There have been many false dawns, but could Sky Deutschland finally have cracked German pay-TV with significant revenue growth and premium HD subscribers topping 1 million.
Hungarian pay-DTT grows
Pay-DTT is now an established feature of the broadcasting market in Hungary.
New VOD service for Ukraine
Media Group Ukraine (MGU) has launched a new online on demand service.
New Russian cableco emerges
The Russian telco TransTeleKom (TTK) will enter the country’s cable market this month.
Arqiva to build Gibraltar digital network
Arqiva has won a £1 million contract to supply Gibraltar with a digital broadcasting network.
Cyfrowy Polsat widens offer
The leading Polish DTH platform Cyfrowy Polsat has launched a service that allows subscribers to watch a select number of channels on their PCs for no additional fee.
CSA officially declares mobile TV dead
French media authority CSA has now officially declared the end of mobile TV.
Platform n gains subs ahead of merger
The Polish DTH platform n enjoyed strong growth in the first quarter, ending March with 966,000 subscribers, or 16% more than a year earlier.
On Demand Group inks CEE deal
SeaChange International’s On Demand Group (ODG) has entered into an agreement with Topfun Media, the leading internet VOD service provider in the Czech Republic and Slovakia.
Primacom PVR offers HD and HbbTV
German cable operator Primacom is launching its hybrid set-top box on June 30 with its new Premium package.

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Digital TV Eastern Europe NEW REPORT by Simon Murray of Digital TV Research. 2012 is a watershed year for Eastern Europe as the number of digital homes for 15 forecast countries will exceed the analogue total for the first time. This electronically-delivered,150-page report comes in three parts, a PDF file and two Excel workbooks. Countries covered include Russia and Ukraine.