Viasat (Nordic television service)

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Viasat
IndustryPay television
Founded1991
DefunctApril 13, 2021 (2021-04-13)
FateMerged with Canal Digital to form Allente
SuccessorAllente
Headquarters
London
,
United Kingdom
OwnersNordic countries: Viaplay Group
Russia and CIS: Viasat Russia (National Media Group)
Hungary: Antenna Group
Worldwide: Viasat World
Websiteviasatworld.com (Worldwide)
viasat.ru (Russia)
viasat3.hu (Hungary)

Viasat was a satellite and pay television brand, co-owned by the Swedish media group Viaplay Group in the Nordic countries, Antenna Group 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 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

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The Viasat signals was 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 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

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Nordic countries

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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

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

Sports

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The available sports television channels differ across the Nordic markets due to the varying broadcasting rights. In Denmark most of the Viaplay-owned sports channels use the brand TV3 (TV3 Sport and TV3 Max).

International channels

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Pay channels (owned by Viasat World):

  • Viasat Nature
  • Viasat Explore
  • Viasat History
  • Viasat Kino (previously TV1000 East) (Baltic states and Ukraine)
  • Viasat Kino Action (previously TV1000 Action East) (Baltic states and Ukraine)
  • Viasat Kino World (previously TV1000 World Kino) (Baltic states and Ukraine)
  • Viasat Kino Comedy (previously ViP Comedy East) (Baltic states and Ukraine)
  • Viasat Kino Megahit (previously ViP Megahit East) (Ukraine)
  • Viasat Serial (Ukraine)
  • TV1000 (Balkan states and Moldova)
  • Epic Drama (in Central and Eastern Europe)
  • Viasat True Crime (Poland, Czechia, Slovakia, Slovenia and Croatia)

Pay channels in Russia, Central Asia, Caucasus and Moldova (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 TV1000 Romantica
  • 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

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Owned by Antenna Group.

Pay channels:

DBS Channels

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

Country specific

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Sweden:

Denmark:

Norway:

Slovakia:

Lithuania:

Transnational

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Former channels

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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 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

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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

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References

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  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". www.viasat.se. Archived from the original on 2011-08-01.
  4. ^ "Guinness World Record".
  5. ^ "EKTA's Ukrainian produced 3D Led TV makes The Guinness Book of World Records". www.ekta-led.com. Archived from the original on October 18, 2011.
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