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Viaplay Sports
Viaplay Sports: sports channels and offering of Viaplay Group (formerly NENT Group), including the UK channels acquired with Premier Sports in 2022 and rebranded back to Premier Sports in 2024.
Viceland
Viceland was a VICE Media television channel brand: the US channel launched February 29, 2016 replacing A+E's H2 with Spike Jonze as co-president; Canadian and Australian versions ran with Rogers (to 2018) and SBS (to 2026).
Viki (streaming service)
Rakuten Viki (Viki, from video and wiki) is a streaming service for Asian dramas and movies founded in 2007, acquired by Rakuten in 2013 for a reported $200 million, known for volunteer crowdsourced subtitles in 200+ languages and timed comments.
Virgin Media Sport
Virgin Media Sport is an Irish pay television sports channel launched in September 2018 by Virgin Media Television, broadcasting UEFA Champions League, Europa League, and League of Ireland football.
Voot (OTT Platform)
Voot, an Indian Viacom18 OTT streaming service launched March 2016 as a free ad-supported platform, added the Voot Select paid tier in 2020, and was merged into JioCinema in August 2023; its content now lives on JioHotstar (from February 2025), distinct from all similarly named apps.
WeatherNation
WeatherNation: American 24/7 weather television network founded in 2008 by Paul Douglas, headquartered in Denver, owned by Performance One Media (Robert Sigg); meteorologist-hosted forecasts, no entertainment programming; shares ownership with Real America's Voice; on DISH, Roku, Pluto TV.
WWE Network
WWE Network was WWE's subscription streaming service, launched February 24, 2014 at $9.99/month with all pay-per-views and WWE, WCW and ECW archives. It moved to Peacock in 2021 and shut down fully on April 1, 2026.
YES Network
YES Network (Yankees Entertainment and Sports Network), New York regional sports network launched March 19, 2002, holding exclusive regional rights to the Yankees and Brooklyn Nets; owned by Yankee Global Enterprises, Amazon, RedBird, and others; streaming moved to DAZN in 2026.
YouPorn
YouPorn: free adult video tube site launched August 2006, a Porn 2.0 pioneer; sold to Manwin in 2011, now owned by Aylo (ex-MindGeek, Ethical Capital Partners) alongside Pornhub and RedTube; known for its content partner program, measured traffic studies, and age-verification conflicts in France, the UK, and US states.
Zarok TV
Zarok TV (Kurdish for 'child TV') is Turkey's first Kurdish-language children's channel, launched in Diyarbakır on Newroz, March 21, 2015. It broadcasts cartoons in Kurmanji, Zazaki, and Sorani, was closed under a 2016 emergency decree and relaunched that December.
Zee Marathi (झी मराठी)
Zee Marathi (झी मराठी), also known as Alpha TV Marathi until 2005, is Zee Entertainment's Marathi-language general entertainment channel launched 15 August 1999, the first Marathi GEC, long the market leader before Star Pravah overtook it around 2020.
Zee Tamil (ஜீ தமிழ்)
Zee Tamil (ஜீ தமிழ், formerly Zee Tamizh) is a Tamil-language pay general entertainment channel owned by Zee Entertainment Enterprises, launched 12 October 2008 from Chennai, with HD feed since 2017 and sister movie channel Zee Thirai.
ZEE5
ZEE5 (Zee5) is Zee Entertainment Enterprises' Indian video streaming platform, launched February 2018, offering films, shows, originals and live sports in 12 Indian languages across 190+ countries, with FIFA rights to 2034 and FY26 revenue of ₹14,888 million.