Sportkanalen
Encyclopedia
Sportkanalen was a sports channel
started by Kinnevik
on March 23, 1996 and is considered the predecessor to Viasat Sport
. Its main competitor was the sports channel SuperSport
.
The channels last broadcast was on December 30, 1996.
Sports channel
Sports channels are television specialty channels broadcast sporting events, usually live, and when not broadcasting events, sports news and other related programming....
started by Kinnevik
Modern Times Group
Modern Times Group is a Swedish media company. MTG was formed out of the media holdings of investment company Kinnevik, which in 1997 was distributed to the company stockholders. Among the assets were Viasat and Metro International...
on March 23, 1996 and is considered the predecessor to Viasat Sport
Viasat Sport
Viasat Sport is the common brand of several sports channels targeting the Nordic, Baltic and Eastern European countries owned by Modern Times Group.Viasat Sport is also the name of one tv-channel in Russia, Belarus, Ukraine, Kazakhstan and the Baltics...
. Its main competitor was the sports channel SuperSport
SuperSport
SuperSport was a Scandinavian sports channel started by FilmNet which was owned by MultiChoice South Africa at the time. The channel showed Premier League, NHL, Formula 1 and many other sports. The channel closed on 1 July 1997. The SuperSport brand which started in South Africa is still prevalent...
.
The channels last broadcast was on December 30, 1996.