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Viaplay Xtra launched as FreeSports on 31 August 2017 and was closed down on 25 January 2024 with the aim to provide free-to-air sports coverage and become a top three dedicated sports channel in the UK. [1] It was available on all major platforms, available in 18 million UK homes.
February – Viaplay Sports becomes the rights holder of the PDC European Tour of 13 live darts events for the next five seasons. [50] November – it is announced that Premier Sports has bought Viaplay out in the UK and would rebrand the channels back to Premier Sports, just a little over a year since they became Viaplay channels. [51] 2024 ...
In July 2022, Viaplay Group acquired U.K.-based pay TV channel operator, Premier Sports, and rebranded it under the Viaplay name by 1 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]
Viaplay Group previously operated Viafree, a free streaming service (AVOD) in Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden. [3] On 29 November 2021, NENT Group announced that Viafree will soon to be part of Paramount Global (under Pluto TV ), with the announcement that the said AVOD streamer will be integrated into Pluto TV on 18 May 2022.
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For quite some time, Viaplay Xtra was readily available as a Freeview TV channel, connectable via the Internet, on Channel number 4510 and had been for a few years. It was removed from 4510 sometime in late December 2023, along with Origin Sports on channel 4540. Taff Hewitt 14:18, 1 January 2024 (UTC)
Premier Sports was formed in 2009 by the Irish businessman Michael O'Rourke, [1] a joint CEO and part owner of Setanta Sports and former director of Premium Sports. [2] The channel initially focused on broadcasting sporting events that had not been available in Great Britain since the collapse of Setanta Sports GB on 22 June 2009, and were not picked up by rival sports broadcasters ESPN and ...
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