Fanseat

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

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.fanseat.com
Registration	Required
Launched	2015; 9 years ago (2015)
Current status	Active

Fanseat 1–4 (television)

Country	Finland
Broadcast area	Nationwide
Programming
Language(s)	Finnish
Ownership
Owner	Elisa Oyj
History
Launched	June 12, 2015; 8 years ago (June 12, 2015) (Fanseat 1 and 2)
Closed	February 15, 2017; 7 years ago (February 15, 2017)
Replaced by	Elisa Viihde Sport 1–8

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.