Com Hem

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Com Hem Holding AB
Type Aktiebolag
Industry Telecommunications
Founded1983
FounderTeleverket
FateMerged into Tele2 in 2018–2019; discontinued as a brand as of April 2021
Successor Tele2
Headquarters Stockholm, Sweden
Area served
Countrywide
Key people
Anders Nilsson, CEO
Services Cable television
Broadband internet
Fixed-line telephone
MVNO (via Com Hem Mobil and Penny)
RevenueIncrease2.svg SEK 4.91 billion (2016)
Increase2.svg SEK 1.48 billion (2016)
Number of employees
993 (2016)
Parent Kinnevik (18,5%)
Public since 17 June 2014
Subsidiaries Boxer TV Access
Website comhem.se

Com Hem was a Swedish brand owned by Tele2 AB [1] which supplied Triple Play services that included cable television, broadband internet and fixed-line telephone.

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Founded in 1983 as Televerket Kabel-TV as part of the former state-owned Televerket, the company was successively named Svenska Kabel-TV AB and Telia InfoMedia TeleVision AB, before becoming 'Com Hem' (a play on the Swedish phrase Kom hem, "come home") in 1999. In 2003, Telia had to sell Com Hem to EQT Partners to satisfy EU competition requirements as a result of its merger with Sonera of Finland that same year. [2]

In 2021 the company had 135+ TV channels available. Digital TV was introduced in 1997. A broadband service that used the company's proprietary cable network was launched in 1999. In 2004 VoIP telephone was introduced, and the company became Sweden's first nationwide triple play service provider.

All households connected to the Com Hem Cable Network had access to broadband Internet services, services, fixed-line telephony and a wide range of TV channels. Com Hem also provided interactive services that facilitated management, communication and maintenance for property owners.

The company had around 1000 employees, with offices in Stockholm, Gothenburg, Malmö, Västerås, Härnösand, Sundsvall and Örnsköldsvik.

In 2011, EQT sold the company to BC Partners. Com Hem held its initial public offering (IPO) on 17 June 2014 and became listed on Stockholm Stock Exchange. On 27 April 2017 Kinnevik acquired approximately 18.5% of the stock and became Com Hem's largest stock holder. Com Hem also operated mobile services as an MVNO using its own brand and since early-2020, also with an online-only brand called Penny (managed by Tele2 since 2021) whose operations are modelled after Google Fi Wireless, and is also a broadband flanker brand using Com Hem/Tele2's fixed-line infrastructure. [3] Com Hem's mobile services utilised the Tele2 (SUNAB and Net4Mobility) infrastructure in 2G GSM, 3G UMTS and 4G LTE.

Com Hem had been ranked as the TV brand with the least satisfied customers in Sweden in 2007, 2008 and 2009 according to Svenskt Kvalitetsindex, an independent customer survey company.[ citation needed ] It has since almost reached the top of the ranking with the most satisfied customers, according to the same source. [4] [5] Analogue channels were withdrawn from the cable television network on 8 September 2020.[ citation needed ]

On 27 April 2021, the owner Tele2 discontinued the use of the Com Hem brand, while continuing to provide the same services under its own brand. [6]

Analogue channels - Withdrawn

The analogue package could also include a few local channels, usually an open access channel such as public access channels known as Öppna Kanalen (sv). In areas near Denmark, Norway or Finland, Com Hem usually included channels from the neighboring countries such as TV Finland, YLE TV1, DR1, TV2 Denmark and NRK1.

Digital channels

Channel8 favoritesPackage
1. SVT1 Small
2. SVT2 Small
3. TV3 YesMedium
4. TV4 Small
5. Kanal 5 YesMedium
6. TV6 Small
7. TV4 Plus YesMedium
8. TV8 YesMedium
9. Kanal 9 YesMedium
10. Eurosport YesMedium
11. TV10
12. Kanal 11
13.TV12
14.Kanal 10
15.Kanal Global
16.Horse1
17.Lifestyle TV
18.Öppna Kanalen
19. TVins
20.Com Hem-kanalen
36. BBC Knowledge YesLarge
37. BBC HD YesLarge/HDTV
38. History Channel HD YesLarge/HDTV
39. Nat Geo Wild YesLarge
40. TV7 YesMedium
41. Animal Planet YesMedium
42. Axess TV Small
43. BBC Entertainment YesMedium
44. Discovery Channel YesMedium
45. Discovery World YesLarge
46. Discovery Science YesLarge
47. TLC YesLarge
48. Discovery HD YesHDTV
49.Kanal 10YesNo
50. MTV YesMedium
51. MTV Rocks YesLarge
52. Mezzo TV YesLarge
53. National Geographic Channel YesLarge
54. Playboy TV YesLarge
55. Star! YesMedium
56. Travel Channel YesLarge
57. TNT YesMedium
58. National Geographic Channel HD YesHDTV
59. VH1 YesMedium
60. Viasat Nature/Crime YesMedium
61. Viasat History YesMedium
62. Comedy Central YesMedium
63. TV4 Fakta YesLarge
64. TV4 Guld YesMedium
65. TV4 Komedi YesMedium
66. SVT HD Small
67.Silver HDYesHDTV
68. FashionTV YesNo
69. Yacht & Sail YesNo
70. TV4 Fakta XL YesLarge
71. CBS Reality YesNo
72. TV4 HD YesLarge/HDTV
73. BBC Lifestyle YesLarge
74. Sjuan YesMedium
75.C More SportNoCanal+
76.C More FotbollNoCanal+
77. C More Hockey NoCanal+
79. C More First NoCanal+
80. C More Hits NoCanal+
81. C More Action NoCanal+
82. C More Series NoCanal+
83. C More Emotion NoCanal+
84.C More LiveNoCanal+
85. Viasat Film NoTV1000
86.Viasat Film ComedyNoTV1000
87. Viasat Film Family NoTV1000
88. Viasat Film Action NoTV1000
89. AMC No
90. Viasat Film Classic NoTV1000
91. Viasat Film Drama NoTV1000
92. Showtime YesNo
93. TCM YesMedium
94. TV4 Film YesMedium
95. Silver YesLarge
96. Viasat Explorer YesLarge
97.Sundance ChannelNo
98. SF-kanalen NoCanal+
99. Hustler TV NoNo
100. Viasat Sport YesMedium
101. Extreme Sports Channel YesLarge
102. Eurosport HD YesHDTV
103.TV4 Sport XtraYesMedium
104. ESPN Classic YesLarge
105. Viasat Fotboll NoViasat Sport
106. Viasat Hockey NoViasat Sport
107. Viasat Motor NoViasat Sport
108. Motors TV YesLarge
109. Viasat Golf NoNo
110.Fuel TVYesNo
111. Viasat Sport HD NoViasat Sport
113. C More Tennis No
114.C More Extreme
115.Viasat Ticket
119. SVT24
120. CNN International YesMedium
121. BBC World News YesLarge
122. CNBC Europe YesLarge
123. Bloomberg TV
124. euronews
125. Kunskapskanalen Small
126. Sky News International YesLarge
127. Channel NewsAsia Large
128. Al Jazeera English YesLarge
129. RT
150. Cartoon Network YesMedium
152. Nickelodeon YesMedium
153. SVT Barnkanalen Small
154. Disney Channel YesLarge
155. Disney XD YesLarge
156. Disney Junior YesMedium
157 Nick Jr. Channel
158. C More Kids
170. DR1 YesNo
171. NRK1 YesNo
172. Yle Fem YesNo
174. HRT1 YesNo
175.Pink PlusNoNo
176. Channel One Russia Worldwide NoNo
177. DW-TV YesNo
178. TV Chile NoNo
179. TVP Polonia YesNo
180. TV5MONDE YesNo
181. TVE Internacional YesNo
182. ZDF YesNo
183. Al Jazeera Arabic YesNo
184. MBC Europe YesNo
185. Show TV YesNo
186. TRT Türk YesNo
187. IRIB 2 YesNo
200.ART MoviesYesNo
201. LBC Europe YesNo
202. IRINN YesNo
206. RTS Sat YesNo
207. RTK YesNo
208. OBN YesNo
209. TVCG Montenegro YesNo
210. 3sat YesNo
211.Canal 24 HorasYesNo
212. Canal de las Estrellas YesNo
213. Rai Italia YesNo
214. RTP Internacional YesNo
215. France 2 YesNo
216. Duna TV YesNo
217. m2 YesNo
218.NEPIT WorldYesNo
219.PRO TV InternaţionalYesNo
220. Polsat International YesNo
221. Wion Tv YesYes
222. TVP1 NoYes
223. TVP2 NoYes
224. TVP Info NoYes
223. RTL NoYes
223. ProSieben NoYes
224.RIK SatNoYes
225. Sat.1 YesYes
226. NPO 1 NoYes
227. NPO 2 NoYes
228. BBC One (Scotland)YesYes
229. RTE One YesYes
230. S4C YesYes


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  6. Mobile, broadband and entertainment converges in one brand as Com Hem becomes Tele2