Viasat is a direct broadcast satellite television broadcaster and pay TV operator, owned by the Swedish media conglomerate Modern Times Group (MTG). Broadcasting from London, the target markets are in the Nordic and the Baltic Countries.
The Viasat signals can be received from the Astra 4A and SES-5 satellites at 4.8°E with any DVB-S receiver equipped with a NDS VideoGuard descrambling module. Viasat’s main competitor on DBS distribution in the Nordic countries is Canal Digital. 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.
In May 2016, MTG announced the launch of Viasat Ultra HD, the first Ultra-high-definition television (UHD) channel in the Nordic region and its first UHD Sports channel. The channel will feature selected live sport events especially produced in Ultra HD and launch in the autumn in Sweden, Norway, Denmark and Finland via SES-5. Viasat will also be launching an Ultra HD set-top box from Samsung and a TV-module to enable existing UHD TVs to display the channel.
Country-specific basic channels:
TV3 Denmark
TV3 Norway (also in HD)
TV3 Sweden
TV3+ Denmark
TV3 Puls
TV6 Norway
TV6 Sweden
TV8 Sweden
TV10 Sweden
Viasat 4 (also in HD)
Pan-Nordic pay channels:
Viasat Film Premiere
Viasat Film Action
Viasat Film Classic
Viasat Film Family
Viasat Film Nordic
Viasat Series
Viasat Explore
Viasat History
Viasat Nature
Viasat Sport Sweden
Viasat Sport Norway, also in HD
Viasat Fotboll (Sweden, also in HD)
Viasat Motor (Sweden and Norway)
Viasat Premier League HD (Sweden)
Viasat Hockey (Norway, Sweden and Finland)
Viasat Golf
TV3 Sport 1 (Denmark) (Formerly Viasat Sport 1 Denmark and TV 2 Sport)
TV3 Sport 2 (Denmark)
Country-specific basic channels:
TV3 Estonia
TV6 Estonia
TV3 Latvia
TV3+ Latvia
TV6 Latvia
LNT Latvia
Kanāls 2 Latvia
TV3 Lithuania
TV3+ Lithuania
TV6 Lithuania
Others:
TV1000 Action East
TV1000 East
TV1000 Russkoe Kino (ТВ1000 Русское Кино)
Viasat Explorer
Viasat History
Viasat Nature East
Viasat Sport Baltic
Viasat Golf
Viasat Motor
Viasat Premier League HD
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
Viasat 6 Hungary
Pay channels:
TV1000 Action East
TV1000 Balkan
TV1000 East
TV1000 Russkoe Kino
Viasat Sport East
Viasat History (Greece and Cyprus come soon)
Viasat Explorer (Greece and Cyprus come soon)
Viasat Nature (Greece and Cyprus come soon)
In addition to their own channels, Viasat carry several third party channels on their platform.
Sweden:
SVT1 (also in HD)
SVT2 (also in HD)
SVT24 (timesharing with Barnkanalen)
Barnkanalen (timesharing with SVT24)
Kunskapskanalen
TV4
Sjuan
TV4 Film
TV4 Fakta
TV4 Science fiction
TV4 Sport
TV4 Komedi
TV4 Guld
TV4 News
Kanal 5
Kanal 9
TV11
TNT
MTV Sweden
Nickelodeon Sweden
Comedy Central Sweden
Denmark:
DR1
DR2
DR3 (HD)
DR K
DR Ramasjang
DR Ultra
TV 2 Denmark
TV 2 Charlie
TV 2 Film
TV 2 News
TV 2 Zulu
Kanal 4
Kanal 5
6'eren
7'eren
24 Nordjyske
MTV Denmark
Norway:
NRK1
NRK2
NRK3/NRK Super
TV 2 Norge
TV 2 Filmkanalen
TV 2 Nyhetskanalen
TV 2 Sport
TV3 (Norway)
TVNorge
FEM
MAX
VOX
MTV Norway
Slovakia:
RTVS
Lithuania:
Lietuvos Rytas TV
LRT Televizija
LRT Lituanica
LNK
TV1
BTV
Sport1
Animal Planet Europe (only in the Baltics)
BBC World News
Cartoon Network (6.00-21.00, time-sharing with TCM Europe)
CNBC Nordic
CNN International
Discovery Channel Europe (only in the Baltics)
Disney Channel Scandinavia
E!
Euronews
Boomerang Scandinavia
The God Channel
MTV Live HD
Nat Geo Scandinavia
Nat Geo HD
Nat Geo Wild
Nickelodeon Scandinavia (6.00-18.00, time-sharing with VH1 Europe)
Nick Jr. (Sweden)
NHK World
NTV Mir (only in the Baltics)
Playboy TV (time-sharing with Viasat Nature/Crime)
Disney Junior Scandinavia (time-sharing with Viasat Film Drama)
Ren TV (only in the Baltics)
RTR Planeta (only in Estonia and Lithuania)
RT
Spice Platinum (time-sharing with Viasat Explorer)
Spice Private (also known as Viasat Ticket 2 Erotic)
STS International (only in the Baltics)
Disney XD Scandinavia
TCM Nordic (Turner Classic Movies) (21.00-6.00, time-sharing with Cartoon Network Nordic)
VH1 Europe (18.00-6.00, time-sharing with Nick Jr Sweden)
CBS Reality
MTV Europe
Penthouse HD1
Penthouse HD2
Space Channel 3D
The live 3D broadcast of the 2011 UEFA Champions League final match between Manchester United and Barcelona was provided by Viasat in 3D format in Gothenburg (Sweden). The football match was broadcast on EKTA screen. This Ukrainian produced 3D LED TV made The Guinness Book of World Records.
