Hit series move into Teliasonera's television service

TeliaSonera and HBO Nordic have signed an agreement which means that TeliaSonera's TV customers will be able to watch a number of the world's best TV series already the day after the episode is shown in the US. The service will be available on both television and the web from mid-October. The price will be below 10 EURO per month.

HBO Nordic will offer all Nordic consumers the latest program seasons – and exclusive behind-the-scenes material – of hit series such as Boardwalk Empire ℠, The Newsroom ℠, Game of Thrones ℠, True Blood ℠, VEEP ℠ and Girls ℠. In addition, classics such as The Sopranos ℠, The Wire℠ and new premiere series in the Nordics from other distributors with titles such as Magic City ℠, Hit and Miss ℠, Continuum ℠ and Borgia ℠. The offer also includes feature films from the major film companies, local distributors and independent film production companies.

HBO Nordic is the first TV production company in the Nordics to offer, the very next day, the latest episodes of the original series, subtitled in all local Nordic languages, as well as to show previous seasons.

When HBO is now establishing itself in the Nordics, it has chosen to cooperate with a few selected distributors in the Nordic market. TeliaSonera is one of them, which with its over 900,000 television customers is the Nordic region's largest and fastest growing iptv company.

- We want to cooperate with the most successful and leading companies in the world. TeliasSonera's position in the Nordic market made them an obvious choice for us, says Hervé Payan, CEO of HBO Nordic.

- This is exactly what our customers have been asking for. They want access to the very latest episode of their favorite series. Now they get it already the day after the premiere in the USA. And if they've missed an episode or hear about a new TV series, they have access to show seasons of shows – old and new. A very good TV experience will be even better for our customers, thanks to this collaboration, says Malin Frenning, President Broadband Services, TeliaSonera.

Facts about Telia digital TV: 

Telia rents out over 6,000 films in the video store every day. With over 450,000 "rental points" across the country, Telia's video shop is Sweden's largest where you can rent movies for the TV using the remote control. Last year, Swedes rented over 2 million films in Telia's video store, which contains over 4,000 films from major film suppliers such as SF Anytime, Nordisk Film and TriArt. Many of the films are available in HD quality and some in 3D format and in full HD. 

In Telia's digital TV there is also a program library with material from 50 different channels. Here you can find thousands of programs, TV series and movies. During a week, Telia's TV customers start over one million program streams and watch over 30,000 different programs. The program libraries contain a large part of the programs that are broadcast in the corresponding channel; sometimes it is the complete program, sometimes a selection of the program. The contents of the program libraries can be viewed, paused and rewinded when you want and as often as you want at no extra cost.