SportN or Viasat SportN ("N" as in "Norway") is the name of a former sports channel which broadcast to Norway. The channel launched on November 29, 2005, as a replacement for the then pan-Nordic Viasat Sport 1

Viasat Sport 1

Viasat Sport is a group of sports channels broadcasting from the United Kingdom. The channels are targeting the Scandinavian and Baltic countries, though the primary market of the channels is Sweden. This article concentrates on Viasat Sport channels in Sweden....

 channel in Norway.

The channel was a joint venture

Joint venture

A joint venture is a business agreement in which parties agree to develop, for a finite time, a new entity and new assets by contributing equity. They exercise control over the enterprise and consequently share revenues, expenses and assets...

 between Modern Times Group

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...

 and Norsk Rikskringkasting

Norsk Rikskringkasting

The Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation , which is usually known as NRK, is the Norwegian government-owned radio and television public broadcasting company, and the largest media organisation in Norway...

. In addition to live sport coverage SportN showcased classic sport.

The channel closed down when Viasat launched Viasat Fotball

Viasat Fotball

Viasat Fotball is a Norwegian-paid TV owned by Viasat. This is a sport channel which broadcasts all the sports from around the world. Sports shown on this channel are FA CUP, UEFA Champions League,Europa Liga, Coca Cola Championships, some League 1 matches from England as well as Friendly matches...

 on September 15, 2009.

Its technical base was located at Bjerke, Oslo

Oslo

Oslo is a municipality, as well as the capital and most populous city in Norway. As a municipality , it was established on 1 January 1838. Founded around 1048 by King Harald III of Norway, the city was largely destroyed by fire in 1624. The city was moved under the reign of Denmark–Norway's King...

.