Viasat 1

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.

Ownership
In December 2016, MTG sold African business (Viasat 1 (Ghana), TV1 (Tanzania) and Modern African Production (MAP)) to Econet Wireless.

Programs
Before the channel was sold Viasat 1 broadcast the following programs:

Series

 * CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
 * CSI: NY
 * CSI: Miami
 * Ghost Whisperer
 * The Firm
 * Grey's Anatomy
 * The Walking Dead
 * NCIS: Los Angeles
 * Bones
 * Charmed(TV series)

Kids

 * Pula and Friends
 * Magic Cellar
 * Tales from Africa
 * Action Man
 * Supa Strikas
 * Transformers: Animated
 * X-Men
 * Gormiti
 * Oscar's Oasis
 * Kassai and Luk
 * Men in Black: The Series
 * Bernard
 * Dex Hamilton: Alien Entomologist
 * Hannah Montana
 * Tingatinga
 * Bob the Builder
 * Handy Manny
 * Pair of Kings

News

 * Viasat 1 News

Talk shows

 * The Oprah Winfrey Show
 * The One Show
 * This Morning
 * Boys Boys

Game shows

 * It Runs in the Family

Sitcoms

 * Friends
 * The Bernie Mac Show
 * Girlfriends
 * The Game
 * Everybody Hates Chris
 * Pair of Kings
 * Two and a Half Men

Drama

 * Generations
 * The Lab
 * Jozi
 * Hard Copy
 * Tinsel
 * Los Querendones
 * Grey's Anatomy
 * Tormenta en el paraiso
 * Pasión de Gavilanes
 * Eva Luna
 * Soy tu dueña
 * La que no podia amar
 * Alma Indomable
 * En Nombre del Amor
 * Un Refugio para el Amor
 * Dahil May Isang Ikaw
 * Sa Piling Mo
 * Una Maid en Manhattan
 * Sacrificio de Mujer

Reality shows

 * America's Next Top Model
 * Born star

Lifestyle

 * Studio 53
 * Mzanzi Ridez
 * Dance Africa
 * Catwalk Kenya

Sports

 * The World Game
 * Sport Science
 * Premier League
 * Sports Xtra
 * Serie A
 * Football 360