In particular, two type YouSee-customers are the big losers

The new YouSee-changes, which was published on Tuesday have implications for hundreds of thousands of tv viewers in the whole country, but particularly in two g

Ann McDonald
Ann McDonald
20 September 2019 Friday 03:01
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In particular, two type YouSee-customers are the big losers

The new YouSee-changes, which was published on Tuesday have implications for hundreds of thousands of tv viewers in the whole country, but particularly in two group of customers are being hit hard.

a number of danes have their YouSee package via a housing association, where they are tenants, and therefore they can only choose YouSees standard packages. However, for an unbeatable price.

But if you forward also want to see the Discovery Networks channels, so you must to the pockets. if you do not want to miss landsholdsfodbold, Mlb and the OLYMPICS.

- overall, it has 99% of all customers access to YouSee mix-even. There may be a few housing associations, where you are locked to a standard packages, but we are talking about very, very few. But the vast majority can buy a mix-yourself solution at the ago of, says managing director Jacob Mortensen to Ekstra Bladet.


in Addition, you will also be affected by the new changes, if you have more than one tv, where you'd like to see your mix-even channels.

For a variety of customers it is not possible to have its mix-yourself solution coupled up on more tv with only a tv box, so if you want to watch football in the bedroom, while the wife or lillefar sleep, then you go off and have a card reader and a card.

- There are a number of different options. More and more customers are using Smart tv, and watching our channels the way around. In addition, there is Chromecast, Apple tv and other solutions. For some customers, the fact is that to use a card reader. It comes a little depends on what infrastructure you have at home.

- But in outline, so you can see the mix-even the solution on a fiber connection or via a telephone connection, while there may arise problems with cable-tv, says Jacob Mortensen to Ekstra Bladet.

It costs 299 dollars per. card-reader while a card costs 99 euros. The first is free. If you have three tv must, however, therefore, of 1095 dollars.

It should be noted, however, that you have completely free access to YouSee on your tablet, phone or Smart tv. Thus you have also the opportunity to see the canals through the solutions.


the Entire conflict started when YouSee came out, to Discovery Networks' channels will no longer be a part of the YouSees package deals.

rather, They must be a part of the television giant's mix even the universe, if they can agree on a deal.

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If they can agree on a solution, the ends of the Discovery Networks' channels in the mix even department, where customers purchase a number of points, which can be used on streaming services and tv channels.

'It will be very unfortunate for many customers in TDC and YouSee, when YouSee becomes NoSee. But the Danish media landscape is changing, and fortunately we have a number of strong distribution partners in the Danish market, who appreciate its customers and partners,' writes Christan Kemp to Ekstra Bladet.

concretely the changes that Channel 5 will drop out of the basic package, while TV2 Charlie comes in. In addition, TV3 Sport, TV3+, Max, Viasat Ultra HD and TV2 Sport a part of mellempakken, while the movie channels from Viasat and C More are a part of the fuldpakken.

Out smoking all of the Discovery Networks' channels.


Ekstra Bladet has also spoken with YouSee-director Jacob Mortensen, tells us about the mind behind the plans.

- The three packages - the base package, mellempakken and fuldpakken - we make changes in the. We do this because we are working to get a flexible access to the best tv, where you can choose what you want to have access to.

- In our standard packages, we can see that there is a changed behavior in relation to the demand. Customers want less flow-screen tv and more streaming, and so we form the packages for what is being sought after, he says to Ekstra Bladet.

- But can't you see that it looks a little odd, that it is all Discovery Networks channels, the smoking out?

- We change our packages, because the demand has changed. You can still get the Discovery Networks channels in our flexible mix-even the universe, he says to Ekstra Bladet without to relate to, that they still have not agreed on an agreement with Discovery Networks, and there is a real possibility that they are pulling their channels from YouSee.

- What do you think about Discovery Networks response?

- I watch the Discovery Network as a long and good partner, as we have had in many years, so naturally we are bored of. I hope that they, too, are a part of the future of television-product from YouSee. We have an ongoing dialogue with Discovery, and we are still in negotiations with them, says Jacob Mortensen to Ekstra Bladet.


Subsequent Discovery Networks' ceo Christian Kemp threatened to pull their channels completely out of the cooperation with YouSee, and it may end up with YouSees customers can't get access to the best League, herrelandsholdets qualifiers, Europa League, the OLYMPICS next year and several series.

- We have had a long and good cooperation with YouSee. And we continue like this in the future, but under other conditions, says Christian Kemp

- We also live just fine without YouSee. The media landscape is under heavy change, we have a number of other partners, we would like to work closer with in the future, he says.

Updated: 20.09.2019 03:01