Viasat
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 Sirius 2/3 satellites at 5°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, which has the larger market share.
Own channels
Nordic countries
Country-specific basic channels:
- TV3 Denmark
- TV3 Norway
- TV3 Sweden
- [[TV3+ Denmark]]
- TV6
- TV8
- Viasat 4
- ZTV Norway (Discontinued, replaced with Viasat 4)
- ZTV Sweden
Pan-Nordic pay channels:
- TV1000
- TV1000 Action
- TV1000 Classic
- TV1000 Family
- TV1000 Nordic
- TV1000 Plus One
- Viasat Explorer
- Viasat Golf
- Viasat History
- Viasat Nature/Crime
- Viasat Sport 1
- Viasat Sport 2
- Viasat Sport 3
- TV2 Sport (Former Viasat Sport 1 Denmark)
- SportN
- Viasat Ticket
Baltic countries
- TV1000 Balkans
Country-specific basic channels:
- TV3 Estonia
- [[TV3+ Estonia]]
- TV3 Latvia
- [[TV3+ Latvia]]
- TV3 Lithuania
- Tango TV
Others:
- TV1000 East
- TV1000 Russkoe Kino
- Viasat Sport Baltic & Russia
- Viasat Sport 2
- Viasat Sport 3
- Viasat History
- Viasat Explorer
Eastern and Central Europe
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.
Free channels:
- Viasat 3 Hungary
- TV3 Slovenia
- DTV Russia
Pay channels:
- TV1000 Balkan
- TV1000 East
- TV1000 Poland
- TV1000 Russkoe Kino
- Viasat Sport Baltic & Russia
- Viasat History
- Viasat Explorer
Other channels
In addition to their own channels, Viasat carry several third party channels on their platform.
Country specific
Sweden:
- SVT1
- SVT2
- SVT24
- Barnkanalen (as the same frequency as Kunskapskanalen)
- Kunskapskanalen (as the same frequency as Barnkanalen)
- TV4
- TV4 Plus
- TV4 Film
- TV400
- TV4 Fakta
- Aftonbladet TV7
- MTV Sweden
Denmark:
Finland:
Norway:
Estonia:
Latvia:
- LTV1
- LTV7 from 01.08.2007
- LNT
- TV5 Latvia
- MTV Latvija
Lithuania:
Transnational
- BBC World
- Bloomberg TV (as a part of TV8)
- Cartoon Network (as the same frequency as Turner Classic Movies)
- CNBC Nordic (as the same frequency as National Geographic)
- CNN International
- Discovery Channel (only in the Baltics)
- Disney Channel Scandinavia
- DW-TV (as a part of TV8)
- E!
- The God Channel
- Hallmark Scandilux
- Jetix (as the same frequency as Travel Channel)
- National Geographic Channel Scandinavia (as the same frequency as CNBC Nordic)
- Nickelodeon Scandinavia (as the same frequency as VH1)
- Playboy TV (as the same frequency as Jetix and Travel Channel)
- Playboy TV Plus (as the same frequency as Viasat Nature/Crime)
- Playhouse Disney
- Spice Platinum (as the same frequency as Viasat Explorer)
- Spice Private (also known as Ticket 2 Erotic)
- Toon Disney
- Travel Channel (as the same frequency as Jetix)
- Turner Classic Movies (as the same frequency as Cartoon Network)
- VH1 Europe (as the same frequency as Nickelodeon)
- Zone Reality
- MTV
See also
- List of Swedish television channels
- List of Finnish television channels
- List of Danish television channels
- List of Norwegian television channels
- List of Latvian television channels
External links
- 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 2/3
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