Setting the agenda

Chris Dziadul looks at Estonia’s digital transition

The Balkan boys

Chris Dziadul reviews progress in Romania and Bulgaria.

Digital progress

Chris Dziadul looks at digital developments in the Czech Republic

Bucharest blues

Chris Dziadul looks at Bucharest’s NetCity fibre-optic network.

Doing the sums

Just how well is IPTV doing in Central and Eastern Europe, asks Chris Dziadul?

Making waves

Chris Dziadul previews the Romanian broadband convention.

Making Intact

Chris Dziadul looks at Romania’s Intact Media Group. The news that Romania’s Intact Media Group (IMG) plans to launch a raft of new thematic channels next year will come as no surprise to most industry observers. The group, which was founded by the entrepreneur, now politician Dan Voiculescu and is today headed by his daughter [...]

Cable problems, cable solutions

Chris Dziadul reviews the PIKE conference in Zakopane. Earlier this week I was privileged to moderate one of the most interesting panels at the Polish Chamber of Electronic Communication (PIKE) conference and exhibition in Zakopane. Entitled Cable Europe: the situation of cable operators on incumbent markets, it brought together industry representatives from no fewer than [...]

Gearing up for 2008

Chris Dziadul foresees an eventful year in Polish cable While it may be too early to start making predictions for next year, 2008 already promises to be something of a humdinger for Poland’s cable industry. This week’s announcement from UPC that it will roll out a digital cable service in the country in Q2 is [...]

A decade of progress

Chris Dziadul assesses TVN’s first 10 years This week 10 years ago I was present at the launch party for the Polish national commercial station TVN in Warsaw. Held in a huge marquee that was being pounded by incessant rain, it was hardly the best of starts for a new entrant into what was already [...]