Viasat

This article is about the television broadcaster. For other uses, see Viasat (disambiguation).

Viasat logo

Viasot old logo

Viasat is a DBS distributor and TV broadcaster, owned by the Swedish media conglomerate Modern Times Group. Broadcasting from London, the target markets are in the Nordic and the Baltic Countries. Their lineup can be received from the Astra 4A satellite at 4.8°E with any DVB receiver equipped with a NDS VideoGuard descrambling module. Viasat’s main competitor on DTH distribution in the Nordic countries is Canal Digital. Viasat does not have a platform of their own outside the Nordic and Baltic countries, so they have to rely on third party distributors in Eastern and Central Europe.

Own channels

Viasat (Modern Times Group) Country-specific basic channels

Channel Name	Broadcast area	Country
TV3 Denmark	Denmark	United Kingdom
TV3 Norway	Norway	United Kingdom
TV3 Sweden	Sweden	United Kingdom
TV3+ Denmark	Denmark	United Kingdom
TV3 Puls	Denmark	United Kingdom
TV6 Sweden	Sweden	United Kingdom
TV8 Sweden	Sweden	United Kingdom
Viasat4 Norway	Norway	United Kingdom
TV3 Estonia	Estonia	United Kingdom
TV3+ Estonia	Estonia	United Kingdom
TV6 Estonia	Estonia	United Kingdom
TV3 Latvia	Latvia	United Kingdom
TV3+ Latvia	Latvia	United Kingdom
TV6 Latvia	Latvia	United Kingdom
TV3 Lithuania	Lithuania	United Kingdom
TV6 Lithuania	Lithuania	United Kingdom
TV8 Lithuania	Lithuania	United Kingdom
Viasat 3	Hungary	United Kingdom
TV6 Hungary	Hungary	United Kingdom
TV3 Slovenia	Slovenia	United Kingdom

Viasat (Modern Times Group) Pay channels

Channel Name	Broadcast area	Country
TV1000	Nordic countries	United Kingdom
TV1000 Action	Nordic countries	United Kingdom
TV1000 Classic	Nordic countries	United Kingdom
TV1000 Drama	Nordic countries	United Kingdom
TV1000 Family	Nordic countries	United Kingdom
TV1000 Nordic	Nordic countries	United Kingdom
TV1000 HD (High Definition)	Nordic countries	United Kingdom
Viasat Explorer	Denmark, Finland, Norway, Sweden,Baltic countries, Ukraine, Russia, Kazakhstan & other CIS states	United Kingdom
Viasat History	Denmark, Finland, Norway, Sweden,Baltic countries, Ukraine, Russia, Kazakhstan & other CIS states.	United Kingdom
Viasat Nature/Crime	Denmark, Finland, Norway, Sweden,Baltic countries, Ukraine, Russia, Kazakhstan & other CIS states.	United Kingdom
Viasat Sport Sweden	Sweden & Finland	United Kingdom
Viasat Sport Norway	Norway	United Kingdom
Viasat Fotboll	Sweden	United Kingdom
Viasat Fotboll HD (High Definition)	Sweden	United Kingdom
Viasat Motor	Norway & Sweden	United Kingdom
Viasat Motor HD (High Definition)	Norway & Sweden	United Kingdom
Viasat Sport HD (High Definition)	Sweden & Finland	United Kingdom
Viasat Premier League HD (High Definition)	Sweden	United Kingdom
Viasat Hockey	Sweden, Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Ukraine and Russia.	United Kingdom
Viasat Golf	Denmark, Finland, Norway, Sweden, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Ukraine and Russia.	United Kingdom
TV2 Sport (Formerly Viasat Sport 1 Denmark)	Denmark	United Kingdom
TV2 Sport HD (High Definition)	Denmark	United Kingdom
Viasat SportN	Norway	United Kingdom
Viasat SportN	Norway	United Kingdom
TV1000 Action East	Baltic countries, Ukraine, Russia, Kazakhstan & other CIS states.	United Kingdom
TV1000 East	Baltic countries, Ukraine, Russia, Kazakhstan & other CIS states.	United Kingdom
TV1000 Russkoe Kino (ТВ1000 Русское Кино)	Baltic countries, Russia, Ukraine, Kazakhstan & other CIS states.	United Kingdom
Viasat Sport Baltic	Baltic countries, Ukraine and Russia.	United Kingdom
TV1000 Balkan	Baltic countries, Ukraine and Russia.	United Kingdom
Viasat Sport East	Baltic Countries, Russia, Belarus, Moldova, Georgia, Kazakhstan	United Kingdom
TV1000 Poland	Poland	United Kingdom

Other channels

In addition to their own channels, Viasat carry several third party channels on their platform.

Country specific channels (Local)

Channel Name	Broadcast area	Country
SVT1	Sweden	Sweden
SVT2	Sweden	Sweden
SVT24	Sweden	Sweden
SVTB (timesharing with Kunskapskanalen)	Sweden	Sweden
Kunskapskanalen (timesharing with STVB)	Sweden	Sweden
SVT HD (High Definition)	Sweden	Sweden
TV4	Sweden	Sweden
TV4 Plus	Sweden	Sweden
TV4 Film	Sweden	Sweden
TV11	Sweden	Sweden
TV4 Fakta	Sweden	Sweden
TV4 Science fiction	Sweden	Sweden
TV4 Sport	Sweden	Sweden
TV4 Komedi	Sweden	Sweden
TV4 guld	Sweden	Sweden
Kanal 5	Sweden	Sweden
TNT7	Sweden	Sweden
MTV Sweden	Sweden	United Kingdom
Nickelodeon Sweden	Sweden	United Kingdom
Comedy Central Sweden	Sweden	United Kingdom
DR1	Denmark	Denmark
DR2	Denmark	Denmark
DR HD (High Definition)	Denmark	Denmark
DR K	Denmark	Denmark
DR Ramasjang	Denmark	Denmark
DR Update	Denmark	Denmark
TV 2 Denmark	Denmark	Denmark
TV 2 Charlie	Denmark	Denmark
TV 2 Film	Denmark	Denmark
TV 2 Sport	Denmark	Denmark
TV 2 Sport HD (High Definition)	Denmark	Denmark
TV 2 News	Denmark	Denmark
TV 2 Zulu	Denmark	Denmark
MTV Denmark	Denmark	Denmark
Nelonen Sport Pro	Finland	Finland
NRK1	Norway	Norway
NRK2	Norway	Norway
NRK3/NRK Super	Norway	Norway
TV 2 Norge	Norway	Norway
TV 2 Filmkanalen	Norway	Norway
TV 2 Nyhetskanalen	Norway	Norway
TV 2 Sport	Norway	Norway
TVNorge	Norway	Norway
FEM	Norway	Norway
MTV Norway	Norway	United Kingdom
ETV	Estonia	Estonia
ETV2	Estonia	Estonia
Kanal 2	Estonia	Estonia
Kanal 11	Estonia	Estonia
PBK Estonia	Estonia	Estonia
LTV1	Latvia	Latvia
LTV7	Latvia	Latvia
LNT	Latvia	Latvia
TV5 Latvia	Latvia	Latvia
*MTV Lithuania & Latvia	Lithuania & Latvia	United Kingdom
PBK Latvia	Latvia	Latvia
TV 1	Lithuania	Lithuania
BTV	Lithuania	Lithuania
Lietuvos Rytas TV	Lithuania	Lithuania
LTV	Lithuania	Lithuania
LTV World	Lithuania	Lithuania
LNK	Lithuania	Lithuania
Sport1	Lithuania	Lithuania
PBK Lithuania	Lithuania	Lithuania

Transnational

Channel Name	Country
Animal Planet Europe	United Kingdom
BBC World News	United Kingdom
Bloomberg TV (as a part of TV8 Sweden)	United Kingdom
Cartoon Network (6.00-21.00, time-sharing with TCM Europe)	United Kingdom
CNBC Nordic (6.00-12.00, time-sharing Nat Geo Scandinavia)	United Kingdom
CNN International	United States
Discovery Channel Europe	United Kingdom
Disney Channel Scandinavia	United Kingdom
E!	United Kingdom
Euronews	United Kingdom
Nick Jr	United Kingdom
Boomerang Scandinavia	United Kingdom
The God Channel	United Kingdom
MTV Live HD (High Definition)	United Kingdom
*Nat Geo Scandinavia (12.00-6.00, time-sharing with CNBC Nordic)	United Kingdom
Nat Geo HD (High Definition)	United Kingdom
Nat Geo Wild	United Kingdom
Nickelodeon Scandinavia (6.00-18.00, time-sharing with VH1 Europe)	United Kingdom
Playboy TV (time-sharing with Viasat Nature/Crime)	United Kingdom
Disney Junior (time-sharing with TV1000 Drama)	United Kingdom
RT (Russia Today)	United Kingdom
Spice Platinum (time-sharing with Viasat Explorer)	United Kingdom
Spice Private (also known as Viasat Ticket 2 Erotic)	United Kingdom
Disney XD Scandivania	United Kingdom
TCM Nordic (Turner Classic Movies) (21.00-6.00, time-sharing with Cartoon Network Nordic)	United Kingdom
VH1 Europe (18.00-6.00, time-sharing with Nickelodeon Europe)	United Kingdom
Zone Reality	United Kingdom
MTV Europe	United Kingdom
Penhouse HDTV (High Definition)	United Kingdom
Space Channel 3D (3D Television)	United Kingdom

Former channels

Channel	Start	Close
RTL Television
TV1000 2		2004-09	Replaced by TV1000 Plus One
TV1000 3		2004-09	Replaced by TV1000 Family
Cinema		2004-9	Replaced by TV1000 Action
Cinema 2		2004-09	Replaced by TV1000 Nordic
Cinema 3		2004-09	Replaced by TV1000 Classic
The History Channel Scandinavia		2004-11	Closed down, replaced by Viasat History
Viasat Sport 24	2005-04	2006-12	Replaced by Viasat Golf
Viasat Sport 2	2004-02	2009-01	Replaced by Viasat Fotboll/Viasat Sport (Norway) and Viasat Motor in Sweden and Norway, and Viasat Sport Baltic and Viasat Golf in the Baltics.
Viasat Sport 3	2004-02	2009-01
Hallmark Channel Scandilux		2009-09
Jetix Scandinavia	2005	2009-09	Replaced by Disney XD
REN TV Baltic		2010
Pervyj Baltsjskij Kanal		2010
RTR Planeta		2010
TV1000 Plus One	2004-09	2010-08	Closed down.

World Record

The live 3D broadcast of the 2011 UEFA Champions League final match between Manchester United and Barcelona was provided by Viasat in 3D format in Gothenburg (Sweden). The football match was broadcast on EKTA screen. This Ukrainian produced 3D LED TV made The Guinness Book of World Records.

See also

• List of Danish television channels
• List of Estonian television channels
• List of Finnish television channels
• List of Latvian television channels
• List of Lithuanian television channels
• List of Norwegian television channels
• List of Swedish television channels

External links

• Viasat (Serbian)
• Viasat (Ukrainian)
• Viasat (Latvian)
• Viasat (Swedish)
• Viasat (Lithuanian)
• Viasat (Finnish)
• Viasat (Danish)
• Viasat (Norwegian)
• Viasat (Estonian)
• Viasat (Bulgarian)
• Viasat (Czech)
• Viasat (Polish)
• Viasat (Romanian)
• Viasat (Russian)
• Viasat on Sirius 4
• ViasatFan Baltic & Ukraine