The camera was rolling, the signature tune was blasting out, all that was missing for viewers of Swedish Television's regional news programmes on Thursday night were the presenters.News programmes across the country were affected after a mix-up at network operator Teracom.
In northern Sweden, instead of seeing local news programme Nordnytt, viewers saw an empty studio. After a few minutes, a so-far unidentified member of SVT's staff entered the studio. He whistled, cleared his throat, grimaced and talked to a colleague in the control room from the presenter's chair, Svenska Dagbladet reported.
