Viasat (Nordic television service)

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Viasat
Industry Pay television
Founded1991
DefunctApril 13, 2021 (2021-04-13)
FateMerged with Canal Digital to form Allente
Successor Allente
Headquarters,
United Kingdom
OwnersNordic countries: Viaplay Group
Russia and CIS: Viasat Russia (National Media Group)
Hungary: Antenna Group
Worldwide: Viasat World
Website viasatworld.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.

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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 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

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 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

Owned by Viasat World.

Pay channels:

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

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:

Lithuania:

Transnational

Former channels

ChannelStartClose
TV1000 22004-09Replaced by TV1000 Plus One
TV1000 32004-09Replaced by TV1000 Family
Cinema2004-9Replaced by TV1000 Action
Cinema 22004-09Replaced by TV1000 Nordic
Cinema 32004-09Replaced by TV1000 Classic
The History Channel Scandinavia 2004-11Closed down, replaced by Viasat History
Viasat Sport 24 2005-042006-12Replaced by Viasat Golf
Viasat Sport 2 2004-022009-01Replaced 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 2004-022009-01
Hallmark Channel Scandilux 2009-09
Jetix Scandinavia20052009-09Replaced by Disney XD
REN TV Baltic2010
Pervyj Baltyjskij Kanal2010
TV1000 Plus One2004-092010-08Closed down.
TV1000 Poland 2007-032013-01

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

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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