Launched February 1, 2004 Founded 2004 | Owner Modern Times Group | |
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Closed 16 October 2008 (Norway and Sweden)January 6, 2009 (Denmark, Finland and the Baltics) Broadcast area Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Estonia, Lithuania and Latvia Website Norwegian site Swedish siteDanish site Replaced by Viasat Fotboll (Sweden), Viasat Sport (Norway), Viasat Sport Baltic (Baltics) | ||
Viasat Sport 2 was a Scandinavian soccer channel. The channel started February 1, 2004 together with Viasat Sport 3. Viasat Sport 2 has the rights to Manchester United TV and Chelsea TV. Viasat Sport 2 also shows the UEFA Champions League, the Dutch Eredivise, the Danish SAS Ligaen, the French Ligue 1, the UEFA Euro Qualifications, the FA Cup,The Italian Serie A, Football League Championship, Coppa Italia and the World Cup qualifications.
The channel was available in Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Estonia, Lithuania and Latvia along with its sister channel Viasat Sport 3. On October 16, 2008, Viasat relaunched their sports channels in Norway and Sweden. Viasat Sport 2 and 3 were replaced by Viasat Fotboll (in Sweden), Viasat Sport Norway (in Norway) and Viasat Motor (in both Sweden and Norway). The channels did however continue in Denmark, Finland and the Baltics until January 6, 2009. In the Baltics, the channels were replaced by Viasat Sport Baltic, while there was no replacements in Denmark and Finland.