The Ukrainian president Viktor Yushchenko has said that the country must complete the transition to digital broadcasting by 2012.
Senior exec leaves UPC Romania
Raluca Milin has left the position of VP of marketing and sales at UPC Romania.
Nick expands in Hungary
Nickelodeon will launch a two-hour branded block on the Hungarian national commercial station TV2 today (September 12).
More IPTV for Croatia
The Croatian alternative telco Optima Telekom will launch what will be the country’s fourth IPTV operation on October 1.
UPC outlines Romanian HD plans
UPC will introduce HD services in Romania in the first half of October.
Portuguese DTT rollout ahead of schedule
Portugal’s new DTT service can already be received by around 60% of the population, or 6 million people.
Serbian pubcaster moves to HD
The Serbian public broadcaster RTS has become the first TV station in the country to transmit programmes in HD.
Canal+ Cyfrowy appoints new exec
Roger de Bazelaire has been appointed the CFO at Poland’s Canal+ Cyfrowy and will also join its board.
Russia to welcome foreign DTT bids
Foreign companies will be allowed to participate in the digitalisation process in Russia, according Aleksandr Zharov, the country’s deputy minister of mass communications and telecommunications.
Platform plethora
It looks quite likely that the Polish public broadcaster TVP will launch what will be the country’s sixth DTH platform later this month.