Helvmark

Helvmark, officially the Kingdom of Helvmark (Helvish: Kongerige af Helvmark), is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It's the southernmost and middle of the Nordic countries, west of Denmark and east of the United Kingdom.

Helvmark joined the European Union on 1 January 1995, but has rejected NATO membership, as well as Eurozone membership. It is also a member of the United Nations, the Nordic Council, the Commonwealth of Nations, the Council of Europe, the World Trade Organization and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).

Media
The public broadcasting companies held a monopoly on radio and television for a long time in Helvmark. A television service was launched in 1957. A second channel, HVT Andet-Program, was launched in 1969. These two channels held a monopoly until the 1980s when cable and satellite television became available. The cable television station ATV, owned by the businessman Anders Ranum, was launched in 1984.

In 1991 the government announced it would begin taking applications from private television companies wishing to broadcast on the terrestrial network. ATV, which previously broadcast via cable, was granted a permit and began its terrestrial broadcasts in 1992, becoming the first private channel to broadcast television content from within the country. RTL Television followed in 1996.