COMMISSION DECISION
of 20 December 2006
on the measure No C 24/2004 (ex NN 35/2004) implemented by Sweden for the introduction of digital terrestrial television
(notified under document number C(2006) 6923)
(Only the Swedish version is authentic)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2007/258/EC)
1. PROCEDURE
2. BACKGROUND
3. RELEVANT COMPANIES
3.1. Companies involved in the development of the digital terrestrial platform in Sweden
3.1.1. Teracom
3.1.2. Boxer
3.1.3. SVT
3.1.4. Utbildningsradion (‘UR’)
3.2. Complainants
3.2.1. NSAB
3.2.2. Viasat
4. TELEVISION BROADCASTING
4.1. Television broadcasting platforms in Sweden
Figure 1:
Actual household TV reception in Sweden in 2006
4.2. The development of digital terrestrial television in Sweden
Figure 2:
Development of digital platforms in Sweden (2000-05)
|
% of population in affected area |
% of population covered by digital terrestrial television (accumulated figures) |
Stage 1 ended in November 2005 |
4 |
4 |
Stage 2 ended in May 2006 |
20 |
24 |
Stage 3 is scheduled to end in November 2006 |
16 |
39 |
Stage 4 is scheduled to end in May 2007 |
28 |
67 |
Stage 5 is scheduled to end in October 2007 |
33 |
100 |
Source: Teracom. Note that figures are estimates. |
4.2.1. Transmission via the digital terrestrial network in Sweden
4.2.2. The marketing of the digital terrestrial network to consumers
4.3. Swedish public service television and its funding
4.4. Public service broadcasting in the terrestrial network: SVT's payments to Teracom for transmission services
5. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE ALLEGED AID MEASURES
5.1. SVT's transmission fee payments to Teracom
Year |
Payments from SVT to Teracom (1) |
Teracom's costs of transmitting SVT in analogue (2) |
Teracom's costs of transmitting SVT in digital (3) |
Teracom's total costs of transmitting SVT (4 = 2+3) |
Teracom's predicted annual profits (5 = 4 — 1) |
Teracom's predicted cumulated profits/losses (6) |
2002 |
485 |
480 |
160 |
640 |
- 155,00 |
- 155,00 |
2003 |
523 |
480 |
160 |
640 |
- 117,00 |
- 272,00 |
2004 |
556,46 |
480 |
160 |
640 |
-83,54 |
- 355,54 |
2005 |
591,79 |
480 |
160 |
640 |
-48,21 |
- 403,75 |
2006 |
256,19 |
240 |
160 |
400 |
- 143,81 |
- 547,56 |
2007 |
273,79 |
120 |
160 |
280 |
-6,21 |
- 553,77 |
2008 |
291,58 |
|
160 |
160 |
131,58 |
- 422,19 |
2009 |
309,57 |
|
160 |
160 |
149,57 |
- 272,61 |
2010 |
327,77 |
|
160 |
160 |
167,77 |
- 104,85 |
2011 |
346,16 |
|
160 |
160 |
186,16 |
81,31 |
2012 |
364,75 |
|
160 |
160 |
204,75 |
286,06 |
2013 |
383,55 |
|
160 |
160 |
223,55 |
509,61 |
5.2. The State guarantee issued in favour of Teracom
5.3. The capital injection
5.4. Reasons for initiating the formal investigation procedure
6. COMMENTS FROM INTERESTED PARTIES
6.1. B2 Bredband AB (‘B2’)
6.2. ECCA
6.3. ESOA
6.4. NSAB
6.5. Telenor Broadcast
6.6. TeliaSonera
6.7. UGC
6.8. Viasat
7. COMMENTS FROM SWEDEN
7.1. SVT's allegedly excessive transmission fee payments to Teracom
Year |
Payments from SVT to Teracom excl. VAT (1) |
Teracom's costs of transmitting SVT in analogue excl. VAT (2) |
Teracom's costs of transmitting SVT in digital (3) |
Teracom's total costs of transmitting SVT excl. VAT (4 = 2+3) |
Teracom's predicted annual profits/losses (5 = 4 — 1) |
Teracom's predicted accumulated profits/losses (6) |
2002 |
388,0 |
384 |
160 |
544 |
- 156,0 |
- 156,0 |
2003 |
418,4 |
384 |
160 |
544 |
- 125,6 |
- 281,6 |
2004 |
445,2 |
384 |
160 |
544 |
-98,8 |
- 380,4 |
2005 |
473,4 |
384 |
160 |
544 |
-70,6 |
- 451,0 |
2006 |
205,0 |
192 |
160 |
352 |
- 147,1 |
- 598,1 |
2007 |
219,0 |
96 |
160 |
256 |
-37,0 |
- 635,0 |
2008 |
233,3 |
|
160 |
160 |
73,3 |
- 561,8 |
2009 |
247,7 |
|
160 |
160 |
87,7 |
- 474,1 |
2010 |
262,2 |
|
160 |
160 |
102,2 |
- 371,9 |
2011 |
276,9 |
|
160 |
160 |
116,9 |
- 255,0 |
2012 |
291,8 |
|
160 |
160 |
131,8 |
- 123,2 |
2013 |
306,8 |
|
160 |
160 |
146,8 |
23,7 |
Source: The 29 October response, p. 25. Note, however, that the table still includes a number of errors which are explained and corrected in below. |
Year |
SVT's analogue fees (1a) |
SVT's digital fees (1b) |
SVT's total fees (1c) |
Teracom's costs of transmitting SVT in analogue excl. VAT (2) |
Teracom's costs of transmitting SVT in digital (3) |
Teracom's total costs of transmitting SVT excl. VAT (4 = 2+3) |
Teracom's annual profits/losses (5 = 4–1c) |
Teracom's accumulated profits/losses (6) |
1999 |
[...] |
[...] |
[...] |
[...] |
[...] |
[...] |
-10,3 |
-10,3 |
2000 |
[...] |
[...] |
[...] |
[...] |
[...] |
[...] |
-31,8 |
-42,1 |
2001 |
[...] |
[...] |
[...] |
[...] |
[...] |
[...] |
-24,1 |
-66,2 |
2002 |
[...] |
[...] |
[...] |
[...] |
[...] |
[...] |
-18,9 |
-85,1 |
2003 |
[...] |
[...] |
[...] |
[...] |
[...] |
[...] |
-3,6 |
-88,7 |
2004 |
[...]* |
[...]* |
[...] |
[...] |
[...] |
[...] |
-58,2 |
- 146,9 |
2005 |
[...]* |
[...]* |
[...] |
[...] |
[...] |
[...] |
17,5 |
- 129,4 |
2006 |
[...]* |
[...]* |
[...] |
[...] |
[...] |
[...] |
-20,1 |
- 149,5 |
Source: Annex 6 to the 20 March response. For figures with an asterisk, see explanation in footnote 81. |