Viasat Sport
Viasat Sport is the common brand of several sports channels targeting the Nordic countries and Baltic countries owned by Modern Times Group. Viasat Sport is also the name of one tv-channel in the Baltics. Its main competitors are Canal+ and Eurosport.
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Sports Rights
- American Football
- Basketball
- Golf
- Icehockey
- Allsvenskan (Swedish second division)
- Ice Hockey World Championships
- GET-ligaen (Norwegian first division)
- World Cup of Hockey
- Motorsports
- Association football
- Coppa Italia
- English League Cup
- Eredivisie (Dutch first division)
- FA Cup
- Football League Championship
- Italian Serie A (only home matches of some teams)
- Ligue 1 (French first division)
- SAS Ligaen (Danish first division)
- Scottish Premier League
- UEFA Champions League
- UEFA Cup
Channels
Viasat Sport was launched as a pan-Nordic channel in 1999. In January 2002, a dedicated Danish channel, Viasat Sport Denmark, launched and replaced the pan-Nordic version in Denmark.
1 February 2004, Viasat launched two new sport channels; Viasat Sport 2 and Viasat Sport 3. The two existing channels were re-branded as Viasat Sport 1. During the autumn the two new channels were refocused, turning Viasat Sport 2 into a dedicated soccer channel and Viasat Sport 3 becoming a channel for motor and contact sports.
In April 2005, a "news channel" called Viasat Sport 24 was launched.
In the end of 2005, Viasat Sport 1 in Norway was replaced by SportN, a joint venture with government-owned public broadcaster NRK .
In January 2007, a dedicated golf channel, Viasat Golf, was launched replacing Viasat Sport 24.[1]
11 April 2007, Viasat Sport 1 in Denmark was replaced by TV 2 Sport[2]:, a joint venture with state-owned broadcaster TV 2.
In early 2008, Viasat launched their first high-definition sports channels: TV 2 Sport HD for Denmark and Viasat Sport HD för Norway and Sweden.
On October 17, 2008, the Viasat Sport channels went through a major overhaul which saw Viasat Sport 2 and 3 disappear in Sweden and Norway. They were replaced by Viasat Fotboll (in Sweden), Viasat Sport (in Norge) and Viasat Motor (both countries). The Swedish Viasat Sport 1 was renamed Viasat Sport. Viasat Sport HD continued to be available in both Norway and Sweden, and Viasat Golf was still available in all four Scandinavian countries.[3]
Denmark
Channel lineup[4]:
- TV 2 Sport (joint venture with TV 2)
- TV 2 Sport HD (joint venture with TV 2)
- Viasat Golf
- Viasat Sport 2
- Viasat Sport 3
- Viasat Xtra
Finland
Channel lineup[5]:
Norway
New channel lineup as of 17 October 2008[6]:
- SportN (joint venture with NRK)
- Viasat Golf
- Viasat Motor
- Viasat Sport
- Viasat Sport HD
Sweden
New channel lineup as of October 17, 2008[7]:
- Viasat Fotboll
- Viasat Golf
- Viasat Motor
- Viasat Sport
- Viasat Sport HD
References
- ^ "MTG EXTENDS AND ACQUIRES GOLF RIGHTS AND LAUNCHES DEDICATED GOLF CHANNEL", Cision Wire (2006-12-20). Retrieved on 29 October 2008.
- ^ (Danish) "TV 2 Sport går i luften onsdag", TV2.dk (2007-04-11). Retrieved on 29 October 2008.
- ^ Modern Times Group (October 6, 2008). "MTG: NEW SPORTS CHANNEL LINE-UP IN SWEDEN AND NORWAY". Press release.
- ^ (Danish) "Viasat DK – TV kanaler". Viasat.dk. Retrieved on 2008-10-29.
- ^ (Finnish) "Viasat sport". Viasat.fi. Retrieved on 2008-10-29.
- ^ (Norwegian) "Nye sportskanaler – den beste sporten i ny drakt", Viasat.no (2008-10-17). Retrieved on 29 October 2008.
- ^ (Swedish) "Fem svenska sportkanaler – storsatsning av Viasat", ViasatSport.se (2008-10-06). Retrieved on 29 October 2008.
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