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
CountryUnited Kingdom
Broadcast areaUkraine
Estonia
Latvia
Lithuania
HeadquartersLondon
Programming
Language(s)English
Latvian
Russian
Picture formatHDTV 1080i
(downscaled to 16:9 576i for the SDTV feed)
Ownership
OwnerViasat World
Sister channelsViasat Kino Action
History
Launched1 March 2003; 21 years ago (2003-03-01)
Closed31 March 2023 (2023-03-31) (Ukraine, for a time)
Former namesTV1000 East (2003-2023)
Links
Websitehttps://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]

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  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.
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  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.