Viasat 1
| Country | Ghana |
|---|---|
| Headquarters | Accra |
| Programming | |
| Language(s) | English |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Modern Times Group |
| History | |
| Launched | December 12, 2008 |
| Closed | 2016 |
| Replaced by | Kwesé Free Sports |
| Links | |
| Website | Viasat1 website |
Viasat 1 was a Ghanaian television channel owned by the Swedish listed media group, Modern Times Group (MTG). It was replaced by Kwesé Sports in 2016.
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.
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.