Samsung has entered into a partnership with Central European Media Enterprises (CME). Under it, the latter’s transactional and subscription VOD service Voyo will become available on Samsung Smart TVs.
CS Link customers get Skylink offer
Subscribers to the Czech/Slovak DTH platform CS Link are now being offered the chance to switch to Skylink.
Chris Dziadul Reports: The bigger picture
Just how much should we read into the Q4 and full-year results now being reported by some of the leading players in CEE’s TV industry?
Platform n exceeds expectations
The Polish DTH platform n ended 2011 with 929,000 subscribers. This was 29,000 more than expected and a 15% increase year-on-year.
Tricolor TV drops service
The leading Russian DTH platform Tricolor TV has taken the surprise decision to suspend its satellite internet service.
Israeli cableco causes concerns
Controversy is growing in Israel over the cable operator HOT’s new internet service, which is offered independent of any other party.
CTC inks GlobeCast agreement
Russia’s CTC Media has signed an agreement with France Telecom-backed GlobeCast that envisages the provision of uplink services to the Hot Bird 8 satellite.
Polish telco grows DTH base
The Polish incumbent telco TP ended 2011 with 636,000 subscribers to its TV services, or 17% more than a year earlier.
Czech digitisation prompts major changes
The Czech Republic’s transition to digital broadcasting has resulted in a large take-up of new devices.
Megamax widens Hungarian reach
The Chello Central Europe children’s channel Megamax has secured carriage on the UPC Direct DTH platform in Hungary.