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Type of site | Streaming service |
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| Predecessor(s) | Viasat On Demand |
| Area served | |
| Owner | Viaplay Group |
| URL | viaplay |
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Viaplay is a Swedish video streaming service owned by Viaplay Group. [1]
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Type of site | Streaming service |
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| Predecessor(s) | Viasat On Demand |
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| Owner | Viaplay Group |
| URL | viaplay |
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Viaplay is a Swedish video streaming service owned by Viaplay Group. [1]
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, [update] 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.
In 2024, Viaplay will leave the UK and be rebranded back to Premier Sports. Like it was, up until 2022. [13] Viaplay also left the US, Canada and Baltic markets in the beginning of 2024 as part of their new strategy.
| Release date | Country/territory |
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| 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 |
| Mid-2023[ citation needed ] | Indonesia (via Mola) |
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