Viasat Sport

Viasat Sport (Viasport in Norway) is the common brand of several sports channels targeting the Nordic, CIS and Eastern European countries owned by Nordic Entertainment Group and Baltic countries owned by Providence Equity Partners. Viasat Sport was launched as a pan-Nordic channel in 1999. 1 February 2004, Viasat launched two new sport channels; Viasat Sport 2 and Viasat Sport 3. The two existing channels were re-branded as Viasat Sport 1. In early 2008, Viasat launched their first high-definition sports channels: TV 2 Sport HD for Denmark and Viasat Sport HD för Norway and Sweden. Viasat Sport 2 and 3 continued in Denmark, Finland and the Baltics until January 6, 2009. On January 7, 2009, Viasat Sport Baltic channel was launched in Baltic states.