In early December, Bonnier broadcasting, which owns TV4 and C More, was purchased by Telia. At the same time, the agreement between TV4 / C More and Tele 2 is about to expire. According to Tele 2 - which owns Com home and Boxer - neither TV4 / C More nor Telia have wanted to negotiate "in a serious way". That's what TT News Agency writes.
At the same time, TV4 believes that Tele 2 has been given the opportunity to extend the agreement. But according to Mathias Berg, Operational Manager at TV4 and C More, the conflict is about Tele 2 demanding new rights that they do not want to pay for.
To Expressen, Tele 2's CEO Anders Nilsson says that everything indicates that they will be forced to shut down the channels the night of the eleventh December.
- We have already extended this agreement. It went out just over a week ago and we extended until December 10 so that we would have time to negotiate a new agreement. They have not wanted them. And we can no longer extend because we will digitize 1.6 million households in 2020, he says.
In order to continue distributing TV4 and C More, Tele 2 needs rights that they do not yet have.