Viasat Nature
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HDTV) | |
Ownership | |
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Owner | Viasat World LTD |
Sister channels | Viasat History, Viasat Explore |
History | |
Launched | 1994 |
Closed | July 1, 2019 | (Africa)
Replaced by | Love Nature (on Zuku TV) |
Former names | TV6 (1994-1998) TV6 Nature World/Action World (1998-2002) Viasat Nature/Action (2002-2005) Viasat Nature/Crime (2005-2015) |
Links | |
Website | Viasat World |
Viasat Nature is a television channel owned by international media company,
The channel has its origins in TV6, a Swedish women's channel started in 1994. In 1998, the channel was changed into a pan-Nordic pay channel showing nature documentaries from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. ("TV6 Nature World") and then action movies and series from 9 p.m. to midnight ("TV6 Action World"). In 2002, the channel was renamed and became Viasat Nature and Viasat Action.
Viasat Nature acquires programming from international distributors and production houses.
The content on Viasat Action was gradually shifted to include more crime series such as Law & Order and CSI. This strand was therefore rebranded into Viasat Crime on 1 October 2005. After several years as a six-hour channel, Viasat Nature/Crime extended its broadcasting hours on 1 February 2007. Viasat Nature would now broadcast from 6 a.m. to 8 p.m. when Viasat Crime took over and broadcast until midnight.
The channel has timeshared with many channels over the years. In its early years, the shopping channel
On March 31 2023, Viasat World TV channels stopped broadcasting in Ukraine.[2]
References
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- ^ "Оновлення каналів в пакетах Viasat" [Updating channels in Viasat packages]. viasat.com.ua (in Ukrainian). 31 March 2023.