V Sports
CountryNordic
Broadcast areaSweden, Denmark, Norway and Finland
Ownership
OwnerViaplay Group
Sister channelsV Film
V Series
History
LaunchedJune 2020
Links
Websitehttp://www.tv1000.se/

V Sport is the common brand of several sports channels targeting the Nordic countries, owned by Viaplay Group. The brand has been introduced in June 2020, replacing the former brands Viasat Sport and Viasport (Norway only). Its main competitors are TV 2 Sport (Denmark), TV 2 Sport (Norway), TV4 Sport (Sweden), MTV Urheilu (Finland) and Eurosport.

Sports rights

Association football

National leagues[1]
National cups
European competitions

Other sports

American football
Basketball
Golf
Ice hockey
Motorsports

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.[2]

11 April 2007, Viasat Sport 1 in Denmark was replaced by TV 2 Sport,[3] 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.[4]

Viasat Sport 2 and 3 continued in Denmark, Finland and the Baltics until January 6, 2009. On January 7, 2009, Viasat Sport Baltic channel was launched in Baltic states. Viasat Golf also became available in the region. Finland and Denmark didn't receive any replacements for Viasat Sport 2 and 3.

The Baltic business was sold in 2017 to Providence Equity Partners,[5] and Viasat Sport Baltic has been renamed to TVPlay Sports (currently TV3 Sport). In 2018 the Nordic TV business of Modern Times Group was split off into Nordic Entertainment Group (NENT).

Denmark

Channel lineup:

Finland

Channel lineup:[6]

Norway

Main article: V Sport (Norway)

New channel lineup as of 15 September 2008:[7]

Sweden

Main article: V Sport (Sweden)

New channel lineup as of 16 September 2009:[8]

References

  1. ^ La Liga og Serie A på Viasat
  2. ^ "MTG EXTENDS AND ACQUIRES GOLF RIGHTS AND LAUNCHES DEDICATED GOLF CHANNEL". Cision Wire. 2006-12-20. Retrieved 2008-10-29.
  3. ^ "TV 2 Sport går i luften onsdag" (in Danish). TV2.dk. 2007-04-11. Retrieved 2008-10-29.
  4. ^ "MTG: NEW SPORTS CHANNEL LINE-UP IN SWEDEN AND NORWAY" (Press release). Modern Times Group. October 6, 2008.
  5. ^ "MTG sells Baltic broadcasting businesses - MTG".
  6. ^ "Viasat sport" (in Finnish). Viasat.fi. Retrieved 2009-04-24.
  7. ^ "Nye sportskanaler – den beste sporten i ny drakt" (in Norwegian). Viasat.no. Retrieved 2009-09-04.
  8. ^ "Viasat Sport – en kanal för varje passion" (in Swedish). Viasat.se. Retrieved 2009-09-04.

External links

Modern Times Group
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