Sweden - Digital Economy and Digital TV - Insights, Statistics and Analysis

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. Switchover to digital transmission was completed 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 2011, 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.

Key developments:

World Economic Forum (WEF) ranks Sweden the world’s most connected economy; regulator’s 2010 market data, operator data for H1 2011.

Companies covered in this report include:

Com Hem, Tele2, Canal Digital, Viasat, Boxer, MTG.

Table of Contents

• 1. Synopsis
• 2. Digital Media
  • 2.1 Overview of digital media
  • 2.2 Key general trends
  • 2.3 Digital media
    • 2.3.1 Business models – bundled services
  • 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
    • 3.6.3 Canal Digital
  • 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 – Subscribers to bundled services, by service – 2008 - 2010
• Table 2 – Double play subscribers by type- 2008 - 2010
• Table 3 – Triple play subscribers by type- 2008 - 2010
• Table 4 – Digital TV subscribers by sector - 2006 - 2012
• Table 5 – Digital TV subscribers - 2006 - 2010
• Table 6 – IPTV subscribers by sector - 2006 - 2012
• Table 7 – MTG IPTV subscribers – 2007 - 2010
• Table 8 – TeliaSonera IPTV subscribers – 2006 - 2011
• Table 9 – VoIP subscribers and annual change – 2004 - 2012
• Table 10 – VoIP revenue – 2008 – 2012
• Table 11 – VoIP traffic – 2006 – 2012
• Table 12 – VoIP access by technology – 2004 - 2011
• Table 13 – TeliaSonera VoIP subscribers – 2007 - 2011
• Table 14 – Telenor VoIP subscribers – 2007 - 2011
• Table 15 – Cable TV subscribers by sector - 2006 - 2012
• Table 16 – Com Hem subscriber statistics – 2005 - 2011
• Table 17 – Com Hem financial data – 2007 - 2011
• Table 18 – Canal Digital cable TV subscribers - Sweden – 2005 - 2010
• Table 19 – Satellite TV subscribers – 2006 – 2012
• Table 20 – Canal Digital DTH satellite subscribers - Nordics – 2005 - 2011
• Table 21 – Viasat Broadcasting financial data – 2008 - 2011
• Table 22 – Viasat subscribers – 2007 - 2011
• Table 23 – Viasat Multiroom and Viasat+ subscribers – 2006 - 2011
• Table 24 – Pay DTTV subscribers – 2009 - 2010
• Table 25 – Boxer Sweden subscribers - 2006 - 2011
• Table 26 – Boxer Sweden pay-TV revenue - 2008 - 2010
• Table 27 – MTG (Nordic) revenue - 2006 – 2011

• Chart 1 – Subscribers to bundled services, by service – 2008 - 2010
• Chart 2 – Digital TV subscribers by sector - 2006 – 2012
• Chart 3 – Digital TV subscribers – 2006 - 2010
• Chart 4 – IPTV subscribers by sector – 2006 - 2012
• Chart 5 – VoIP access by technology – 2004 - 2011
• Chart 6 – Cable TV subscribers by sector - 2006 – 2012
• Chart 7 – Com Hem subscriber statistics – 2005 - 2011
• Chart 8 – Com Hem financial data – 2007 - 2011
• Chart 9 – Viasat Broadcasting financial data – 2008 - 2011
• Chart 10 Viasat subscribers – 2007 - 2011
• Chart 11 – Viasat VAS subscribers (Nordics) – 2006 - 2011
• Chart 12 – MTG revenue (Nordics) – 2006 - 2011

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