Television began in Sweden in 1954 with test transmissions, prior to the opening of the first station, Radiotjänst, two years later. A second channel was launched in 1969. Commercial television arrived in the 1980s through cable television and in 1992, the country's first terrestrial commercial channel was launched. The shutdown of the PAL analogue service in Sweden started on September 19, 2005, and was finished on October 15, 2007.