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NENT Group and Boxer extend Danish distribution deal

Nordic Entertainment Group (NENT Group) has extended its partnership with Danish digital TV distributor, Boxer. From later this year, NENT Group’s Viaplay streaming service be available as part of Boxer’s largest TV package, a move that will allow all Boxer TV Max customers to access Viaplay films and series. Boxer will also continue to distribute NENT Group’s Danish free-TV channels […]

Tele2 looks to Com Hem mobile and convergence as ‘legacy services’ drag on growth

A new Com Hem mobile service and fixed-mobile convergence will be key to Tele2’s growth this year, according to CEO Anders Nilsson. Growth from Tele2’s newly acquired TV base in Sweden was flat last year, as was its cable and fibre fixed-line subscriber base, with Tele2 seeing growth coming from core services and mobile post-paid […]

TV4 launches dynamic targeted advertising with Com Hem and Boxer

Bonnier Broadcasting-owned Swedish broadcaster TV4 has launched dynamic customised advertising with Tele2-owned cable operator Com Hem and its digital-terrestrial unit Boxer. According to Bonnier Broadcasting, the launch with the Com Hem Play and Boxer Play services means that advertising can be customised in real-time to ensure that more relevant ads are served to customers. Targeting […]

Danish groups to merge to create TV and broadband powerhouse

The boards of Danish energy company SE, the owner of cable operator Stofa and digital-terrestrial TV operator Boxer Denmark, and another regional energy provider Eniig have approved the proposed merger of the pair to create a new group, Norlys, which will become the country’s largest combined energy and telecom group passing about one million TV […]

TV2 launches TV Play on Stofa and Boxer 

Danish commercial broadcaster TV2 has entered into a strategic partnership with cable operator Stofa and its digital-terrestrial pay TV subsidiary Boxer to extend access to TV2 Play, the broadcaster’s on-demand service, to 150,000 homes.  Over the next few months, some 150,000 Boxer and Stofa households, representing an audience of about 300,000 people, will be able […]

Com Hem expects box-less TV to be main service in future

Com Hem expects the box-less TV offering it launched earlier this year to become its main TV service in the future as consumer habits change, while its Android-based TV Hub service is now being sold by both its Com Hem and Boxer brands, according to CEO Anders Nilsson. In comments accompanying the Swedish cable and […]

Swedish streaming habits revealed

Swedes spend an average of six hours a week streaming films and series out of a total of 29 hours on average spent on the web, according to a study by digital-terrestrial pay TV operator Boxer and Kantar SIFO. Of the other hours spent on the internet, Swedes spend an average of six hours working […]

Com Hem looks to OTT SVOD as ‘next step’ in convergence strategy

Swedish cable operator sees OTT TV as a “natural next step” to extend its reach following the launch of a box-less subscription video-on-demand offering in April. Com Hem, which saw its TV base fall in the first quarter, highlighted both its launch of its advanced TV box and a new OTT SVOD service as evidence […]

New sports news channel for Com Hem and Boxer subs

Swedish newspaper Expressen has struck a deal with cable operator Com Hem and its Boxer digital-terrestrial TV arm to launch new sports news channel SportExpressen TV on the Com Hem and Boxer networks. The channel, which is broadcasting 24-hour news coverage of the Olympic Winter Games in Korea, will be available free of charge to […]

Com Hem and Boxer launch TV podcast service

Swedish cable operator Com Hem and its digital-terrestrial pay TV arm Boxer have launched a new short-form ‘TV podcast’ service that is available to Com Hem and Boxer Play customers. The new service, Podd TV, features short-form shows spanning music, popular culture, home and lifestyle content. Podd TV is being produced in collaboration with Consurge […]

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