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- ↑ "VIASAT BROADCASTING TO LAUNCH PREMIUM MOVIE CHANNEL IN RUSSIA" (Press release). Modern Times Group. August 26, 2005.
- ↑ "TV1000 Russian Kino heads west". Broadbandtvnews. November 10, 2008.
- ↑ History of TV1000 Russian Kino
- ↑ "Switching TV1000 Russian Kino to TV1000 World Kino in Baltic States (28 February 2022)". February 28, 2022.
- ↑ "TV3 Group приостанавливает распространение контента, созданного в России (In Russian)". TV3.lv. February 28, 2022.
- ↑ "Виасат объединит все телеканалы под новым брендом / iXBT.Market / iXBT Live". iXBT Live (in Russian). 16 February 2023.
