Viasat Sport (Sweden)
| Viasat Sport | |
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| Launched | March 1, 1999 |
| Owned by | Modern Times Group |
| Picture format | 16:9 SDTV, HDTV |
| Audience share | 0.2% (2008, ) |
| Slogan | "En kanal för varje passion." ("One channel for every passion") |
| Country | Sweden |
| Broadcast area |
Sweden Finland |
| Headquarters | London, United Kingdom |
| Formerly called | Viasat Sport 1 (2004-2008) |
| Sister channel(s) |
Viasat Sport HD, Viasat Golf, Viasat Fotboll, Viasat Hockey, Viasat Motor, TV10 (Sweden) |
| Website | Viasat Sport Sweden |
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Availability
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| Terrestrial | |
| Digita (Finland) | Channel 64 |
| Satellite | |
| Cable | |
| Com Hem (Sweden) | Channel 100 Channel 111 (HD) |
| IPTV | |
| Viasat Sport HD | |
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| Launched | April 7, 2009 |
| Broadcast area |
Sweden Finland |
| Website | Viasat Sport HD |
| Viasat Premier League HD | |
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| Launched | August 13, 2010 |
| Broadcast area | Sweden |
| Website | Viasat Premier League HD |
| Viasat Fotboll | |
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| Launched | October 17, 2008 |
| Broadcast area | Sweden |
| Formerly called | Viasat Sport 2 (2004-2008) |
| Website | Viasat Fotboll |
| Viasat Motor | |
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| Launched | October 17, 2008 |
| Broadcast area | Sweden |
| Formerly called | Viasat Sport 3 (2004-2008) |
| Website | Viasat Motor |
| Viasat Hockey | |
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| Launched | September 2, 2009 |
| Broadcast area |
Sweden Finland |
| Website | Viasat Hockey |
| Viasat Golf | |
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| Launched | January 2007 |
| Broadcast area |
Sweden Finland |
| Headquarters | Stockholm, Sweden |
| Website | Viasat Golf |
Viasat Sport is a group of sports channels broadcasting from the United Kingdom. The channels target Scandinavia and the Baltic countries, though the primary market of the channels is Sweden.
The channel was launched in 1999 as a pan-Scandinavian channel. It was launched to make use of the many sports rights in the MTG portfolio that weren't shown on TV3 and therefore were unused.
In January 2002, Viasat Sport Denmark (later replaced by TV 2 Sport) was launched and the original version would now target Sweden and Norway. This continued until SportN for Norway launched in 2005. When Viasat launched to new sports channels in 2004, Viasat Sport 2 and Viasat Sport 3, the first channel got the name "Viasat Sport 1".
In March 2008, Viasat received a licence to broadcast Viasat Sport 1 in the terrestrial network. As of August 2009, the terrestrial broadcasts were yet to begin since the infrastructure to broadcast the new channels hadn't been put in place.
On October 17, 2008, Viasat relaunched their sports channels in Sweden, Norway and Finland. This meant that Viasat Sport 1 reverted to its old name Viasat Sport. Most soccer-related programmes were moved to Viasat Fotboll. Contact sports programmes that were formerly on Viasat Sport 3 was moved to Viasat Sport.
The launch of Viasat Hockey on September 1, 2009, meant that most hockey broadcasts were moved to a separate channel, including the Ice Hockey World Championships, HockeyAllsvenskan, the NHL and KHL. Sports remaining on Viasat Sport are tennis, basketball, American football and contact sports.
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