TVP opts for MPEG-4

February 14, 2008 12.29 Europe/London By

The Polish public broadcaster TVP is expected to switch its DTT trial in Warsaw entirely to MPEG-4 today, according to a local report.

Filed Under: Central & East Europe, Newsline, Tech

Ups and downs for Magyar Telekom

February 14, 2008 12.29 Europe/London By

Year-end figures published by the incumbent Hungarian telco Magyar Telekom show that it ended 2007 with 717,000 ADSL and cable broadband subscribers.

Filed Under: Central & East Europe, Newsline

VimpelCom closes in on GT

February 14, 2008 12.28 Europe/London By

The sale of Golden Telecom to VimpelCom, creating in the process what will be the leading telecom company in Russia, has moved a stage closer.

Filed Under: Central & East Europe, Newsline

Russia ponders ‘farming’ channel

February 14, 2008 12.28 Europe/London By

Russia’s likely future president Dmitry Medvedev has called for the launch of a 24-hour channel aimed solely at people working in the agricultural sector.

Filed Under: Central & East Europe, Newsline

Ukraine prepares for DTH launch

February 13, 2008 12.49 Europe/London By

Unconfirmed reports say that the Ukrainian DTH platform Viasat Ukraine, otherwise known as Vision TV, will finally make its debut next week.

Filed Under: Central & East Europe, Newsline

Changes loom for Turk Telekom

February 13, 2008 12.42 Europe/London By

Turk Telekom has announced plans to spend up to TL60 million (€40 million) on upgrading its sales infrastructure.

Filed Under: Newsline

HD debut for UPC Czech

February 13, 2008 12.33 Europe/London By

UPC has begun to carry two HD channels on its cable network in the Czech Republic.

Filed Under: Central & East Europe, Channels, HDTV, Newsline

VimpelCom gets Golden finance

February 13, 2008 12.30 Europe/London By

The Russian mobile operator VimpelCom has confirmed that it has secured a $3.5 billion (€2.4 billion) syndicated loan to buy the alternative carrier Golden Telecom.

Filed Under: Central & East Europe, Finance, Newsline

UPC boosts Czech offer

February 13, 2008 12.30 Europe/London By

The Czech DTH platform UPC Direct is about to introduce five new channels to its programme offer.

Filed Under: Central & East Europe, Channels, Newsline

Boom time for Polish ad market

February 13, 2008 12.28 Europe/London By

Poland’s ad market was worth PLN6.5 billion (€1.8 billion) in 2007, or 14.5% more than a year earlier.

Filed Under: Central & East Europe, Newsline