This year’s PIKE international conference and exhibition was held at a new congress centre (ICE) in the city of Kraków and took as its theme Towards a Digital Single Market.
New OTT service for Croatia
The Croatian public broadcaster Hrvatska radiotelevizija (HRT) has launched a new OTT service.
Profit boost at Atresmedia
Spain’s Atresmedia has posted net revenues of €697.9 million for the first nine months of the year, an 11.4% increase on the corresponding period in 2014.
TV buoys Orange, with Romania star performer
The Orange Group ended the third quarter with a total of 7.658 million subscribers to its IPTV and DTH services, up by slightly over 10% on a year earlier.
Paid-for content: the challenges
Forming an association of paid-for content owners could be first step to monetising content on the internet, according to Boguslaw Kisielewski, president of the management board at Kino Polska.
Scripps outlines Polish plans
Scripps Networks may make further acquisitions such as Poland’s TVN in the future.
IPTV growth boost Lithuanian telco
The Lithuanian incumbent Teo enjoyed its fastest growth in IPTV customers in three years in the year to September 30.
DTH drives Russian pay-TV market
The DTH platform Orion Express was the fastest growing pay-TV service in Russia in the first nine months of this year.
New milestone for UPC DTH
UPC DTH has attained a combined total of over 800,000 subscribers for its operations in the Czech Republic and Slovakia (freeSAT), Hungary (UPC Direct) and Romania (Focus Sat).
Polish DTT impact downplayed
Competition from FTA DTT services has had no real impact on Polsat’s business, according to Zygmunt Solorz-Zak, the company’s owner and founder.