Viasat Kino Action
European TV channel
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Viasat Kino Action is a television channel broadcasting action movies to the Baltics. It broadcasts international action movies. Movies are dubbed into Russian and subtitled into Estonian, Latvian and Lithuanian.[1][2]
CountryUnited Kingdom
HeadquartersLondon
 Logo used since 7 May 2025 | |
| Country | United Kingdom |
|---|---|
| Broadcast area | Ukraine Estonia Latvia Lithuania |
| Headquarters | London |
| Programming | |
| Languages | English Latvian Russian |
| Picture format | HDTV 1080i (downscaled to 16:9 576i for the SDTV feed) |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Viasat World |
| Sister channels | Viasat Kino Viasat Kino World |
| History | |
| Launched | 1 September 2008 |
| Closed | 31 March 2023 (Ukraine, for a time) |
| Former names | TV1000 Action East (2008–2023) |
| Links | |
| Website | Official site |
In the Nordic region TV1000 Action was rebranded in February, 2009. TV1000 Action East was rebranded later in 2009.
On 1 March 2023,from TV1000 Action East renamed to Viasat Kino Action[3]
On 31 March 2023, Viasat World TV channels stopped broadcasting in Ukraine, the reason was a conflict of interests with the Russian owners.[4]
On 9 June 2023, Viasat World TV channels resumed broadcasting on a Ukrainian satellite provider Viasat Ukraine.[5]