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Viasat History is a pay television channel owned by the Swedish media company, Viasat World LTD. The channel broadcasts history series from around the world with a focus on the ancient world, historical drama, royal history, travel history and religious history.[1] Viasat History is a 24-hour channel, broadcasting in Central and Eastern Europe, Russia and Commonwealth of Independent States.
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Broadcast area | Central Europe, Eastern Europe |
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Headquarters | London, United Kingdom |
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Picture format | 1080i HDTV (downscaled to 16:9 576i for the SDTV feed) |
Ownership | |
Owner | Viasat World LTD |
Sister channels | Viasat Explore Viasat Nature |
History | |
Launched | 1 November 2004 |
Links | |
Website | Viasat World |
Availability | |
Terrestrial | |
Digita (Finland) | Channel 126 |
evotv (Croatia) | Channel 110 |
With headquarters in London, United Kingdom, the channel started initially to broadcast to Scandinavian countries and after a few years expanded to the Baltic countries with subtitles and many East European markets.
Viasat History acquires programming from international distributors and production houses. Since 2012, Viasat History together with sister channels Viasat Explore and Viasat Nature are broadcast in HD together with the SD feed on the Viasat satellite platform.
Since 6 September 2022, Viasat History is removing war-themed programs from its television network. New historical content is being released instead.