Viasat Kino Action

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Viasat Kino Action
Country United Kingdom
Broadcast area Ukraine
Estonia
Latvia
Lithuania
Headquarters London, United Kingdom
Programming
Language(s) English
Latvian
Russian
Picture format 16:9 576i SDTV
1080i HDTV
Ownership
OwnerViasat World
Sister channels Viasat Kino
Viasat Kino World
History
Launched1 September 2008;14 years ago (2008-09-01)
Closed31 March 2023;3 months ago (2023-03-31) (Ukraine, for a time)
Former namesTV1000 Action East (2008-2023)
Links
Website Official site

Viasat Kino Action is a television channel broadcasting action movies to the Baltics. It broadcasts international action movies. Movies are dubbed into Russian and subtitled into Estonian, Latvian and Lithuanian. [1] [2]

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In the Nordic region TV1000 Action was rebranded in February, 2009. TV1000 Action East was rebranded later in 2009.

On 1 March 2023, TV1000 Action East renamed to Viasat Kino Action. [3]

On 31 March 2023, Viasat World TV channels stopped broadcasting in Ukraine, the reason was a conflict of interests with the Russian owners. [4]

On 9 June 2023, Viasat World TV channels resumed broadcasting on a Ukrainian satellite provider Viasat Ukraine. [5]

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References

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