Viasat Kino

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Viasat Kino
Logo used since 7 May 2025
Country United Kingdom
Broadcast area Ukraine
Estonia
Latvia
Lithuania
Europe
Headquarters London
Programming
Language(s) English
Latvian
Russian
Picture format HDTV 1080i
(downscaled to 16:9 576i for the SDTV feed)
Ownership
OwnerViasat World
Sister channels Viasat Kino Action
History
Launched1 March 2003;22 years ago (2003-03-01)
Closed31 March 2023 (2023-03-31) (Ukraine, for a time)
Former namesTV1000 East (2003–2023)
Links
Website https://viasatkino.com/

Viasat Kino is a movie television channel targeting the Baltic countries. It is owned by the international broadcaster Viasat World [1] and was launched on 1 March 2003 by Swedish media conglomerate Modern Times Group. [2] [3]

On 1 March 2023, TV1000 East renamed to Viasat Kino. [4] [5]

On 31 March 2023, Viasat World TV channels stopped broadcasting in Ukraine, the reason was a conflict of interests with the Russian owners. [6]

On 9 June 2023, Viasat World TV channels resumed broadcasting on a Ukrainian satellite provider Viasat Ukraine and other cable providers. [7] [8] [9] However, Ukraine's regulator the National Council said it does not recommend the distribution of Viasat channels, despite the fact that they have a three-month licence issued in another EU country. [10]

References

  1. ↑ Ashford, Holly (October 2015). "MTG sells pay-TV channels businesses". TV Europe. Europe. Archived from the original on 29 September 2020. Retrieved 19 March 2020.
  2. ↑ "TV1000 launched in Russia". MTG. Spring 2003. Retrieved 19 March 2020.
  3. ↑ "Канал TV1000 отмечает два года со дня начала вещания в России | Новости СПУТНИКОВОГО ТV | TECHNO-SAT.RU |" [TV1000 celebrates two years of broadcasting in Russia]. www.techno-sat.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 3 May 2023.
  4. ↑ "ребрендинг канала TV1000 в Viasat Kino (Балтия) (1.03.2023)" [Rebranding TV1000 to Viasat Kino]. YouTube . March 2023. Archived from the original on 1 March 2023. Retrieved 1 March 2023.[ user-generated source ]
  5. ↑ "Viasat World". Archived from the original on 1 March 2023. Retrieved 1 March 2023.
  6. ↑
  7. ↑ "Оператор супутникового телебачення Viasat відновив мовлення тематичних каналів Viasat | Mediasat" [Viasat satellite TV operator resumes broadcasting of Viasat thematic channels]. mediasat.info (in Ukrainian). Mediasat. 9 June 2023. Retrieved 3 July 2023.
  8. ↑ "Канали Viasat повертаються на ТВ!" [Viasat channels are back on TV!]. viasat.com.ua (in Ukrainian). Viasat Ukraine. 9 June 2023. Retrieved 3 July 2023.
  9. ↑ "McLaut відновив мовлення каналів Viasat у своїй мережі" [McLaut resumes broadcasting Viasat channels on its network]. mediasat.info (in Ukrainian). Mediasat. 5 July 2023. Retrieved 5 July 2023.
  10. ↑ "Ukraine says no to Viasat channels". Broadband TV News. 9 June 2023. Retrieved 3 July 2023.
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