TV6 (Lithuania)

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TV6 Lithuania
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TV6 HD logo
Country Flag of the United Kingdom.svg London, United Kingdom
Broadcast area Flag of Lithuania.svg Lithuania
HeadquartersKalvarijų g. 135, LT-08221 Vilnius, Lithuania
Programming
Picture format SD, HD from 2018 January 1
Ownership
OwnerTV3 Group (Providence Equity Partners)
History
LaunchedMarch 31, 2002
Links
Website tv6.tv3.lt
Availability HD from 2018
Terrestrial
Digital Channel 6

TV6 is a Lithuanian terrestrial, satellite and cable television channel owned by the Nordic television company Viasat. It was launched on March 31, 2002.

TV6 focuses on entertainment and occasional but high-profile sports broadcasts (like the UEFA Champions League), comedy, sitcoms, action, science fiction and reality programmes from the USA are popular fixtures. Its inaugural night of broadcasting set the tone by scheduling a game from the 2006 ice hockey World Championships and the movie Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines .

TV6 (along with several other Viasat channels) are broadcast from London in the United Kingdom making them exempt from strict Swedish advertising laws. They did however agree not to advertise alcoholic beverages or broadcast advertising targeting children as part of their terrestrial license. This has however made them subject to broadcasting laws in the UK, with a broadcast of Family Guy in April 2015 breaching Ofcom rules.

TV6, as with other channels of the All Media Baltics group in the Baltic states, switched to HD broadcasting on 26 July 2018. [1]

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References

  1. "All Media Baltics media group's TV channels in Latvia now available in HD". TV3 Group. 2018-07-26. Retrieved 2021-09-04.