Doubts have begun to emerge about the $4.3 billion (€2.94 billion) takeover of the Russian fixed-line company Golden Telecom by VimpelCom, one of the country’s leading mobile operators.

The Czech Digital Televisions Association (ADT) is to cease its activities, according to a local report.

The Romanian DTH platform Dolce ended 2007 with almost 400,000 subscribers, according to Yorgos Ioannidis, the CEO of its operator, Romtelecom.

The Bulgarian MSO Eurocom Cable has been given the go-ahead to buy Interactive Technologies, the operator of ITV Partner, one of the country’s two DTH platforms.

Wayne Dunsford has been appointed the general manager of the pre-school channel JimJam.

The Turkish government will choose an advisor for the sale of a 15% stake in Türk Telekom by the end of this month, according to a local report.

Data produced by TNS-AGB shows that six of the top 10 entertainment programmes in Romania in 2007 were broadcast by the national commercial channel Antena 1

Ieva Zoltnere has been appointed the board chairwoman at the incumbent Latvian telco Lattelecom.