Viasat (Nordic television service)

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Viasat
Websiteviasatworld.com (Worldwide)
viasat.ru (Russia)
viasat3.hu (Hungary)

Viasat was a

Viasat World internationally. Founded in Sweden in 1991, Viasat has previously been owned by Modern Times Group. The channels of both companies were broadcast from London
.

In 2020, Viasat formed a joint venture with Canal Digital to form the company Allente.[1] The merger was completed on April 13, 2021.

Satellite platforms

The Viasat signals was received from the

NDS VideoGuard
descrambling module. 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.[citation needed]

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.[2]

TV channels

Nordic countries

The Nordic Viasat-branded operations are owned by Viaplay Group. The brand is no longer used for the advertising-funded and free-to-air channels of Viaplay Group.

V Film and V Series

V Film and V Series channels are common for the four Nordic markets.

Sports

The available

TV3
(TV3 Sport and TV3 Max).

International channels

Owned by

Viasat World
.

Pay channels:

  • Viasat Nature
  • Viasat Explore
  • Viasat History
  • Epic Drama (in Central and Eastern Europe)
  • TV1000 (in Balkan states)
  • Viasat Kino (previously TV1000 East) (in Baltic states)
  • Viasat Kino Action (previously TV1000 Action East) (in Baltic states)
  • Viasat Kino World (previously TV1000 World Kino) (in Baltic states)
  • Viasat Kino Megahit (previously ViP Megahit East) (in Baltic states)
  • Viasat Kino Comedy (previously ViP Comedy East) (in Baltic states)
  • Viasat Serial (in Baltic states)

Pay channels in Russia, Central Asia and Caucasus (owned by Viasat Russia):

  • Viju Nature (previously Viasat Nature)
  • Viju Explore (previously Viasat Explore)
  • Viju History (previously Viasat History)
  • Da Vinci Russia
  • Viju TV1000 (previously
    TV1000
    )
  • Viju TV1000 Action (previously
    TV1000 Action
    )
  • Viju TV1000 Russkoe (previously
    TV1000 Russkoe Kino
    )
  • Viju TV1000 Novella
  • Viju+ Premiere (previously ViP Premiere)
  • Viju+ Megahit (previously ViP Megahit)
  • Viju+ Comedy (previously ViP Comedy)
  • Viju+ Serial (previously ViP Serial)
  • Viju+ Planet (previously Viasat Nature/History HD)
  • Viju+ Sport (previously Viasat Sport)

Hungary

Owned by Antenna Group.

Pay channels:

DBS Channels

In addition to their own channels, Viasat carry several third-party channels on their platform.

Country specific

Sweden:

Denmark:

Norway:

Slovakia:

  • RTVS

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 (defunct in December 31, 2020)
  • 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
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 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).[3] The football match was broadcast on EKTA screen. This Ukrainian produced 3D LED TV made The Guinness Book of World Records.[4][5]

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

  1. ^ "Viasat Consumer and Canal Digital combine as Allente". Digital TV Europe. 2020-05-06. Retrieved 2021-02-16.
  2. ^ MTG launches first Nordic UHD channel Advanced Television May 13, 2016. Retrieved July 4, 2016
  3. ^ The Viasat company Press-release Archived 2011-08-01 at the Wayback Machine, www.viasat.se
  4. ^ Guinness World Record,
  5. ^ 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
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