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Type of site | OTT video streaming platform |
|---|---|
| Available in | English Spanish French Italian Czech Swedish Norwegian |
| Area served | Worldwide |
| Key people | Tobias Osmund (CEO, Spring Media)[1] Jean-Maël Gineste (Managing Director, Fanseat)[1] |
| Parent | Spring Media |
| URL | www |
| Registration | Required |
| Launched | 2015 |
| Current status | Active |
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| Country | Finland |
|---|---|
| Broadcast area | Nationwide |
| Programming | |
| Language(s) | Finnish |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Elisa Oyj |
| History | |
| Launched | June 12, 2015 (Fanseat 1 and 2) |
| Closed | February 15, 2017 |
| Replaced by | Elisa Viihde Sport 1–8 |
Fanseat is an Internet streaming service specializing in live sports broadcasts, established in 2015. Early on, it served as an online extension of Fanseat 1 and 2 (later Fanseat 1 to 4), basic tier television channels available to customers of Finnish telecommunications provider Elisa.[2] In 2017, the Fanseat channels were renamed and merged into a new 8-channel premium tier called Elisa Viihde Sport. The online version of Fanseat remained its own brand, and was refocused on foreign markets.[3]
In 2019, the platform was acquired by Spring Media, a Swedish sports marketing agency.[1]
Fanseat's managing director is Jean-Maël Gineste, a former sales director at Eurosport.[1]
Fanseat mostly caters to small-market sports leagues, but has also held out-of-market rights to some internationally recognized properties. Most events are available through a monthly subscription, with select programming being offered on pay-per-view basis.[4]
Fanseat can be viewed via web browsers on PC and Mac, as well as apps on Apple iOS and Android devices.
- ^ a b c d "Spring Media adds Fanseat to portfolio". Sportbusiness.com. SBG Companies Limited. March 5, 2019. Retrieved March 3, 2021.
- ^ "Mestis-kausi käynnistyy tänään – huippujääkiekkoa katsottavissa Elisa Viihteessä". epressi.com. Elisa Oyj. September 14, 2016. Retrieved March 3, 2021.
- ^ @FanseatCom (September 14, 2018). "From September onward Fanseat focuses on offering sports to its customers outside Finland only" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ^ Čekal, Tomáš (September 30, 2020). "Tipsport Extraliga live on Fanseat". hokej.cz. eSports.cz. Retrieved March 3, 2021.