Telia Company said that the Discovery channels could vanish from its television line-up from 08 June if current negotiations fare badly. A new agreement could mean worse terms for Telia customers, the Swedish operator said. It said Discovery is trying to limit what customer watch and how, and is combining this with unreasonable price increases.

Telia said that flexibility is one of the reasons it keeps having Sweden’s most satisfied viewers year after year. If the negotiations fail, then Telia will substitute content from HBO, among others, for Discovery programmes.

TeliaFinland said the channels concerned are Discovery Channel, Discovery World,Investigation Discovery, Discovery Science, Animal Planet, Eurosport 1 andEurosport 2, as well as their HD versions. The packages that could be affectedare Discovery, Surf, Mix S and Mix M. Telia Finland said it would keep itscustomers informed