Telekom Slovenije ended Q2 with 101,621 IPTV subscribers in Slovenia, or 71.5% more than 12 months earlier.
Baltic pearls
Though small in their own right, the Baltic Republics, when taken together, constitute a significant TV market.
CT prepares for HD
Czech Television (CT) will employ the services of T-Systems Czech Republic and Germany’s Media Broadcast when its starts transmitting its first HD channel at the end of this month.
New twist in TV Puls saga
Poland’s TV Puls has withdrawn from talks with Platforma Mediowa Point Group (PMPG), hitherto considered a frontrunner to become a strategic investor in the station.
Comstar posts mixed results
Russia’s Comstar-UTS ended Q2 with 133,000 pay-TV subscribers in Moscow, or 3% fewer than in Q1 and 10% than a year earlier.
TechniSat inks Hungarian DTT deal
TechniSat Digital has started supplying Antenna Hungária with the HDT4, DVB-T MPEG-4 HD set-top box.
Barrandov appoints key executive
Petr Sladecek has been appointed the programme director at the Czech digital channel TV Barrandov.
Czech debut for Rush HD
The extreme sports channel Rush HD will make its debut in the Czech Republic in September.
STV secures football rights
The Slovak public broadcaster STV has secured the rights to the Champions League for this and following next two seasons.
UPC changes Slovak HD offer
UPC will add History HD to its basic digital cable offer in Slovakia on September 1.