page_title: Canal 9 (Danish TV channel)
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Canal 9 (Danish TV channel) / History
context_page_description: Canal 9 is a Danish pay television channel owned by Discovery Networks Northern Europe previously owned by C More Entertainment from 2009 to 2015.
  The channel is a retro channel that shows older documentary series from the Discovery Channel and old action and comedy series like Miami Vice, The A-Team, Magnum, P.I. and M*A*S*H and with football in the weekends from Danish Superliga plus UEFA Europa League. The channel share sports rights with Eurosport and 6'eren; it was original launched as a low-pay sister channel to Canal+ in July 2009.
context_section_description: The channel was announced on March 20, 2009. There had been some uncertainty as for the distribution for the channel, as neither YouSee nor Telia Stofa and Boxer had expressed interest in distributing the channel. On March 25 it was announced that Canal Digital will broadcast the channel exclusively on satellite. The channel will cost 23,95 DKK, which is slightly less than its competitor TV 2 Sport.
  Canal 9 launched on July 17, 2009 with the Danish action movie In China They Eat Dogs. From the start, it was available from Canal Digital, ComX, Smile Content and several community antennas and fiber networks.
  Canal 9 became available terrestrially in July when it temporarily replaced Kanal København in Copenhagen where it will broadcast until October 31, 2009. After this, it will broadcast from Boxer's transmitters nationwide. On September 15, it was added to YouSee's cable network, where it initially be available digitally on the Middle package.
  From the start in July 2009, Canal 9 had secured many football rights including matches from FIFA World Cup 2010, Danish Superliga, Serie A, Premier League, The Championship, La Liga, Eredivisie and League Cup but also the rights to events from UFC and TNA Wrestling and the 2009 World Championships in Athletics and handball from EHF Champions League.
  On September 9, 2009, it was announced that Canal 9 has secured the rights to Handball-Bundesliga.
  On September 24, 2009, it was announced that Canal 9 will show the WTA 2009 BGL Luxembourg Open with the top-seeded Caroline Wozniacki.
  On October 22, 2009, it was announced that Canal 9 has secured the rights to the 2009 Handball Supercup.
caption: Canal9 proposed logo, owned by Canal+ (proposed), before its launch.