Viasat Kino

Viasat Kino is a movie television channel targeting the Baltic countries. It is owned by the international broadcaster Viasat World^[1] and was launched on 1 March 2003 by Swedish media conglomerate Modern Times Group.^[2][3]

Viasat Kino

Country	United Kingdom
Broadcast area	Ukraine Estonia Latvia Lithuania
Headquarters	London
Programming
Language(s)	English Latvian Russian
Picture format	HDTV 1080i (downscaled to 16:9 576i for the SDTV feed)
Ownership
Owner	Viasat World
Sister channels	Viasat Kino Action
History
Launched	1 March 2003; 21 years ago (2003-03-01)
Closed	31 March 2023 (2023-03-31) (Ukraine, for a time)
Former names	TV1000 East (2003-2023)
Links
Website	https://viasatkino.com/

On 1 March 2023, TV1000 East renamed to Viasat Kino.^[4][5]

On 31 March 2023, Viasat World TV channels stopped broadcasting in Ukraine, the reason was a conflict of interests with the Russian owners.^[6]

On 9 June 2023, Viasat World TV channels resumed broadcasting on a Ukrainian satellite provider Viasat Ukraine and other cable providers.^[7][8][9] However, Ukraine's regulator the National Council said it does not recommend the distribution of Viasat channels, despite the fact that they have a three-month licence issued in another EU country.^[10]

External links

• Official site
• Viasat World
• Modern Times Group

References

1. Ashford, Holly (October 2015). "MTG sells pay-TV channels businesses". TV Europe. Europe. Archived from the original on 29 September 2020. Retrieved 19 March 2020.
2. "TV1000 launched in Russia". MTG. Spring 2003. Retrieved 19 March 2020.
3. "Канал TV1000 отмечает два года со дня начала вещания в России | Новости СПУТНИКОВОГО ТV | TECHNO-SAT.RU |" [TV1000 celebrates two years of broadcasting in Russia]. www.techno-sat.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 3 May 2023.
4. "ребрендинг канала TV1000 в Viasat Kino (Балтия) (1.03.2023)" [Rebranding TV1000 to Viasat Kino]. YouTube. March 2023. Archived from the original on 1 March 2023. Retrieved 1 March 2023. ^{[user-generated source]}
5. "Viasat World". Archived from the original on 1 March 2023. Retrieved 1 March 2023.
6. • "Оновлення каналів в пакетах Viasat" [Updating channels in Viasat packages]. viasat.com.ua (in Ukrainian). 31 March 2023. Retrieved 3 May 2023.
   • ""Viasat" TV channels have stopped broadcasting in Ukraine since March 31. What happened?". babel.ua. 31 March 2023. Retrieved 3 May 2023.
   • Stuart, Thomson (31 March 2023). "Viasat World channels to be excluded from Ukraine". Digital TV Europe. Archived from the original on 31 March 2023. Retrieved 26 May 2023.
7. "Оператор супутникового телебачення Viasat відновив мовлення тематичних каналів Viasat | Mediasat" [Viasat satellite TV operator resumes broadcasting of Viasat thematic channels]. mediasat.info (in Ukrainian). Mediasat. 9 June 2023. Retrieved 3 July 2023.
8. "Канали Viasat повертаються на ТВ!" [Viasat channels are back on TV!]. viasat.com.ua (in Ukrainian). Viasat Ukraine. 9 June 2023. Retrieved 3 July 2023.
9. "McLaut відновив мовлення каналів Viasat у своїй мережі" [McLaut resumes broadcasting Viasat channels on its network]. mediasat.info (in Ukrainian). Mediasat. 5 July 2023. Retrieved 5 July 2023.
10. "Ukraine says no to Viasat channels". Broadband TV News. 9 June 2023. Retrieved 3 July 2023.