Viasat
Viasat is a satellite and pay television brand, co-owned by the Swedish media group Nordic Entertainment Group (NENT) in the Nordic countries, Sony Pictures Television in Hungary, and by Viasat World internationally. Founded in Sweden in 1991, Viasat has previously been owned by Modern Times Group. The channels of both companies are broadcast from London.
Industry | Pay television |
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Founded | 1991 |
Headquarters | , |
Owners | Nordic countries: Nordic Entertainment Group Hungary: Sony Pictures Television Worldwide: Viasat World |
Website | viasatworld viasat viasat viasat viasat |
Satellite platforms
The Viasat signals can be received from the Astra 4A and SES-5 satellites at 4.8°E with any DVB-S receiver equipped with a NDS VideoGuard descrambling module. Viasat’s main competitor on DBS distribution in the Nordic countries is Canal Digital. Viasat does not have a platform of their own outside the Nordic and Baltic countries, so they have to rely on third party distributors in Eastern and Central Europe.
In May 2016, MTG announced the launch of Viasat Ultra HD, the first ultra-high-definition television (UHD) channel in the Nordic region and its first UHD Sports channel. The channel will feature selected live sport events especially produced in Ultra HD and launch in the autumn in Sweden, Norway, Denmark and Finland via SES-5. Viasat will also be launching an Ultra HD set-top box from Samsung and a TV-module to enable existing UHD TVs to display the channel.[1]
TV channels
Nordic countries
The Nordic Viasat-branded operations are owned by NENT. With the exception of Viasat 4 in Norway, the brand is no longer used for the advertising-funded and free-to-air channels of NENT.
V Film and V Series
V Film and V Series channels are common for the four Nordic markets.
Sports
The available sports television channels differ across the Nordic markets due to the varying broadcasting rights. In Norway and Denmark, most of the NENT-owned sports channels use the brands Viasport and TV3 respectively.
- V Sport (Sweden and Finland)
- V Sport Premium (Sweden and Finland)
- V Sport Football (Sweden and Finland)
- V Sport Golf (Sweden, Denmark, Norway, and Finland)
- V Sport Hockey (Sweden and Finland)
- V Sport Motor (Sweden and Finland)
- V Sport Ultra HD (Sweden, Denmark, Norway, and Finland)
- V Sport Live 1-5 (Sweden, Denmark, Norway, and Finland)
- V Sport Urheilu (Finland)
- V Sport Jalkapallo (Finland)
- V Sport Jääkiekko (Finland)
International channels
Owned by Viasat World.
Pay channels:
- Viasat Nature
- Viasat Explore
- Viasat History
- Viasat Golf Russia
- Viasat Sport East
- TV1000 Action East
- TV1000 Balkans
- TV1000 East
- TV1000 Russkoe Kino
- TV1000 Global Kino
- TV1000 World Kino
DBS Channels
In addition to their own channels, Viasat carry several third-party channels on their platform.
Country specific
Sweden:
- SVT1 (also in HD)
- SVT2 (also in HD)
- SVT24 (timesharing with Barnkanalen)
- SVT Barnkanalen (timesharing with SVT24)
- Kunskapskanalen
- TV4
- Sjuan
- TV4 Film
- TV4 Fakta
- TV4 Science fiction
- TV4 Sport
- TV4 Komedi
- TV4 Guld
- TV4 News
- Kanal 5
- Kanal 9
- Kanal 11
- TNT
- MTV Sweden
- Nickelodeon Sweden
- Comedy Central Sweden
Denmark:
- DR1
- DR2
- DR3 (HD)
- DR K
- DR Ramasjang
- DR Ultra
- TV 2 Denmark
- TV 2 Charlie
- TV 2 Film
- TV 2 News
- TV 2 Zulu
- Kanal 4
- Kanal 5
- 6'eren
- 7'eren
- 24 Nordjyske
- MTV Denmark
Norway:
- NRK1
- NRK2
- NRK3/NRK Super
- TV 2 Norge
- TV 2 Filmkanalen
- TV 2 Nyhetskanalen
- TV 2 Sport
- TV3 (Norway)
- TVNorge
- FEM
- MAX
- VOX
- MTV Norway
Slovakia:
Lithuania:
Transnational
- Animal Planet Europe (only in the Baltics)
- BBC World News
- Cartoon Network (6.00-21.00, time-sharing with TCM Europe)
- CNBC Nordic
- CNN International
- Discovery Channel Europe (only in the Baltics)
- Disney Channel Scandinavia
- E!
- Euronews
- Boomerang (Nordic) (launched on 30 September 2010 as a 24-hour channel)
- The God Channel
- MTV Live HD
- Nat Geo Scandinavia
- Nat Geo HD
- Nat Geo Wild
- Nickelodeon Scandinavia (6.00-18.00, time-sharing with VH1 Europe)
- Nick Jr. (Sweden)
- NHK World
- NTV Mir (only in the Baltics)
- Playboy TV (time-sharing with Viasat Nature/Crime)
- Disney Junior Scandinavia (time-sharing with Viasat Film Drama)
- Ren TV (only in the Baltics)
- RTR Planeta (only in Estonia and Lithuania)
- RT
- Spice Platinum (time-sharing with Viasat Explorer)
- Spice Private (also known as Viasat Ticket 2 Erotic)
- STS International (only in the Baltics)
- Disney XD Scandinavia
- TCM Nordic (Turner Classic Movies) (21.00-6.00, time-sharing with Cartoon Network Nordic)
- VH1 Europe (18.00-6.00, time-sharing with Nick Jr Sweden)
- CBS Reality
- MTV Europe
- Penthouse HD1
- Penthouse HD2
- Space Channel 3D
Former channels
Channel | Start | Close | |
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TV1000 2 | 2004-09 | Replaced by TV1000 Plus One | |
TV1000 3 | 2004-09 | Replaced by TV1000 Family | |
Cinema | 2004-9 | Replaced by TV1000 Action | |
Cinema 2 | 2004-09 | Replaced by TV1000 Nordic | |
Cinema 3 | 2004-09 | Replaced by TV1000 Classic | |
The History Channel Scandinavia | 2004-11 | Closed down, replaced by Viasat History | |
Viasat Sport 24 | 2005-04 | 2006-12 | Replaced by Viasat Golf |
Viasat Sport 2 | 2004-02 | 2009-01 | Replaced by Viasat Fotboll/Viasat Sport (Norway) and Viasat Motor in Sweden and Norway, and Viasat Sport Baltic and Viasat Golf in the Baltics. |
Viasat Sport 3 | 2004-02 | 2009-01 | |
Hallmark Channel Scandilux | 2009-09 | ||
Jetix Scandinavia | 2005 | 2009-09 | Replaced by Disney XD |
REN TV Baltic | 2010 | ||
Pervyj Baltyjskij Kanal | 2010 | ||
TV1000 Plus One | 2004-09 | 2010-08 | Closed down. |
TV1000 Poland | 2007-03 | 2013-01 |
World record
The live 3D broadcast of the 2011 UEFA Champions League final match between Manchester United and Barcelona was provided by Viasat in 3D format in Gothenburg (Sweden).[2] The football match was broadcast on EKTA screen. This Ukrainian produced 3D LED TV made The Guinness Book of World Records.[3][4]
See also
- List of Danish television channels
- List of Estonian television channels
- List of Finnish television channels
- List of Latvian television channels
- List of Lithuanian television channels
- List of Norwegian television channels
- List of Swedish television channels
External links
References
- MTG launches first Nordic UHD channel Advanced Television May 13, 2016. Retrieved July 4, 2016
- The Viasat company Press-release, www.viasat.se
- Guinness World Record,
- EKTA’s Ukrainian produced 3D Led TV makes The Guinness Book of World Records Archived October 18, 2011, at the Wayback Machine, www.ekta-led.com