V Sport Jääkiekko ( Finnish for ''"Ice Hockey"'') is a

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distributed in

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, produced by

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-owned

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, and primarily covering two major professional

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leagues, the

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and the Kontinental Hockey League. The channel's major live broadcasts are usually presented in Finnish, although for the NHL games, the original

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commentary from the North American feed is generally transmitted in a separate audio channel. Additionally, the channel rebroadcasts the NHL Network programming in English. The channel was launched on August 1, 2016, after Viasat's Finnish-language sports channel, Viasat Sport Finland (formerly named Viasat Hockey Finland) has been replaced with three specialized channels, the other two being Viasat Urheilu and Viasat Jalkapallo. Besides Viasat's own satellite service, Viasat Jääkiekko is also available in the

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in Mainland Finland and through most cable and satellite providers in the country.{{cite web , url=https://www.alcom.ax/privat/kundservice/iptv/kanalplatser-kabel-tv , access-date=2019-06-15 , language=sv, title=Kanalplatser Kabel-TV, publisher=Ålcom The associate ''Viasat Jääkiekko'' package available through the pay TV ppay-TVrs generally additionally includes the channels Viasat Urheilu, the Swedish-language

Viasat Hockey V Sport Hockey is a sports channel that is broadcasting from the United Kingdom, primarily targeting Sweden but also available in Finland and Norway. Broadcasting was commenced on 1 September 2009, at the start of the 2009 ice hockey season. The ...

and

Viasat Sport V Sport is the common brand of several sports channels targeting the Nordic countries, owned by Nordic Entertainment Group. The brand has been introduced in June 2020, replacing the former brands Viasat Sport and Viasport (Norway only). Its main c ...

, and five Viasat Xtra channels used to simultaneously show further NHL games. In 2020, the channel has been renamed from Viasat Jääkiekko to V Sport Jääkiekko.

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Viasat Finland
Television channels in Finland V Sport Ice hockey mass media Television channels and stations established in 2016 2016 establishments in Finland