V Film
group of premium movie channels broadcasting in the Nordic countries owned by Viaplay Group
V Film is a group of premium movie channels broadcasting in the Nordic countries, owned by Viaplay Group.
History
V Film was started by Kinnevik on 27 August 1989 as TV1000, using one of the sixteen transponders on Astra 1A, the first Astra satellite.
In June 1991, TV1000 announced that the channel would merge with another pay movie channel called SF Succé. This gave the channel a content boost with several Swedish films. It also made TV1000 more able to compete with FilmNet, the leading premium channel at the time.
On 1 September 1991, the merger took place. The name of the merged channel was initially announced to be "TV1000 Succékanalen", although this was not used on air. As TV1000 was much larger than SF Succé, Kinnevik owned 75 percent of the new channel, while SF Succé's owners owned 25 percent.
When Kinnevik spun off its media division into the Modern Times Group (MTG) in 1997, TV1000 was not included. Kinnevik was eventually able to buy out the rest of the owners, and TV1000 became a part of MTG in 2000.
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