Viasat 1

Viasat 1 was a Ghanaian television channel owned by the Swedish listed media group, Modern Times Group (MTG). It was re-branded to Kwesé Free Sports in 2016.

This article is about the television broadcaster. For the communications satellite, see ViaSat-1.


Viasat 1
LaunchedDecember 12, 2008
Owned byModern Times Group
SloganYour No. 1 Entertainer
CountryGhana
LanguageEnglish, (UK)
HeadquartersAccra
WebsiteViasat1 Website

The channel was awarded a licence from the National Communications Authority of the Republic of Ghana in December 2007 and started broadcasting on December 12, 2008 on 6 p.m. The first programme on the channel was the movie Duma, followed by The Cosby Show, Friends and CSI: Crime Scene Investigation.[1]

Viasat 1 was MTG's first venture in Africa and became the fifth terrestrial television network in Ghana after GTV, Metro TV, TV3 and TV Africa. In December 2016, MTG sold African business (Viasat 1 (Ghana), TV1 (Tanzania) and Modern African Production (MAP)) to Econet Media Group.

Programs

Before the channel was sold Viasat 1 broadcast the following programs:

Series

Kids

Talk shows

Game shows
  • It Runs in the Family

Sitcoms

Drama

Reality shows

Lifestyle
  • Studio 53
  • Mzanzi Ridez
  • Dance Africa
  • Catwalk Kenya

Sports
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References
  1. "MTG LAUNCHES FREE-TV CHANNEL IN GHANA" (Press release). Modern Times Group. December 15, 2008.
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