That's interesting news, especially for viewers/listeners in Iceland (which is also a Nordic country). The Thor 3 satellite has always been very hard to pick up in Iceland (anything from a 3 m dish and up and the best LNB money can buy absolutely essential for reception) and for many years the NRK channels could only be picked up on the Thor 3 satellite (unlike the Danish DR on Thor 2 for example, which can be picked up with just a 1 m dish in Iceland). I wonder if the commercial Norwegian channels (TV 2, TV Norge) will follow suit and also move to Thor 2.
Interestingly also, the mediumwave transmitter on 1314 kHz is by far the strongest overseas radio station you can pick up in Iceland (although only during the dark, which is why peak winter equates to almost 24 hrs but peak summer to almost 0 hrs). It will be sad tuning into 1314 kHz and not hearing any singing norsk any more.