V Sport Jääkiekko (Finnish for "Ice Hockey"[1]) is a pay television channel distributed in Finland,[2] produced by Nordic Entertainment Group-owned[3] Viasat, and primarily covering two major professional ice hockey leagues, the National Hockey League and the Kontinental Hockey League.[2] The channel's major live broadcasts are usually presented in Finnish, although for the NHL games, the original English-language commentary from the North American feed is generally transmitted in a separate audio channel. Additionally, the channel rebroadcasts the NHL Network programming in English.[4]

V Sport Jääkiekko
CountryUnited Kingdom
Broadcast areaFinland
NetworkV Sport
Programming
Language(s)Finnish
English
Picture format1080i HDTV
(downscaled to 16:9 576i for the SDTV feed)
Ownership
OwnerNordic Entertainment Group
Sister channelsViasat Urheilu
Viasat Jalkapallo
History
Launched1 August 2016 (2016-08-01)
ReplacedViasat Sport Finland
Availability
Terrestrial
DNAChannel 120
Channel 63 (SD)

The channel was launched on August 1, 2016, after Viasat's Finnish-language sports channel, Viasat Sport Finland (formerly named Viasat Hockey Finland[5]) has been replaced with three specialized channels, the other two being Viasat Urheilu and Viasat Jalkapallo.[6] Besides Viasat's own satellite service, Viasat Jääkiekko is also available in the terrestrial network in Mainland Finland[7] and through most cable and satellite providers in the country.[8][9][10][11] The associate Viasat Jääkiekko package available through the pay TV ppay-TVrs generally additionally includes the channels Viasat Urheilu, the Swedish-language Viasat Hockey and Viasat Sport, and five Viasat Xtra channels used to simultaneously show further NHL games.[2]

In 2020, the channel has been renamed from Viasat Jääkiekko to V Sport Jääkiekko.

References

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  1. ^ "jääkiekko suomesta englanniksi". Sanakirja.org. Helsingin Sanomat. Retrieved 2019-06-15.
  2. ^ a b c "Viasat Jääkiekko" (in Finnish). Viasat. Retrieved 2019-06-15.
  3. ^ "Viasat". Nordic Entertainment Group. Retrieved 2019-06-15.
  4. ^ "TV-opas" (in Finnish). Viasat. Retrieved 2019-06-15.
  5. ^ "Viasat kaappasi Mestarien liigan tv-oikeudet" (in Finnish). Ilta-Sanomat. Retrieved 2019-06-23.
  6. ^ "Maailman paras jääkiekko valtaa uuden Viasat Jääkiekko HD –kanavan" (in Finnish). ePressi. Retrieved 2019-06-15.
  7. ^ "Antenniverkon kanavat" (in Finnish). DNA. Retrieved 2019-06-15.
  8. ^ "Kanavalistat" (in Finnish). DNA. Retrieved 2019-06-15.
  9. ^ "Elisa Kaapeli-TV:n kanavapaikat" (in Finnish). Elisa. Retrieved 2019-06-15.
  10. ^ "Telia TV:n kanavapaikat" (in Finnish). Elisa. Retrieved 2019-06-15.
  11. ^ "Kanalplatser Kabel-TV" (in Swedish). Ålcom. Retrieved 2019-06-15.
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