Viasat Hockey is a sports channel

Sports channel

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 that is broadcasting from the United Kingdom

United Kingdom

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, primarily targeting Sweden

Sweden

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 but also available in Finland

Finland

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 and Norway (from January 2010 also in Estonia

Estonia

Estonia , officially the Republic of Estonia , is a state in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland, to the west by the Baltic Sea, to the south by Latvia , and to the east by Lake Peipsi and the Russian Federation . Across the Baltic Sea lies...

, Latvia

Latvia

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 and Lithuania

Lithuania

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). Broadcasting was commenced on September 1, 2009, at the start of the 2009 ice hockey season. The channel focuses on the KHL, HockeyAllsvenskan, Kvalserien

Kvalserien

Kvalserien, also known as Kvalserien till Elitserien, is the name of the Swedish round-robin ice hockey tournament to qualify for play in the next season of Elitserien, Sweden's top-level ice hockey league for men.-Teams:...

, Ice Hockey World Championships

Ice Hockey World Championships

The Ice Hockey World Championships are an annual ice hockey tournament organized by the International Ice Hockey Federation . First officially held at the 1920 Summer Olympics, it is the sport's highest profile annual international tournament. The IIHF was created in 1908 while the European...

 and NHL.

The launch of the channel was announced 7 May 2009 during the 2009 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships

2009 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships

The 2009 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships was the 73rd such event hosted by the International Ice Hockey Federation. Teams representing 46 countries participated in four levels of competition. The competition also served as qualifications for the 2010 competition...

. The channel is included in the Viasat sports package via satellite

Satellite

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. The channel is available through the cable- and broadband networks, and the games from HockeyAllsvenskan shown on TV are available through the streaming service Viasat OnDemand.