Viasat Kino

Viasat Kino is a movie television channel targeting the Baltic countries, Russia, Kazakhstan and other Eastern European 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] TV1000 East was rebranded in December 2009.[4]

Viasat Kino
CountryUnited Kingdom
Broadcast areaBaltic states
CIS
Russia
HeadquartersLondon
Programming
Language(s)English
Russian
Subtitled in Estonian, Latvian and Lithuanian
Picture formatHDTV 1080i
(downscaled to 16:9 576i for the SDTV feed)
Ownership
OwnerViasat World
Sister channelsViasat Kino Action
History
Launched1 March 2003 (2003-03-01)
Closed31 March 2023 (2023-03-31) (in Ukraine)
Replaced byViju TV1000 (Russia & CIS)
Former namesTV1000 East (2003-2023)
Links
Websitehttps://viasatkino.com/
Availability
Streaming media
Viju (Russia)Live stream

On 1 March 2023, TV1000 East renamed to Viasat Kino.[5][6] It happened when Russia changed its seal to Viju and it called Viju TV1000.[7]

On 31 March 2023, Viasat World TV channels stopped broadcasting in Ukraine.[8][9]

References
  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 |". www.techno-sat.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 3 May 2023.
  4. "TV1000 East". Sweet TV. 2020. Archived from the original on 2 April 2020. Retrieved 19 March 2020.
  5. "ребрендинг канала TV1000 в Viasat Kino (Балтия) (1.03.2023)". YouTube. Archived from the original on 2023-03-01. Retrieved 2023-03-01.
  6. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2023-03-01. Retrieved 2023-03-01.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  7. "Виасат объединит все телеканалы под новым брендом / IXBT.Market / IXBT Live". 16 February 2023. Archived from the original on 2023-03-01. Retrieved 2023-03-01.
  8. "Оновлення каналів в пакетах Viasat". viasat.com.ua (in Ukrainian). 31 March 2023. Retrieved 3 May 2023.
  9. ""Viasat" TV channels have stopped broadcasting in Ukraine since March 31. What happened?". babel.ua. Retrieved 3 May 2023.


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