Korisliiga gets a web TV to stream live the whole season

Korisliiga, the top basketball league in Finland, will be streaming live all of their regular season and play-off games at KorisliigaTV.fi. This new online service will run on a white label platform developed by Finnish startup Jenkatehdas Oy. Their product is already powering other streaming sites such as SportTV.fi and LiveMusicStage.com.

- We are excited to be working on a service that's really setting an example for others. The fact that Korisliiga is producing all the broadcasts themselves is quite unique. It offers the teams a real new revenue stream and the fans unprecedented coverage of the sport. Not many leagues are achieving streaming on this scale yet, comments Jenkatehdas CEO Antti Eronen.

The games are filmed with an automated camera solution (supplied by another company) that also creates highlight clips of the games to be delivered through Korisliiga's social media channels on game nights. Some games have live commentary and all will feature the game clock, shot clock and scores as graphics.

- This service brings our main league once and for all to the digital age as the fans can now enjoy games also at home or on the go, says Tom Westerholm, Head of Competition at the Finnish Basketball Association.
The pricing of the streams is yet to be confirmed but will feature a full season package and a subscription for following all of your favorite team's games (home and away). In addition to that you can buy any single game as a pay-per-view. First games will be streamed on October 24.

- Recent international successes of the Finnish national team have brought even more attention to Korisliiga that has quickly grown to a high-quality league. It calls for a certain level of service to the fans and that's what we're offering at KorisliigaTV, says Vesa Walld'n, Executive Director at the Finnish Basketball Association.