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Ved brev af 17. november 2004 og 17. januar 2006 videresendte Kommissionen de berørte parters bemærkninger til den svenske regering.
By letters dated 17 November 2004 and 17 January 2006, the Commission forwarded interested parties' observations to the Swedish Government.
Regeringen fremsatte sine bemærkninger til de fremsatte synspunkter i brev af 20. december 2004 og 20. marts 2006.
The latter submitted its comments on the observations by letters dated 20 December 2004 and 20 March 2006.
Den 22. november 2004 havde Kommissionen et møde med ECCA.
On 22 November 2004, the Commission departments met with ECCA.
Der blev også afholdt møder med repræsentanter for NSAB og ESOA den 1. marts 2005 og den 21. og 30. november 2005.
Meetings were also held with representatives of NSAB and ESOA on 1 March 2005 and on 21 and 30 November 2005.
Ved brev af 8. februar 2006, 7. april 2006, 31. marts 2006 og 30. august 2006 anmodede Kommissionen Sverige om yderligere oplysninger.
By letters dated 8 February 2006, 7 April 2006, 31 May 2006 and 30 August 2006, the Commission sent additional requests for information to Sweden.
Den svenske regering svarede ved brev af 20. marts 2006 (»svar af 20. marts«) (registreret den 22. marts 2006), brev af 25. april 2006 (»svar af 25. april«) (registreret den 24. oktober 2006), brev af 5. maj 2006 (»svar af 5. maj«) (registreret den 11. maj 2006), brev af 15. juni 2006 (registreret den 16. juni 2006) og brev af 1. september 2006 (registreret den 4. september 2006).
The Swedish Government responded by letters dated 20 March 2006 (the ‘20 March response’) (registered as received on 22 March 2006), 25 April 2006 (the ‘25 April response’) (registered as received on 24 October 2006), 5 May 2006 (the ‘5 May response’) (registered as received on 11 May 2006), 15 June 2006 (registered as received on 16 June 2006) and 1 September 2006 (registered as received on 4 September 2006).
Denne beslutning vedrører den påståede statsstøtte til Teracom og dettes datterselskab Boxer TV-Access (»Boxer«) (medmindre andet er angivet, betegnes Teracom og dets datterselskaber i det følgende under et som »Teracom«) i forbindelse med udviklingen af en jordbaseret digital tv-platform i Sverige.
This Decision concerns the alleged State aid provided to Teracom and its subsidiary Boxer TV-Access (‘Boxer’) (unless otherwise stated, Teracom and its subsidiaries will hereafter be collectively referred to as ‘Teracom’) in connection with the development of the digital terrestrial television platform in Sweden.
Det forhold, at Sverige har undladt at udstede de love og administrative bestemmelser, der er nødvendige for at efterkomme direktivet om gennemskueligheden af de økonomiske forbindelser mellem medlemsstaterne og de offentlige virksomheder, er ikke behandlet i denne beslutning, da EF-Domstolen har udtalt sig separat om dette spørgsmål.
This Decision will not address Sweden's failure to adopt the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with the Directive on the transparency of financial relations between Member States and public undertakings because this has been the subject of a separate ruling by the European Court of Justice.
DE BERØRTE VIRKSOMHEDER
RELEVANT COMPANIES
Selskaber, der deltager i udviklingen af en jordbaseret digital platform
Companies involved in the development of the digital terrestrial platform in Sweden
Teracom er et statsejet selskab, der blev oprettet i 1992 for at overtage den radio- og tv-transmissionsvirksomhed, der tidligere blev udført af Televerket (det svenske telekommunikationsselskab).
It was created in 1992 to take over the television and radio transmission operations previously carried out by the Swedish Telecommunications Administration (‘Televerket’).
Ifølge sine vedtægter skal Teracom transmittere og distribuere radio- og tv-programmer samt udvikle, markedsføre og udføre andre tjenester, som har relation til eller er forenelige med transmissions- og distributionsvirksomhed.
According to its articles of association, Teracom is to transmit and distribute radio and television programmes, and develop, market and perform other services related to or compatible with its transmission and distribution activities.
De andre tjenester består hovedsagelig af telekommunikations- og informationstjenester.
These other services consist mainly of telecom and information services.
Siden sin oprettelse har Teracom alene ejet og drevet det eneste eksisterende jordbaserede tv-spredningsnet i Sverige.
Since its creation, Teracom has been the exclusive owner and operator of the only existing terrestrial broadcasting network in Sweden.
For at sende via den jordbaserede platform indgår private og kommercielle tv-kanaler transmissionsaftaler med Teracom og betaler Teracom for de ydede tjenester.
To broadcast via the terrestrial platform, private and commercial television channels enter into transmission agreements with Teracom and pay Teracom for services provided.
Den 15. december vedtog Post- och telestyrelsen to beslutninger, der fastslog, at Teracom i sin rolle som netoperatør har betydelig markedsstyrke på det svenske engrosmarked for jordbaserede tv-spredningstjenester.
On 15 December 2005, the Swedish Post and Telecommunications Regulator (‘Post- och telestyrelsen’) adopted two Decisions stating that Teracom, in its role as a network operator, has significant market power in the Swedish wholesale markets for terrestrial broadcasting services.
Post- och telestyrelsen (PTS) pålagde derfor Teracom særlige forpligtelser med hensyn til distribution af fjernsynsindhold til slutbrugerne, både via det analoge og det digitale jordnet.
It therefore imposed special obligations on Teracom with regard to the distribution of television content to end-users through both the analogue and the digital terrestrial network.
Teracom er nu forpligtet til på visse betingelser at formidle adgang til den jordbaserede platform for selskaber, der ønsker at distribuere fjernsynsindhold til slutbrugere, og anvende en omkostningsorienteret prissætning og ikke-diskriminerende betingelser for adgangen til den jordbaserede platform samt føre separate og åbne regnskaber over selskabets egne aktiviteter og aktiviteter i forbindelse med formidlingen af adgang.
Teracom is now obliged, under certain conditions, to provide access to the terrestrial platform to companies wishing to distribute television content to end-users, to apply cost-oriented pricing, to apply non-discriminatory conditions for access to the terrestrial platform and to keep separate and open accounts for its own activities and activities connected with the provision of access.
Boxer tilbyder forbrugerne adgang til tv-programpakker og andre tjenester via den jordbaserede digitale tv-platform.
Boxer offers consumers access to television programme packages and other services via the digital terrestrial television platform.
Selskabet blev oprettet i oktober 1999 og ejes med 70 % af Teracom og med 30 % af det britiske private equity- og venture-kapitalselskab 3i.
The company was established in October 1999 and is owned 70 % by Teracom and 30 % by the British private equity and venture capital company 3i.
Boxer er den eneste distributør af tv-programmer (herunder betalings-tv) på det digitale jordnet i Sverige.
Boxer is the only distributor of television programmes (including pay television) in the digital terrestrial network in Sweden.
Når en fjernsynskanal får sendelicens til det svenske jordnet, kan den enten indgå en distributionsaftale med Boxer for at få sine programmer distribueret eller vælge at sende dem ukodet.
When a television channel receives a broadcasting licence for the Swedish terrestrial network, the channel can either sign a distribution agreement with Boxer to have its programmes distributed or choose to broadcast free-to-air, i.e., unencrypted.
De fleste tv-kanaler, som sender via det digitale jordnet, har indgået en distributionsaftale med Boxer.
Most television channels broadcasting in the digital terrestrial network have signed a distribution agreement with Boxer.
Ifølge Boxer voksede virksomheden med 42 % i 2005 og havde over en halv million abonnementer i slutningen af december 2005.
According to Boxer, it grew by 42 % in 2005 and had over half a million subscribers at the end of December 2005.
SVT er Sveriges største public service-tv-selskab.
SVT is the main public service broadcaster in Sweden.
SVT har siden 1997 været ejet af en fond, lige som alle andre public service-radio- og tv-selskaber i Sverige.
Since 1997, SVT, like all the other radio and television public service companies in Sweden, is owned by a Foundation.
SVT's forpligtelser som public service-tv-selskab er fastsat i de analoge og digitale sendelicenser, som er udstedt af regeringen.
Its obligations as a public service broadcaster are regulated in both its analogue and its digital broadcasting licences, which are issued by the Government.
SVT's public service-kanaler skal dække 99,8 % af den svenske befolkning, og SVT skal i størst mulig udstrækning sende via jordnettet.
SVT's public service channels must reach 99,8 % of the Swedish population and it must broadcast via the terrestrial network to its fullest extent.
Kravet om, at SVT skal dække 99,8 % af befolkningen, indebærer, at SVT må sende parallelt over det analoge jordnet, indtil den jordbaserede digitale platform er fuldstændig udbygget.
The requirement to cover 99,8 % of the population means that, until the digital terrestrial platform is fully built out, SVT must broadcast in parallel over the analogue terrestrial network.
SVT køber i øjeblikket alle sine tjenester til jordbaseret transmission af Teracom.
SVT currently purchases all its services for terrestrial transmission from Teracom.
Alle SVT's kanaler sendes ukodet.
All of SVT's channels are broadcast as ‘free-to-air television’.
I SVT's sendelicens er det også fastsat, at SVT kan anvende satellit, og for at nå ud til hele den svenske befolkning sender SVT rent faktisk sine public service-kanaler via satellit.
SVT's broadcasting licence also states that SVT can use satellite and, in fact, to reach the entire Swedish population, SVT broadcasts its public service channels via satellite.
Mellem marts 1999 og april 2004 havde en af klagerne, NSAB, eneret til at sende SVT's public service-kanaler i den nordiske region via sine satellitter.
Between March 1999 and April 2004, NSAB — one of the complainants — had the exclusive right to broadcast SVT's public service channels in the Nordic region via its satellites.
SVT's public service-kanaler er også tilgængelige via kabelnettet i henhold til lovgivningen om »must carry« -forpligtelser.
SVT's public service channels are also available via the cable network by virtue of must-carry legislation.
Utbildningsradion (»UR«)
Utbildningsradion (‘UR’)
Ligesom SVT er UR også ejet af en fond (jf. 3.1.3 ovenfor).
Like SVT, UR is also owned by the Foundation (see 3.1.3. above).
UR's forpligtelser som public service-tv-selskab er fastsat i dens sendelicens, og UR er forpligtet til efter samråd med Sveriges Radio og SVT at købe tjenester af Teracom for at sende via det analoge jordnet.
Similarly to SVT, UR's obligations as a public service broadcaster are regulated in its broadcasting licence and UR is required, after having consulted Swedish Radio (‘Sveriges Radio’) and SVT, to purchase services for transmitting via the analogue terrestrial network from Teracom.
UR sender via en af SVT's kanaler, og dens programmer skal nå ud til 99,8 % af Sveriges befolkning.
UR broadcasts via one of SVT's channels and its programmes must reach 99,8 % of the Swedish population.
UR's programmer skal også sendes via jordnettet og sendes ukodede via jordnettet og som »must carry« via kabelnettet.
Also, UR's programmes must be broadcast over the terrestrial network, and are broadcast free-to-air on the terrestrial networks and as must-carry on the cable networks.
I denne beslutning betegnes SVT og UR herefter under et som »SVT«, og tal (f.eks. bevillinger og betalinger), som vedrører hver enkelt virksomhed, vil blive opgivet for de to virksomheder under et.
In the remaining part of this Decision, SVT and UR will be collectively referred to as ‘SVT’ and figures (e.g., appropriations and payments) relating to each of the two companies will be referred to in aggregate.
Klagerne
Complainants
NSAB er et selskab, der har hovedsæde i Sverige.
NSAB is a company with its head office registered in Sweden.
NSAB ejer og driver to Sirius-satellitter, der forsyner den nordiske og den baltiske region samt Øst- og Centraleuropa med tv-tjenester og andre medie- og teletjenester.
NSAB owns and operates two Sirius satellites that provide the Nordic and Baltic regions, as well as Eastern and Central Europe, with television and other media and telecommunications services.
NSAB distribuerer radio- og tv-signaler fra såvel offentlige som private radio- og tv-selskaber.
NSAB distributes radio and television signals of both public and private broadcasters.
75 % af NSAB ejes af det i Luxembourg registrerede SES ASTRA, en af de førende operatører i Europa, som sender via satellit til direkte modtagelse (»direct-to-home«), og 25 % af NSAB ejes af det svenske rumfartsselskab, Svenska Rymdaktiebolaget.
NSAB is 75 % owned by one of the leading direct-to-home satellite services operators in Europe — the Luxembourg-registered SES ASTRA — and 25 % owned by the Swedish Space Corporation (‘Svenska Rymdaktiebolaget’).
Svenska Rymdaktiebolaget er et statsejet aktieselskab med virksomhed i Sverige.
Swedish Space Corporation is a State-owned limited liability company with operations in Sweden.
Indtil marts 2000 var NSAB delvis ejet af Teracom.
Until March 2000, NSAB was partly owned by Teracom.
Viasat er en operatør, som tilbyder både gratis tv og betalings-tv og distribuerer programmer vil satellitplatformen Sirius.
Viasat is an integrated free- and pay-television operator which distributes programmes via the Sirius satellite platform.
Viasat sender fra Storbritannien, hvor det også er registreret.
It operates out of the United Kingdom, where it is also registered.
Viasat er et helejet datterselskab af den svenske mediekoncern MTG AB (»MTG«).
Viasat is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Swedish media group MTG AB (‘MTG’).
MTG opererer i hele verden og hævder bl.a. at være den største operatør af gratis tv og betalings-tv i Skandinavien og i de baltiske lande.
MTG operates worldwide and claims to be, among other things, the largest free- and pay-television operator in Scandinavia and the Baltic countries.
TV-SPREDNING
TELEVISION BROADCASTING
Tv-platforme i Sverige
Television broadcasting platforms in Sweden
I Sverige distribueres tv-programmerne i dag via jordnettet, kabelnettet og fællesantenneanlæg (SMATV) samt via satellit og bredbånd.
In Sweden, television is currently distributed through the terrestrial networks, through cable networks and satellite-delivered master antenna television systems (‘SMATV’), via satellite and via broadband.
Ifølge regeringen vil tv-spredning også snart være tilgængelig via tredjegenerationsmobilnet.
According to the Government, television broadcasting will soon be available also through third-generation mobile telephone networks.
Figur 1 nedenfor viser de forskellige tv-platformes respektive betydning i Sverige i 2006.
Figure 1 below illustrates the comparative significance of the different television platforms in Sweden in 2006.
Figuren viser de forskellige platformes faktiske anvendelse udtrykt i procentdel af alle svenske husstande.
The figure indicates the actual use of the different platforms as a percentage of all Swedish households.
For den jordbaserede platform skelnes der desuden mellem analog og digital modtagelse.
In the case of the terrestrial platform, the figure distinguishes further between analogue and digital reception.
Husstandenes modtagelse af tv-udsendelser i Sverige i 2006
Actual household TV reception in Sweden in 2006
jordbaseret analog
analogue terrestrial
digital jordbaseret
digital terrestrial
2005 digital satellit
satellite
bredbånd (IP-TV)
broadband (IP-TV)
Alle de mest almindelige transmissionsplatforme, som findes i dag, dvs. kabel- og satellitplatforme og jordbaserede platforme, har været eller er påvirket af overgangen fra analog til digital tv-spredning.
All the currently commonly available transmission platforms, i.e. cable, satellite and terrestrial, have been or are affected by the transition from analogue to digital television broadcasting.
Digitaliseringen af radio-/tv-spredning har store fordele i form af mere effektiv spektrumanvendelse og øgede transmissionsmuligheder.
The digitisation of broadcasting has great advantages in terms of more efficient spectrum usage and increased transmission possibilities.
Det vil medføre nye og bedre tjenester af høj kvalitet og flere valgmuligheder for forbrugerne.
This will lead to new and better high-quality services and to wider consumer choice.
Uanset transmissionsmåde har digital transmission enten en åben arkitektur eller er udstyret med et adgangsstyringssystem (CA-system) med kodede kanaler.
Irrespective of the transmission mode, digital transmission has either an open architecture or contains a conditional access system where the channels are encrypted.
Det betyder, at seerne for at kunne modtage digitale transmissioner har brug for en digital modtager, som enten er indbygget i tv-apparatet eller leveres i form af en separat digitalboks, som fungerer som dekoder.
This means that, in order to receive open digital transmissions, viewers need a digital receiver which is either built into the television set or comes in the form of a separate ‘set-top box’ which operates as a decoder.
For at kunne se kodede kanaler skal seerne således have en digitalboks, som kan læse et såkaldt programkort.
In order to watch encrypted channels, viewers must have a set-top box which is capable of reading a so-called ‘access card’.
Udviklingen af jordbaseret digitalt tv i Sverige
The development of digital terrestrial television in Sweden
Digital-tv har udviklet sig kraftigt i Sverige i de seneste fem år.
Digital television in Sweden has developed strongly during the last five years.
Alle digitale platforme — satellit, kabel og jordbaserede — voksede i perioden 2000 til 2005, men satellitplatformen var den førende med digitalisering (se figur 2).
While all the digital platforms — satellite, cable and terrestrial — experienced growth during the period from 2000 to 2005, satellite was at the forefront of digitisation (see Figure 2).
Udviklingen af digitale platforme i Sverige(2000-05)
Development of digital platforms in Sweden (2000-05)
digital kabel
digital cable
På grundlag af et regeringsforslag besluttede Riksdagen i 1997, at udbygningen af et digitalt jordnet burde indledes i flere dele af landet, og at staten efterfølgende skulle beslutte, om og hvordan nettet fortsat skulle udbygges.
On the basis of a proposal from the Government, Parliament decided in 1997 that the development of a digital terrestrial network should start in several parts of the country and that the State should gradually decide whether, and if so how, the build-out of the network should continue.
Det blev besluttet, at udbygningen af det digitale jordnet skulle finansieres udelukkende af de deltagende selskaber, dvs. tv-selskaberne og netværksejerne, og ikke af staten.
It was decided that the development of the digital terrestrial network should be financed entirely by the participating companies, i.e., the broadcasters and the network owner, and not by the State.
I 2003 besluttede Riksdagen, at det analoge jordnet skulle afvikles pr. 1. februar 2008, og i maj 2004 besluttede den desuden, at den multiplexer, der var reserveret til SVT's digitale transmissioner, skulle udbygges, så den ville dække 99,8 %, når det analoge jordnet var fuldstændig afviklet.
In 2003, Parliament decided that the analogue terrestrial network should be switched off by 1 February 2008, and in May 2004 it decided that the multiplex reserved for SVT's digital transmissions should be built out to cover 99,8 % by the time the analogue terrestrial network was entirely shut down.
På det tidspunkt skulle mindst en supplerende multiplexer dække 98 % af befolkningen.
By then, at least one more multiplex should cover 98 % of the population.
Det blev ikke fastsat, hvor stor en procentdel af befolkningen de øvrige multiplexere skulle dække.
No requirements as to the coverage of the other multiplexes were decided on.
Ifølge Teracom blev første fase af afviklingen af det analoge jordnet indledt den 19. september 2005, hvilket berørte ca. 150000 husstande i Sverige.
According to Teracom, the first stage of the shut-down of the analogue terrestrial network started on 19 September 2005 and covered approximately 150000 households in Sweden.
Tabel 1 nedenfor viser de planlagte afviklingsfaser og den procentdel af befolkningen, der ventes at blive berørt af de forskellige faser.
See Table 1 below for the planned stages and the estimated percentage population affected by the shut-down in each stage.
Planlagt afvikling af det analoge jordnet og procentdel af befolkningen, der ventes berørt
Planned shut-down of the analogue terrestrial network and estimated percentage of the population affected
Kilde: Teracom.
Source: Teracom.
Bemærk, at tallene er skøn.
Note that figures are estimates.
% af befolkningen i det berørte område
% of population in affected area
% af befolkningen, som er dækket af jordbaseret digitalt tv
% of population covered by digital terrestrial television
(akkumulerede tal)
(accumulated figures)
Fase 1 afsluttet i november 2005
Stage 1 ended in November 2005
Fase 2 afsluttet i maj 2006
Stage 2 ended in May 2006
Fase 3 planlagt afsluttet i november 2005
Stage 3 is scheduled to end in November 2006
Fase 4 planlagt afsluttet i maj 2007
Stage 4 is scheduled to end in May 2007
Fase 5 planlagt afsluttet i oktober 2007
Stage 5 is scheduled to end in October 2007
Teracoms egne midler og indtægter fra salg af nettjenester (f.eks. brugergebyr) har ikke været tilstrækkelige til at dække de samlede investeringsomkostninger i forbindelse med udbygningen af det landsomfattende digitale jordnet, og Teracom har derfor været nødt til at skaffe mere kapital.
Teracom's own funds and the revenues from the sale of network services (e.g., user fees) have not been sufficient to cover the entire investment costs related to the roll-out of the countrywide digital terrestrial network and Teracom, therefore, has had to raise additional capital.
Ved at optage lån på kapital-markedet og sælge visse aktiver lykkedes det Teracom at finansiere udbygningen af det digitale jordnet.
It has done this through loans on the capital market and through the sale of assets, and in this way it has managed to finance the development of the digital terrestrial network.
Transmission via det digitale jordnet i Sverige
Transmission via the digital terrestrial network in Sweden
Jordbaseret digitalt tv foregår via multiplexere, som er systemer, der kombinerer og digitaliserer multiple signaler til transmission via en enkeltlinje eller en fælles kanal.
Digital terrestrial television operates through multiplexes, which are systems that combine and digitalise multiple signals for transmission over a single line or a common channel.
Dette resulterer i mere kapacitet og i flere kanaler, som kan sendes samtidig.
This results in more capacity and in a larger number of channels which can be broadcast simultaneously.
Teracom driver i dag fem multiplexere, som hver har kapacitet til at transmittere ca. 8 individuelle tv-kanaler.
Teracom currently operates five multiplexes, each multiplex having the capacity to transmit around eight individual television channels.
I foråret 2006 dækkede fire af disse multiplexere ca. 98 % af Sveriges befolkning, mens den femte nåede ud til ca. 50 % af befolkningen.
During the spring of 2006, four of the multiplexes covered approximately 98 % of the Swedish population and the fifth multiplex approximately 50 % of the population.
Regeringen træffer beslutning om at bevilge licens på grundlag af anbefalinger fra Radio och TV-verket, som undersøger ansøgningerne.
The Government bases its decision to grant a licence on recommendations from the Radio and Television Agency (‘Radio och TV-verket’), which reviews the applications.