Danmon builds Scandinavia’s first UHD Channel
August 11, 2016
Danmon Group has announced the completion, for ViaSat Sport, of Scandinavia’s first UHD television channel. Part of Modern Times Group, ViaSat is based at MTG’s headquarters in Stockholm.
ViaSat Sport will transmit selected live sport events in UHD to viewers throughout the Nordic region. The new channel commenced with the Rio Olympics, MTG being the official Rio Olympics 2016 broadcaster for Sweden. ViaSat Sport will also transmit specially-produced UHD sports content such as soccer via the SES-5 satellite for ViaSat customers throughout Sweden, Norway, Denmark and Finland.
At the same time, Danmon built an additional HD Sports channel which is branded as ViaSat Sport Premium.