Cablecom does not want to switch off any more channels for the time being
The Swiss cable network provider Cablecom does not plan to discontinue any additional analog channels for the time being, starting at the end of 2007. However, the company still plans to discontinue U1 and HSE24. The company will not be able to introduce HDTV until the analog signals for U1 and HSE24 are discontinued.
Cablecom, Switzerland's largest cable network provider, does not intend to switch off any more analog channels from the end of 2007 for the time being. This was confirmed by Cablecom spokesman Hans Peter Nehmer in the latest edition of the TV magazine TV2. The switch-off of U1 and HSE24 is still planned, but after that "no more analog channels will be switched off until further notice". Instead, Cablecom is focusing on its already communicated network expansion. This should provide over one million Cablecom households with additional capacity by the end of 2008. This will make it possible to maintain the analog service and expand the digital service. Cablecom will have to put up with a lean period until then. The introduction of HDTV will only be possible once the analog signals from U1 and HSE24 have been switched off. If U1 can therefore still not be relocated, HDTV can only be introduced at the end of November when HSE24 is switched off.
