Competition in the Romanian market is likely to go up a notch next month when the incumbent telco Romtelecom launches a proprietary sports channel.
ZF reports that the service, which will be known as Dolce Sport, will offer coverage of the Champions League and may try to secure the rights to the Romanian football championship next year. These are currently held by a consortium of the national commercial station Antena 1 and RCS/RDS, the country’s leading cable and DTH operator.
Dolce Sport will be offered at no extra cost to Romtelecom’s satellite, IPTV and cable subscribers.