V Sport Jääkiekko

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]

V Sport Jääkiekko
Launched1 August 2016 (2016-08-01)
NetworkV Sport
Owned byNordic Entertainment Group
Picture format1080i HDTV
(downscaled to 16:9 576i for the SDTV feed)
Slogan"Suora yhteys" (Direct connection)
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageFinnish
English
Broadcast areaFinland
ReplacedViasat Sport Finland
Sister channel(s)Viasat Urheilu
Viasat Jalkapallo
Availability
Terrestrial
DNAChannel 120
Channel 63 (SD)
Cable
DNAChannel 365
ElisaChannel 265
TeliaChannel 187
ÅlcomChannel 177
IPTV
DNA OyjChannel 669
ElisaChannel 745
TeliaChannel 187
ÅlcomChannel 177

The channel was launched on August 1, 2016, after Viasat's Finnish-language sports channel, Viasat Sport Finland (itself 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 providers 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.

References
  1. "jääkiekko suomesta englanniksi". Sanakirja.org. Helsingin Sanomat. Retrieved 2019-06-15.
  2. "Viasat Jääkiekko" (in Finnish). Viasat. Retrieved 2019-06-15.
  3. "Viasat". Nordic Entertainment Group. Retrieved 2019-06-15.
  4. "TV-opas" (in Finnish). Viasat. Retrieved 2019-06-15.
  5. "Viasat kaappasi Mestarien liigan tv-oikeudet" (in Finnish). Ilta-Sanomat. Retrieved 2019-06-23.
  6. "Maailman paras jääkiekko valtaa uuden Viasat Jääkiekko HD –kanavan" (in Finnish). ePressi. Retrieved 2019-06-15.
  7. "Antenniverkon kanavat" (in Finnish). DNA. Retrieved 2019-06-15.
  8. "Kanavalistat" (in Finnish). DNA. Retrieved 2019-06-15.
  9. "Elisa Kaapeli-TV:n kanavapaikat" (in Finnish). Elisa. Retrieved 2019-06-15.
  10. "Telia TV:n kanavapaikat" (in Finnish). Elisa. Retrieved 2019-06-15.
  11. "Kanalplatser Kabel-TV" (in Swedish). Ålcom. Retrieved 2019-06-15.
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