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

Abstract
Table of Contents

Denmark is among the more progressive countries in Europe with the uptake of broadband and digital media services. Cable TV companies, which access more than half of Danish homes, have supplemented traditional pay TV and broadband packages with VoIP, VoD and mobile services. Analogue switch-off was affected in late 2009, allowing for 800GHz spectrum to be allocated for mobile broadband and other services. This report presents a comprehensive overview of the major service providers in Denmark, providing the latest market statistics and noting the status of digital TV via terrestrial, cable and satellite platforms.

Key developments:

Stofa buys cable interests of Canal Digital; government plans for 30Mb/s uploads by 220; Ratos sells holdings in Stofa to Syd Energi; VoIP accounting for 37% of all fixed telephony subscriptions; regulator’s H1 2012 market data update; telcos’ operating and financial data to Q4 2012; market developments to April 2013.

Companies covered in this report include:

TDC, YouSee, Stofa, Danish Broadcasting Corporation.

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 Overview
2.4.2 Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP)
3. Digital TV
3.1 Broadband (IPTV)
3.1.1 TDC TV
3.2 Video-on-Demand (VoD)
3.3 VoIP
3.4 Cable TV
3.4.1 Digital cable TV
3.4.2 Interactive TV (iTV)
3.4.3 Danish Broadcasting Corporation (DR)
3.4.4 YouSee
3.4.5 Stofa
3.5 Satellite-based digital pay TV developments
3.6 Digital Terrestrial TV (DTTV)
4. Related reports
Table 1 – Triple play subscribers by operator – 2009 - 2012
Table 2 – Bundled service subscribers – 2008 - 2012
Table 4 – IPTV subscriptions by type – 2007 - 2012
Table 5 – IPTV subscribers by operator – 2009 - 2012
Table 6 – TDC TV subscribers – 2007 - 2012
Table 7 – TDC VoD subscribers (consumer) – 2008 - 2012
Table 8 – VoIP subscribers and traffic in minutes – 2005 - 2012
Table 9 – VoIP penetration – 2007 - 2013
Table 10 – TDC VoIP subscribers (consumer) – 2008 - 2012
Table 11 – Telia Denmark VoIP subscribers – 2009 - 2012
Table 12 – Telenor VoIP subscribers – 2008 - 2011
Table 13 – YouSee financial data – 2004 - 2012
Table 14 – YouSee TV RGUs by type– 2009 - 2012
Chart 1 – Bundled service subscribers – 2008 – 2012
Chart 2 – IPTV subscriptions by type – 2007 – 2012
Chart 3 – YouSee financial data – 2004 – 2012
Exhibit 1 – Overview of digital media