Viaplay

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This article is about the streaming service. For the media company that owns it, see Viaplay Group.
Viaplay
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Web address viaplay.com
Type of site
 Streaming service
Owner Viaplay Group
Launched
  • May 2007 (2007-05) (as Viasat On Demand)
  • 2011 (2011) (as Viaplay)

Viaplay is a Swedish video streaming service owned by Viaplay Group.[1]

History

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A Viaplay reporter interviews Bartosz Jurecki during the 2023 World Men's Handball Championship

Originally owned by Modern Times Group, it was launched in May 2007 as Viasat On Demand.[2] It was rebranded as Viaplay in 2011.[2] Viaplay released its first original fiction title, Swedish Dicks, in 2016.[3] As of 2021, it was available in Sweden, Norway, Finland, Denmark, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Iceland and Poland.[4][5] Capitalizing on the popularity of Nordic noir titles, the service rolled out plans to expand to Ireland, the UK and the Netherlands in November 2022, and Canada, Germany, Switzerland, Austria and the United States by 2023.[4][5][6][7] Viaplay launched in the United States ahead of the previously planned schedule, initially exclusively to Comcast customers, with the intention to launch a direct-to-consumer platform later.[8]

As the mother company Viaplay Group holds extensive sports rights in multiple markets, Viaplay provides sports broadcasts in most countries where it operates.

In May 2022, Viaplay announced the organisation had added the National Hockey League and Poland-based MMA promotion KSW to its UK offering.[9] In July 2022, Viaplay Group acquired U.K.-based pay TV channel operator, Premier Sports, and rebranded it under the Viaplay name by 1st November 2022.[10][11]

On 20 July 2023, it was announced that Viaplay would lay off 25% of staff while pursuing a new strategy to focus on its core Nordic, Netherlands and Viaplay Select operations.[12] The new focus means that Viaplay will completely exit from its Baltic markets, and discontinue its low tier non-sports offering in each of its remaining international markets, including the United States and United Kingdom, in order to focus on its sports offering and the sale of non-sports content through its Viaplay Select business.[13]

Launch

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Launch rollout timeline
Release date Country/territory
May 2007 Denmark
Finland
Norway
Sweden
April 1, 2020[14] Iceland
July 28, 2016 (ended)[15]
March 9, 2021 (relaunch)[16]		 Estonia
Latvia
Lithuania
August 3, 2021[17] Poland
March 1, 2022[18] Netherlands
November 1, 2022[19] United Kingdom
November 2, 2022[20] Australia (via SBS On Demand)
February 22, 2023[21] United States
March 7, 2023[21] Canada
September 1, 2023[22] Austria
Germany
Switzerland

Notes

References

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External links

  • Media related to Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. at Wikimedia Commons
  • Official website

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