Digital TV News: Telia

OTT technology company, Backscreen, launched
Apr 24, 2024 – OTT technology vendor, Backscreen, has announced its launch. The new company, carved out of Tet, offers an OTT service platform with applications, assisted by video processing services.
News categories: Backscreen, Norberts Ositis, Jan Frelek, Krists Avots, Content Distribution, Digital TV, Europe, Streaming, UX

Telia cuts cloud costs for DVR services with Synamedia
Mar 14, 2024 – Telia Norway is deploying optimisation technology from Synamedia to cut the cost of using cloud for its Time-Shift TV (TSTV) and cloud digital video recorder cDVR solution by up to 95%.
News categories: Synamedia, Telia, Elke Hungenaert, Stein Ivar Nilsen, Content Distribution, Digital TV, DVR, IPTV, Norway

SVOD growth returns to Sweden driven by pay TV bundling
Apr 25, 2023 – According to Mediavision, after a slowdown last year SVOD growth returned in Sweden in the first quarter of 2023, primarily explained by the fact that subscriptions are bundled with pay TV.
News categories: Mediavision, Marie Nilsson, Digital TV, Market Research, Streaming, Sweden

Telia to replace IPTV CAS with castLabs Widevine managed service
Feb 22, 2023 – castLabs has announced that long-standing customer Telia will replace the traditional conditional access system (CAS) on its IPTV network with castLabs' Widevine CAS managed service.
News categories: castLabs, Telia, Widevine, Stein Ivar Nilsen, Conditional Access, Digital TV, IPTV, Norway

Redge Media CDN joins EPIX traffic exchange
Nov 16, 2022 – Redge Media CDN has joined the EPIX traffic exchange node belonging to the MiŚOT Group. Thanks to the cooperation, EPIX participants and their clients have direct access to content distributed by Redge Media CDN.
News categories: Redge Media, EPIX, Content Distribution, Digital TV, Poland, Streaming

SkyShowtime rollout to begin in the Nordics on September 20th
Sep 5, 2022 – SkyShowtime will launch in Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden on September 20th, before expanding into the Netherlands in Q4. The rollout will continue across Spain, Portugal, Andorra, and Central & Eastern Europe over the following months.
News categories: SkyShowtime, Monty Sarhan, Denmark, Digital TV, Finland, Norway, Sweden

Telia Company agrees to sell Telia Latvia to Tet
Jan 4, 2022 – Telia Company has agreed to sell Telia Latvija to Tet SIA at a price corresponding to an enterprise value of €10.75 million on a cash and debt free basis. The transaction is expected to close during the second quarter of 2022.
News categories: Telia Company, Tet, Andreas Ekström, Uldis Tatarcuks, Latvia, MandA

HBO Max to be available at Telia from October 26
Oct 15, 2021 – From October 26, Telia's TV customers in the Nordics will be able to enjoy HBO Max, with HBO Nordic accounts able to be replaced with HBO Max. Telia and HBO have worked together for nearly a decade.
News categories: Telia, HBO Max, Catrin von Walden, Denmark, Digital TV, Estonia, Finland, IPTV, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, Streaming, Sweden

Telia to offer access to Paramount+
Mar 25, 2021 – From March 25, an extended partnership between Telia and Viacom CBS will enable Telia's TV customers in Sweden, Norway and Finland, to access SVOD service Paramount+ on TV, handset, tablet or computer.
News categories: Telia, Viacom CBS, Catrin von Walden, Digital TV, Finland, Norway, Streaming, Sweden