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Live streaming of BENE-League!
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Next weekend begins a new season of the BENE-League, the international handball
competition with 6 Belgian and 6 Dutch teams. New for the next 3 seasons starting Saturday
the 9th of September is that all matches, including the Final Four, are broadcast live over
the internet. The BENE-League board, the NHV and the KBHB have confirmed a 3-year
partnership with Fanseat, a Finnish service specialised in sport live streaming.
The BENE-League had a fantastic apotheosis last season. In a high end Final Four competition,
Belgian Achilles Bocholt and the Dutch OCI Lions competed for the title. After a striking final
round, Achilles Bocholt became BENE-League champion for the first time in their history. It
was only one of 136 games that the BENE League had broadcast live.
From now on, anyone who wants to follow all BENE-League matches from the first to the last
minute can follow them on Fanseat
– www.fanseat.com"Sports matches are eminent events
that you want to see live,"
says
Gio Antonioli
, chairman of the BENE-League.
"In handball
that's no different. Either you go to the club venue or watch through a live stream. Our clubs
were aware that live streaming from this season would be mandatory. The moment we wanted
to support the clubs in this regard, Fanseat came up with a partnership idea in order to
continue their international business growth. Fanseat will, in collaboration with DB Video (a
Belgian based video production company), bring all the matches of the BENE-League available
for fans to watch, no matter where they are. Both companies have the know-how and the
professional organisation to make this project a success. All matches will be broadcast in HD
quality and will be commented by commentators provided by the clubs. Whoever wants to
follow the BENE-League live and on demand, will need to pay a monthly subscription fee of
7.99€ with the first month free and the subscription is cancellable each month. "
The collaboration with Fanseat goes beyond just streaming matches.
"Fanseat invests in our
sport and expresses great confidence in our competition. There are several advantages to this
collaboration, "s
ays
Gio Antonioli
.
"The BENE-League board suddenly gets a great tool in order
to further commercialise the competition. The same goes for the clubs that can now offer all
their partners more visibility and develop their commercial revenues with the right approach.
This is the next step to a professional organisation with the aim of joining the European top
level. But the story does not stop there. We are now also in a position to offer all TV channels
(public, commercial, local) quality images free of rights for editorial use. We have made sure