Viasat Sport 1
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| Viasat Sport 1 | |
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| Launched | March 1, 1999 |
| Owned by | Modern Times Group |
| Slogan | "Your No. 1 in Sports" |
| Country |  United Kingdom |
| Formerly called | Viasat Sport |
| Sister channel(s) | Viasat Sport 2, others |
| Availability | |
| Satellite | |
| Viasat | |
| Cable | |
| Com Hem | |
| Tele2Vision | |
| Canal Digital | |
| IPTV over ADSL | |
| Bredbandsbolaget | |
Viasat Sport 1 is a sports channel broadcasting from the United Kingdom, primarily targeting Sweden.
The channel was launched in 1999 as a pan-Scandinavian channel. It was launched to make use of the many sports rights in the MTG portfolio that weren't shown on TV3 and therefore were unused.
In January 2002, Viasat Sport Denmark (later replaced by TV 2 Sport) was launched and the original version would now target Sweden and Norway. This continued until SportN for Norway launched in 2005. When Viasat launched to new sports channels in 2004, Viasat Sport 2 and Viasat Sport 3, the first channel got its current name.
