Sýn is an Icelandic free-to-air television channel which replaced Stöð 2. It is operated by Sýn, an Icelandic mass media company, and distributed over IPTV systems, over-the-top steaming services and DVB-T2 terrestrial broadcast in Iceland. It broadcasts entertainment, movies and daily evening news programmes. In conjunction, Sýn+ provides a video-on-demand (VOD) streaming service, available as a separate service.
History
Sýn was launched in 1990 as a pay-TV channel broadcast over VHF in Iceland, available using a descrambler. It was a sports oriented channel which also aired movies and late-night erotic content.[1]
In 2008, the original Sýn branding was retired and the channel became Stöð 2 Sports 2.[2]