V Sport Jääkiekko
Finnish pay television channel
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V Sport Jääkiekko (Finnish for "Ice Hockey"[1]) is a pay television channel distributed in Finland,[2] produced by Nordic Entertainment Group-owned[3] Viasat, and primarily covering two major professional ice hockey leagues, the National Hockey League and the Kontinental Hockey League.[2] The channel's major live broadcasts are usually presented in Finnish, although for the NHL games, the original English-language commentary from the North American feed is generally transmitted in a separate audio channel. Additionally, the channel rebroadcasts the NHL Network programming in English.[4]
| Country | United Kingdom |
|---|---|
| Broadcast area | Finland |
| Network | V Sport |
| Programming | |
| Languages | Finnish English |
| Picture format | 1080i HDTV (downscaled to 16:9 576i for the SDTV feed) |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Nordic Entertainment Group |
| Sister channels | Viasat Urheilu Viasat Jalkapallo |
| History | |
| Launched | 1 August 2016 |
| Replaced | Viasat Sport Finland |
| Availability | |
| Terrestrial | |
| DNA | Channel 120 Channel 63 (SD) |
The channel was launched on August 1, 2016, after Viasat's Finnish-language sports channel, Viasat Sport Finland (formerly named Viasat Hockey Finland[5]) has been replaced with three specialized channels, the other two being Viasat Urheilu and Viasat Jalkapallo.[6] Besides Viasat's own satellite service, Viasat Jääkiekko is also available in the terrestrial network in Mainland Finland[7] and through most cable and satellite providers in the country.[8][9][10][11] The associate Viasat Jääkiekko package available through the pay TV ppay-TVrs generally additionally includes the channels Viasat Urheilu, the Swedish-language Viasat Hockey and Viasat Sport, and five Viasat Xtra channels used to simultaneously show further NHL games.[2]
In 2020, the channel has been renamed from Viasat Jääkiekko to V Sport Jääkiekko.