and entertainment. It also includes sport, news and weather
Global Edit
Animation Edit
- Adventure Time
- Danger Mouse
- Dora the Explorer
- Maya the Bee
- Mia and Me
- The New Adventures of Lucky Luke
- The Smurfs
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
- Wow! Wow! Wubbzy!
- Zigby
Anthology Edit
Clip Shows Edit
Comedy Edit
Drama Edit
Lifestyle Edit
- Grand Designs
- Grand Designs Australia
- Jamie Cooks Italy
- Jamie's Quick & Easy Food
- Jamie's Ultimate Veg
- Jamie & Jimmy's Food Fight Club
News Edit
Reality Edit
- Brother vs. Brother
- First Dates
- The Great British Bake Off
- Love in the Wild
- The X Factor: Celebrity
- The X Factor UK
Science fiction Edit
Sitcoms Edit
Soap Operas Edit
Talk Shows Edit
Past Programming Edit
Icelandic Edit
Children's Shows Edit
Comedy Edit
Drama Edit
- Réttur, a legal drama series
Game shows Edit
- Viltu vinna milljon?, the Icelandic version of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?.
News Edit
- Kompás, A weekly newsmagazine
- Silfur Egils, Sunday talkshow with interviews of those who made the news in the past week
Reality Edit
- Idol stjörnuleit, the Icelandic version of Pop Idol and related shows
- The X Factor, the Icelandic version
Sitcoms Edit
- Dagvaktin
- Fangavaktin, a comedy series continuation of Næturvaktin and Dagvaktin
- Næturvaktin
Sketch Shows Edit
Talk Shows Edit
- Sjálfstætt fólk, an interview and talk show hosted by Jón Ársæll Þórðarson
Global Edit
Animation Edit
- Aaahh!!! Real Monsters
- Alvin & The Chipmunks
- American Dad!
- The Angry Beavers
- Animaniacs
- Beware the Batman
- Bob the Builder
- Care Bears
- CatDog
- Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers
- The Cleveland Show
- Count Duckula
- Curious George
- Danny Phantom
- Dexter's Laboratory
- Ducktales
- Goof Troop
- Looney Tunes
- Muppet Babies
- Pingu
- Pokémon
- Popeye the Sailor
- The Powerpuff Girls
- Recess
- The Ren & Stimpy Show
- Rocko's Modern Life
- Rugrats
- The Simpsons
- SpongeBob SquarePants
- Thundercats
- Timon & Pumbaa
- Tom and Jerry Tales
- Zou
Anthology Edit
Children's Shows Edit
Clip Shows Edit
Comedy Edit
- Ally McBeal
- The Bold Type
- Bones
- Chuck
- Desperate Housewives
- Drop Dead Diva
- Eastbound & Down
- Early Edition
- Entourage
- Episodes
- Girls
- Glee
- The Good Guys
- Harry's Law
- Huff
- Hung
- Monk
- The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency
- Pushing Daisies
- Rescue Me
- The Righteous Gemstones
- Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip
- Veep
- Weeds
- Whose Line is it Anyway?
- The Wonder Years
Documentary Edit
Drama Edit
- 24
- Afterlife
- Angel
- Arrow
- Bancroft
- Big Little Lies
- Boardwalk Empire
- Boss
- Breaking Bad
- Buffy the Vampire Slayer
- Burn Notice
- Chase
- The Closer
- Cold Case
- Covert Affairs
- Cracker
- Crossing Lines
- Deception
- Deep Water
- The Detail
- Doctor Doctor
- Eleventh Hour
- ER
- Felicity
- Game of Thrones
- Ghost Whisperer
- The Glades
- Gossip Girl
- Grimm
- The Guardian
- Hawthorne
- Homeland
- Homicide: Life on the Street
- Hotel Babylon
- House of Saddam
- Human Target
- In Treatment
- John from Cincinnati
- Kevin Hill
- The Killing
- Lie to Me
- Little House on the Prairie
- Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman
- Mad Men
- The Man from Snowy River
- Medium
- The Mentalist
- Mercy
- Miami Medical
- Mile High
- Missing
- Moonlight
- Murder One
- Murder, She Wrote
- Nashville
- NCIS: Los Angeles
- The Newsroom
- Nikita
- Nip/Tuck
- Numbers
- NYPD Blue
- The O.C.
- Off the Map
- Peak Practice
- Pretty Little Liars
- Prison Break
- Rescue 911
- Rizzoli & Isles
- Rome
- Shark
- The Shield
- Sisters
- Six
- Six Feet Under
- Smallville
- Smash
- The Sopranos
- Southland
- Strong Medicine
- Supernatural
- Third Watch
- Tin Star
- Touch
- True Blood
- The Tudors
- Twin Peaks
- White Collar
- Wildfire
- The Wire
Game Shows Edit
Lifestyle Edit
Mini-series Edit
News Edit
Reality Edit
- The Amazing Race
- American Idol
- America's Got Talent
- The Apprentice
- Beauty and the Geek
- The Block
- Extreme Makeover: Home Edition
- The Glee Project
- Hell's Kitchen
- Hell's Kitchen USA
- Man vs. Wild
- MasterChef
- MasterChef Australia
- MasterChef Canada
- MasterChef Ireland
- MasterChef South Africa
- MasterChef USA
- Most Haunted
- The Osbournes
- Punk'd
- So You Think You Can Dance
- Strictly Come Dancing
- Wife Swap
- The X Factor USA
Science fiction Edit
Sitcoms Edit
- 'Til Death
- 2 Broke Girls
- ALF
- Anger Management
- Arrested Development
- Ben and Kate
- The Bernie Mac Show
- Better Off Ted
- Better with You
- The Big Bang Theory
- The Bill Engvall Show
- Catastrophe
- Cougar Town
- Ellen
- Flight of the Conchords
- Frasier
- Gavin & Stacey
- George Lopez
- Home Improvement
- How I Met Your Mother
- Joey
- Last Man Standing
- Listen Up
- Malcolm in the Middle
- Married... with Children
- The Middle
- Mike & Molly
- Modern Family
- My Life in Film
- My Name Is Earl
- The New Adventures of Old Christine
- Off Centre
- Perfect Couples
- Raising Hope
- Sabrina the Teenage Witch
- Seinfeld
- Spin City
- Two and a Half Men
- Up All Night
- The War at Home
Sketch Shows Edit
Soap Operas Edit
Talk Shows Edit
Western Edit
See also Edit
References Edit
External links Edit
- Official website