Sweden - Convergence - Triple Play & Digital TV

Synopsis

Considerable investments in ADSL2+ and fibre networks by Sweden’s telcos in recent years have provided the infrastructure for triple play services to take off. The largest cable TV operators, Com Hem, Kabelvision, and UPC Sweden, have upgraded their networks to provide data at up to 100Mb/s, which has led to some migration from DSL. Analogue transmissions were ended in October 2007, providing the government with the first opportunity in Europe to make use of the digital dividend for wireless broadband services. This report provides an overview of Sweden’s digital convergence in 2010, including recent developments in VoD, triple play and VoIP services, together with an overview of the digital TV market and the development of digital switchover.

Table of Contents

• 1. Synopsis
  
• 2. Convergence
  
  • 2.1 Overview of media convergence
    
  • 2.2 Key general trends
    
  • 2.3 Digital media
    
    • 2.3.1 Business models - triple play
      
  • 2.4 Regulatory issues
    
    • 2.4.1 Digital dividend
      
• 3. Digital TV
  
  • 3.1 Market overview
    
  • 3.2 Broadband TV (IPTV)
    
    • 3.2.1 Modern Times Group (MTG)
      
    • 3.2.2 TeliaSonera
      
    • 3.2.3 Other developments
      
  • 3.3 Video-on-Demand (VoD)
    
  • 3.4 Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP)
    
    • 3.4.1 Wholesale VoIP
      
  • 3.5 Interactive TV (iTV)
    
  • 3.6 Cable TV
    
    • 3.6.1 Com Hem
      
    • 3.6.2 Tele2Vision
      
  • 3.7 Satellite-based digital pay TV developments
    
    • 3.7.1 NSAB Sweden
      
    • 3.7.2 Canal Digital
      
    • 3.7.3 Viasat
      
  • 3.8 Digital terrestrial TV (DTTV)
    
    • 3.8.1 Boxer
      
    • 3.8.2 MTG
      
  • 3.9 Free-to-Air (FTA) TV
    
• 4. Related reports
  

• Table 1 – Digital TV subscribers by sector - 2006 - 2010
• Table 2 – Digital TV subscribers by sector - 2006 - 2010
• Table 3 – IPTV subscribers by sector - 2006 - 2010
• Table 4 – MTG IPTV subscribers – 2007 - 2009
• Table 5 – TeliaSonera IPTV subscribers – 2006 - 2009
• Table 6 – VoIP subscribers and annual change – 2004 - 2010
• Table 7 – VoIP access by technology – 2004 - 2010
• Table 8 – TeliaSonera VoIP subscribers – 2007 - 2009
• Table 9 – Cable TV subscribers and penetration rate – 1995 - 2010
• Table 10 – Com Hem subscribers by sector – 2005 - 2009
• Table 11 – Com Hem financial statistics – 2007 - 2009
• Table 12 – Canal Digital operating statistics - Nordics – 2005 - 2009
• Table 13 – Viasat Broadcasting financial overview – 2007 - 2009
• Table 14 – Viasat subscribers – 2007 - 2009
• Table 15 – Boxer subscribers - 2006 - 2009
• Table 16 – Boxer pay-TV revenue - 2008 - 2009
• Table 17 – MTG (Nordic) revenue - 2006 - 2009
• Table 18 – MTG subscriber statistics (Nordics) – 2006 - 2009

• Exhibit 1 – Overview of media convergence
• Exhibit 2 – Digital dividend frequency availability - 2010