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| Online gaming | |
| Former businesses | |
| Sveriges Television | |
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| Viaplay Group | |
| Telia Company (TV4 Media) | |
| Warner Bros. Discovery | |
| Paramount Global | |
| The Walt Disney Company | |
| Viasat World | |
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| Defunct | |
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| Owner | Modern Times Group |
| History | |
| Launched | May 3, 1994 |
| Closed | February 2, 1998 |
TV6 was a television channel started by Kinnevik as a channel aimed at women. The channel showed TV shows such as Ricki Lake and Dynasty. During the daytime, the shopping channel TVG would broadcast on the same channel as TV6.
In 1996 Kinnevik started the sports channel Sportkanalen, which broadcast on the same channel as TV6 during the weekend.
On February 2, 1998 the channel was rebranded as Viasat Nature/Crime.
| Esports | |
|---|---|
| Online gaming | |
| Former businesses | |
| Sveriges Television | |
|---|---|
| Viaplay Group | |
| Telia Company (TV4 Media) | |
| Warner Bros. Discovery | |
| Paramount Global | |
| The Walt Disney Company | |
| Viasat World | |
| Others | |
| Defunct | |
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