Slovak Telekom and T-Mobile Slovakia are to merge into a single company within the next year.
Cyfrowy Polsat renews Eutelsat deal
Poland’s leading DTH platform Cyfrowy Polsat has renewed a multi-year contract with Eutelsat for three transponders at the Hot Bird neighbourhood.
Poland considers changes to digital strategy
Poland’s Ministry of Infrastructure has published a new digitalisation plan that differs in some important respects, especially pertaining to the public broadcaster TVP, from the original version.
Comstar extends Siberian presence
Russia’s Comstar-UTS says it now has over 60,000 cable TV and 5,000 subscribers in the Siberian city of Novokuznetsk.
Russian Planeta to re-enter Ukraine
Russia’s VGTRK has created a special version of its RTR-Planeta aimed solely at the Ukrainian market.
TeliaSonera strengthens Baltic presence
TeliaSonera has raised its stake in the Estonian incumbent telco Eesti Telekom to 97.8%.
Changes continue at Russia’s Comstar
A change in the ownership structure of Russia’s Comstar-UTS has been finalised, with Sistema completing the sale of its 50.91% in the company to MTS for around R39.15 billion (€900 […]
Romtelecom seeks affordable IPTV solution
Romania’s Romtelecom is looking to neighbouring Greece as it prepares to launch its long-awaited IPTV operation.
Polish incumbent faces TV challenge
The Polish incumbent telco Telekomunikacja Polska (TP) faces an uphill struggle to make its DTH and IPTV services financially viable, according to an assessment published in Gazeta Prawna.
Hungary’s MTV seals Eutelsat deal
Hungary’s main public broadcaster Magyar Televizió (MTV) has begun to transmit its second channel MTV2 free-to-air (FTA) in HD and SD on Eutelsat’s Eurobird 9A satellite.