Viasat Signs IPTV Distribution Deal with Telenor

[Satellite TODAY 03-08-10] Viasat Broadcasting signed an IPTV distribution deal with Telenor, Viasat announced March 3.
   The agreement will allow, Viasat, which operates a DTH platform throughout Scandinavia, to distribute its premium pay-TV channel packages to Telenor’s broadband customers.
   Telenor had 623,000 broadband customers in Norway and 574,000 in Sweden at the end of 2009. Viasat’s channel packages will continue to be available to Telenor subsidiary Bredbandsbolaget’s subscribers in Sweden and also will be included in Telenor’s IPTV offering in Norway, which is expected to be launched for fiber-connected broadband customers this spring.