The incumbent Czech telco Telefónica O2 has announced that its IPTV service O2 TV has 40,000 subscribers. Launched in September 2006, O2 TV has until now been operating with little or no competition, though several companies including Czech on Line (Volny) and Radiokomunikace are expected to launch rival services in the near future. O2 TV [...]

RTL Television has confirmed its two thematic channels RTL Crime and RTL Living will be a part of Germany’s new basic tier Premiere Start. Passion, a joint venture with production house UFA, will also be a part of the line-up. The new pay-TV package will launch this autumn. RTL Living is already slated for a [...]

The Polish DTH platform n plans to introduce three more channels to its line-up in September. It also expects to have 300,000 subscribers by the end of the year and up to half a million 12 months later. Speaking to the local press, Maciej Sojka, the president of the platform’s operating company ITI Neovision, said [...]

Russia’s CTC Media has posted total operating revenues of $112,147,000 (€82,134,906) for Q2, or 9.1% more than in the corresponding period last year. However, both its OIBDA of $51,422,000) and net income of $30,692,000 represented falls of 5.5% and 10% respectively. However, the H1 figures looked more healthy, with the total operating revenues of $216,268,000 [...]