Viasat Kino Action
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| 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 Viasat Kino World |
| History | |
| Launched | 1 September 2008 |
| Closed | 31 March 2023 (Ukraine, for a time) |
| Former names | TV1000 Action East (2008–2023) |
| Links | |
| Website | Official site |
Viasat Kino Action is a television channel broadcasting action movies to the Baltics. It broadcasts international action movies. Movies are dubbed into Russian and subtitled into Estonian, Latvian and Lithuanian.[1][2]
In the Nordic region TV1000 Action was rebranded in February, 2009. TV1000 Action East was rebranded later in 2009.
On 1 March 2023, TV1000 Action East renamed to Viasat Kino Action.[3]
On 31 March 2023, Viasat World TV channels stopped broadcasting in Ukraine, the reason was a conflict of interests with the Russian owners.[4]
On 9 June 2023, Viasat World TV channels resumed broadcasting on a Ukrainian satellite provider Viasat Ukraine.[5]
See also
References
- ^ "TV1000 Action heads east". broadbandtvnews.com. 8 August 2008.
- ^ "TV1000 Action East". Modern Times Group.
- ^ "Viasat Kino Action". www.viasatworld.com.
- ^
- "Оновлення каналів в пакетах Viasat". 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.
- ^ "Оператор супутникового телебачення Viasat відновив мовлення тематичних каналів Viasat | Mediasat". mediasat.info (in Ukrainian). Mediasat. 9 June 2023. Retrieved 3 July 2023.
