https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Sweden in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed A Swedish court ruled on Tuesday that computers, surfing tablets, and mobile phones will still be counted as a television transmitter device, meaning Swedes will have to pay annual fees to Sweden's TV licensing authorities. https://www.thelocal.se/20131029/51082 Tue, 29 Oct 2013 16:56:00 +0100 51082 PC and tablet owners are being targeted by the Sweden's TV licensing authorities to collect annual fees required of all those with a television transmitter device. https://www.thelocal.se/20130624/48656 Mon, 24 Jun 2013 13:17:00 +0200 48656 Swedes have been left seething following the tactics of the Swedish TV-licence fee collectors, who are making telephone calls at "uncomfortable" hours in an effort to round up those not paying the annual television fee. https://www.thelocal.se/20130307/46596 Thu, 07 Mar 2013 12:40:00 +0100 46596 Swedish TV-licence fee collectors have started asking Swedes if they have smartphones, in a drive to round up anyone who may be streaming content online but not paying the annual television fee. https://www.thelocal.se/20130304/46516 Mon, 04 Mar 2013 08:15:00 +0100 46516 A Swedish ISP outraged by the prospect of computer and iPad owners being forced to pay TV licence fees is offering clients a "TV Stopper" to block online content from state broadcaster SVT. https://www.thelocal.se/20130125/45824 Fri, 25 Jan 2013 18:01:00 +0100 45824 A move by Sveriges Television (SVT) to offer all of its content online means that Swedes who watch digitally streamed content on computer and tablet devices such as the iPad will have to start paying television licence fees. https://www.thelocal.se/20130122/45750 Tue, 22 Jan 2013 13:11:00 +0100 45750