Viaplay partners with hayu in the Netherlands

• Viaplay becomes the only Dutch streaming service to include hayu at no additional cost to subscribers
• hayu features the best reality shows in a wide variety of unscripted subgenres, including celebrity, lifestyle, home and design, dating, cooking, fashion and true crime
• Available titles include successful global franchises including “The Real Housewives”, “Under the bridge” and “Keeping up with the Kardashians”

Netherlands-39605611/xmltag.org”>Viaplay and hayu have extended their multi-territory partnership for NBCUniversal’s all-reality streaming service to the Netherlands. Starting with Viaplay Dutch launch on March 1, viewers of the Netherlands will be able to enjoy a wide range of hayu’s world’s most popular reality shows at no additional cost as part of a Viaplay subscription.

Partnership includes hayu’s catalog of hit international reality series “Keeping up with the Kardashians” and the last seasons of “Under the bridge”, ‘Million Dollar List’, `Vanderpump Rules’ and “The Real Housewives” franchisees. Over 8,000 episodes of reality TV content will be available for Viaplay users, a compelling selection of which will be in a hayu branded area on the Viaplay service. The majority of new shows on hayu premiere in Netherlands-39605611/xmltag.org”>the Netherlands on the same day as their US broadcast – at no additional cost to Viaplay the subscribers.

The hayu service offers viewers a huge choice from a wide variety of unscripted subgenres, including celebrity, lifestyle, home and design, dating, cooking, fashion, and true crime.

Filippa Wallestam, NENT Group Chief Content Officer: “Reality content is hugely popular in the Netherlandsand hayu hits such as “The Real Housewives” and “Under the bridge” are among the most famous of their kind. Viaplay will be the only Dutch streaming service to include hayu at no additional cost to subscribers. With our Viaplay Originals, Hollywood films and series, children’s content and of course premium live sports, viewers can expect a unique and great value offer from March 1.”

Hendrik McDermottNBCUniversal’s Managing Director, Direct To Consumer – Global: “Europe continues to be a key part of hayu’s continued growth strategy and this exciting partnership with Viaplay in the Netherlands makes it even easier for Viaplay subscribers to access hayu’s expansive offering of America’s best reality content, ad-free.”

Viaplay will embark on the Netherlands with a unique combination of Viaplay Originals, international films and series, children’s content and premium live sports, including Formula 1, Bundesliga and PDC Darts, with premier league to follow from August.

In October 2021, Viaplay and hayu announced a multi-year partnership spanning Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Polandor Viaplay is the only streaming service to include Hayu as part of a regular subscription.

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NOTES TO EDITORS

Nordic Entertainment Group AB (post) (NENT Group) Viaplay streaming service is available in Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Finland, Iceland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland and the United States. Viaplay will embark on the Netherlands and the UK in 2022, followed by Canada, Germany, Austria and Switzerland by the end of 2023. We operate streaming services, TV channels, radio stations and production companies, and our goal is to tell stories, touch lives and expand worlds. Based at stockholm from a global perspective, NENT Group is listed on Nasdaq Stockholm (“NENT B”).

About hayu
From NBCUniversal, hayu is the first and only all-real subscription video-on-demand service of its kind – available in 29 markets worldwide across: Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, hong kong, Hungary, Iceland, India, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, LithuaniaLuxemburg, the Netherlands, Norway, The Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Singapore, Spain, Sweden, Switzerlandand the UK on a full range of devices (mobile, tablet, laptop, connected TVs and selected consoles) at www.hayu.com

Shows and episodes are downloadable to watch on the go, including Keeping Up With the Kardashians and its spin-offs – as well as The Real Housewives, Under Deck and million dollar list franchisees. The majority of US shows debut on the service the same day they launch in the US.

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