Sweden Digital TV News

Sweden's Boxer to launch HD DTT on November 1st
Oct 14, 2010 – On November 1 Boxer will begin digital terrestrial HDTV broadcasting in Sweden. Initial coverage will extend to over half of Sweden's households with a phased roll-out planned to eventually cover virtually the entire country.
News categories: Boxer, Digital TV, DVB-T2, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Sweden, Terrestrial

2010 a milestone year for DTT in Europe
Oct 11, 2010 – Recent data from the MAVISE TV database, developed for the DG Communication of the European Commission by the European Audiovisual Observatory, shows the current status of the European television market.
News categories: MAVISE, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Digital TV, Estonia, EU, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Market Research, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Subscribers, Sweden, Terrestrial, Turkey, UK

SoftAtHome Powers Boxer's Next Generation TV
Sep 9, 2010 – SoftAtHome has announced that Boxer TV has selected the SoftAtHome Operating Platform to power its next generation TV offering including HDTV over DVB-T2 in combination with On Demand services over Internet.
News categories: SoftAtHome, Boxer TV, Denmark, Digital TV, DVB-T2, Middleware, Set Top Box, Sweden, Terrestrial

Viaccess and Orca Interactive Power Boxer TV Service with Pace and SoftAtHome
Sep 2, 2010 – Viaccess (Paris and NYSE: FTE) and its subsidiary Orca Interactive have announced that their integrated solution will power Swedish broadcaster Boxer's hybrid services with live premium content and video on-demand (VOD).
News categories: Viaccess, Orca Interactive, Boxer, SoftAtHome, Pace plc, Conditional Access, Content Protection, Digital TV, DRM, DVB-T2, DVR, IBCShow, Middleware, Set Top Box, Sweden, Terrestrial

Teracom Turns to T-VIPS to Support the Next Generation of Swedish Television
Aug 23, 2010 – T-VIPS has announced that its solutions have been chosen by Swedish media operator Teracom to enable the deployment of DVB-T2 for Sweden's digital terrestrial network. The project will deliver HD and other next generation TV services to Swedish homes.
News categories: T-VIPS, Teracom, Content Distribution, DVB-T2, Sweden, Terrestrial

World premier as Spotify joins Telia's digital TV service
Jun 10, 2010 – TeliaSonera (Stockholm: TLSN), in a world first, is launching a version of the popular Spotify music platform through its digital TV service in Sweden and Finland.
News categories: TeliaSonera, Spotify, Digital TV, Finland, IPTV, Set Top Box, Sweden

LOVEFiLM Now Streaming To Samsung TVs
May 17, 2010 – Samsung (KRX: 005930, 005935; LSE: SMSN, SMSD) and LOVEFiLM have launched the latest extension to LOVEFiLM's service in the direct-to-TV market on new ranges of Samsung TVs.
News categories: LOVEFiLM, Samsung, Denmark, Germany, Norway, Smart TV, Streaming, Sweden, UK

Com Hem adds 16k digital TV subscribers in 1Q10
May 6, 2010 – Com Hem has reported results for the first quarter of 2010. During the quarter the number of digital television subscriptions increased by 16,200 (3 percent) to 592,000 subscriptions, an increase of 105,400 since the end of the first quarter of 2009.
News categories: Com Hem, Cable TV, Results, Subscribers, Sweden

Canal Digital DTH and Cable TV subscribers down 14,000 in 1Q10
May 5, 2010 – Telenor (Oslo:TEL) has released results for the first quarter of 2010. The number of Canal Digital DTH subscribers decreased by 6,000, and the number of cable TV subscriptions decreased by 8,000 during the quarter.
News categories: Telenor, Cable TV, Denmark, IPTV, Norway, Results, Satellite, Subscribers, Sweden, Terrestrial