Com Hem was a Swedish brand owned by Tele2 AB which supplied Triple Play services that included cable television, broadband internet and fixed-line telephone.
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 AB to satisfy EU competition requirements as a result of its merger with Sonera of Finland that same year.
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. 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. It has since almost reached the top of the ranking with the most satisfied customers, according to the same source.Svenskt Kvalitetsindex (Swedish)2017 report for Digital TV and Broadband (Swedish only). Analogue channels were withdrawn from the cable television network on 8 September 2020.
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.
List of channels Digital Channel8 favoritesPackage1.SVT1Small2.SVT2Small3.TV3Medium4.TV4Small5.Kanal 5Medium6.TV6Small7.TV4 PlusMedium8.TV8Medium9.Kanal 9Medium10.EurosportMedium11.TV1012.Kanal 1113.TV1214.Kanal 1015.Kanal Global16.Horse117.Lifestyle TV18.Öppna Kanalen19.TVins20.Com Hem-kanalen36.BBC KnowledgeLarge37.BBC HDLarge/HDTV38.History Channel HDLarge/HDTV39.Nat Geo WildLarge40.TV7Medium41.Animal PlanetMedium42.Axess TVSmall43.BBC EntertainmentMedium44.Discovery ChannelMedium45.Discovery WorldLarge46.Discovery ScienceLarge47.TLCLarge48.Discovery HDHDTV49.Kanal 1050.MTVMedium51.MTV RocksLarge52.Mezzo TVLarge53.National Geographic ChannelLarge54.Playboy TVLarge55.Star!Medium56.Travel ChannelLarge57.TNTMedium58.National Geographic Channel HDHDTV59.VH1Medium60.Viasat Nature/CrimeMedium61.Viasat HistoryMedium62.Comedy CentralMedium63.TV4 FaktaLarge64.TV4 GuldMedium65.TV4 KomediMedium66.SVT HDSmall67.Silver HDHDTV68.FashionTV69.Yacht & Sail70.TV4 Fakta XLLarge71.CBS Reality72.TV4 HDLarge/HDTV73.BBC LifestyleLarge74.SjuanMedium75.C More Sport Canal+76.C More FotbollCanal+77.C More HockeyCanal+79.C More FirstCanal+80.C More HitsCanal+81.C More ActionCanal+82.C More SeriesCanal+83.C More EmotionCanal+84.C More LiveCanal+85.Viasat FilmTV100086.Viasat Film ComedyTV100087.Viasat Film FamilyTV100088. Viasat Film ActionTV100089.AMC90.Viasat Film ClassicTV100091.Viasat Film DramaTV100092.Showtime93.TCMMedium94.TV4 FilmMedium95.SilverLarge96.Viasat ExplorerLarge97.Sundance Channel98.SF-kanalenCanal+99.Hustler TV100.Viasat SportMedium101.Extreme Sports ChannelLarge102.Eurosport HDHDTV103.TV4 Sport XtraMedium104.ESPN ClassicLarge105.Viasat FotbollViasat Sport106.Viasat HockeyViasat Sport107.Viasat MotorViasat Sport108.Motors TVLarge109.Viasat Golf110.Fuel TV111.Viasat Sport HDViasat Sport113.C More Tennis114.C More Extreme115.Viasat Ticket119.SVT24120.CNN InternationalMedium121.BBC World NewsLarge122.CNBC EuropeLarge123.Bloomberg TV124.euronews125.KunskapskanalenSmall126.Sky News InternationalLarge127.Channel NewsAsiaLarge128.Al Jazeera EnglishLarge129.RT150.Cartoon NetworkMedium152.NickelodeonMedium153.SVT BarnkanalenSmall154.Disney ChannelLarge155.Disney XDLarge156.Disney JuniorMedium157Nick Jr. Channel158.C More Kids170.DR1171.NRK1172.Yle Fem174.HRT1175.Pink Plus176.Channel One Russia Worldwide177.DW-TV178.TV Chile179.TVP Polonia180.TV5MONDE181.TVE Internacional182.ZDF183.Al Jazeera Arabic184.MBC Europe185.Show TV186.TRT Türk187.IRIB 2200.ART Movies201.LBC Europe202.IRINN206.RTS Sat207.RTK208.OBN209.TVCG Montenegro210.3sat211.Canal 24 Horas212.Canal de las Estrellas213.Rai Italia214.RTP Internacional215.France 2216.Duna TV217.m2218.NEPIT World219.PRO TV Internaţional220.Polsat International221.Wion Tv222.TVP1223.TVP2224.TVP Info223.RTL223.ProSieben224.RIK Sat225.Sat.1226.NPO 1227.NPO 2228.BBC One (Scotland)229.RTÉ One 230.S4C
Analogue NFL Network Animal Planet Travel + Escape (TV channel) The Learning Channel W Network History Channel Hunan Television SVT1 SVT2 TV3 TV4 Kanal 5 TV6 TV7 TV8 Kanal 9 TV10 Kanal 11 TV12 MTV TV4 Sport SVT24 SVTB Love Nature CNN International Golf Channel Makeful CNBC WWE Network Fashion TV SET International DW-TV CTi International SAB TV Kunskapskanalen
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.
See also List of Swedish television channels
References
External links Official Com Hem website Official Com Hem Group website (in English)