Nelonen Pro 2
| Nelonen Pro 2 | |
|---|---|
 Old logo | |
| Launched | 1 February 2010 as Nelonen Sport |
| Owned by |
Viasat Nelonen Media |
| Audience share | 0.6% (2010, [1]) |
| Country |
 Finland |
| Formerly called |
Nelonen Sport (February 2010 - December 2010) |
| Replaced |
Urheilukanava (August 2001 - February 2010) |
| Sister channel(s) |
Nelonen (HD) Nelonen Prime Nelonen Nappula Nelonen Maailma Jim Liv Hero Nelonen Pro 1 (HD) Nelonen Pro 2 HD Nelonen Pro 3 Nelonen Pro 4 Nelonen Pro 5 Nelonen Pro 6 Nelonen Pro 7 Nelonen Pro 8 |
| Website | www.nelonenpro.fi |
Availability | |
| Terrestrial | |
| PlusTV | Channel 59 |
| dna Welho |
Channel 60 Channel 102 (HD) |
| Satellite | |
| Canal Digital | Channel 25 |
| Cable | |
| Elisa | Channel 226 |
| dna Welho |
Channel 451 Channel 244 (HD) |
Nelonen Pro 2 is a Finnish TV channel that specializes in sports. Urheilukanava was launched on August 27, 2001 and it was especially popular among Finnish football fans since the channel made it possible to watch both high standard domestic and international football on TV for free. Urheilukanava was replaced by Nelonen Sport in February 2010. Nelonen Sport was renamed to Nelonen Pro 2 in January 2011 and it became a pay TV channel.
Current programming
The channel televises lots of sports, like these:
Ice Hockey
- Delayed SM-liiga matches (The Match of the Month, semi-finals, finals - shown live on Nelonen Pro 1), live SM-liiga/Mestis qualification matches and a weekly highlights magazine.
- Hockey Friday (Kiekkoperjantai) is a Friday night block, which shows matches from NHL, KHL and Swedish HockeyAllsvenskan. Also before the weekly match-up, there is an NHL magazine focusing on last week's highlights.
- Red Bull Open Ice
Football
- FA Cup matches.
- Ligue 1 matches, highlights magazines and the Ligue 1 Preview Show.
- REMIX shows, which are mainly highlights from earlier matches of FA Cup and Ligue 1.
Track & Field
- IAAF Indoor Grand Prix' live and delayed 3-4 times a week.
Nelonen Pro 2 also televises floorball (both national and international), pesäpallo (Finnish variant of baseball), horse riding, basketball, MotoGP and a few other sporting events and magazines.
Former programming
Urheilukanava was especially popular among Finnish football fans since the channel has made it possible to watch both high standard domestic and international football on TV for free. These leagues have included the Finnish Veikkausliiga, Spanish La Liga, French Ligue 1, German Bundesliga, Swedish Allsvenskan, Italian Serie A, FA Cup and many others. It also used to show sports such as ice hockey (Mestis, SM-liiga, Swiss NLA, IIHF World Championships), volleyball (Finnish league, FIVB World League) and golf.
References
- ↑ "Results From The TV Audience Measurement". Finnpanel. Retrieved 3 August 2011.