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Gearing up. Chris Dziadul looks at digital rollout across CEE

March 30, 2007 12.09 Europe/London By Chris Dziadul

No one can doubt the huge advances that have been made by Central and Eastern Europe’s TV industry in recent years, though especially since eight countries in the region joined the EU in May 2004. However, they have been far from uniform, and there is clearly much work that still needs to be done. This […]

Filed Under: Chris Dziadul Reports Edited: 30 March 2007 12:09

More film channels for Poland

March 30, 2007 08.21 Europe/London By Chris Dziadul

The film channels Filmbox and Nonstop Kino will officially make their debuts in Poland this coming Tuesday (April 2). Both services have been available in neighbouring Slovakia and the Czech Republic for around one and a half years and are owned by SPI International, which earlier this month acquired the Polish film channel Kino Polska […]

Filed Under: Central & East Europe, Newsline, TV Edited: 30 March 2007 08:21

Czech CT prepares for VOD

March 30, 2007 05.42 Europe/London By Chris Dziadul

The Czech public broadcaster CT has said it is likely to launch a paid-for VOD service within the next six months. Such a service, operating under the name Kinomania, is already provided over the Internet by the national commercial station TV Nova, with movies costing viewers CZK46 (€1.64) a day to watch. CT is understood […]

Filed Under: Central & East Europe, Newsline, TV Edited: 30 March 2007 05:42

UK’s WightCable North opts for NDS

March 29, 2007 11.10 Europe/London By Chris Dziadul

The UK cable operator WightCable North has selected NDS VideoGuard Express to replace its existing conditional access platform. WightCable North has a presence in the West of Scotland (Irvine, Troon and Kilmarnock) and North West of England (Carlisle, Lancaster and Morecambe), in the latter case through networks belonging to the former Omne Communications. Linked to […]

Filed Under: Cable, Newsline, Tech Edited: 29 March 2007 13:50

Bulgarian BTC attracts more interest

March 29, 2007 06.44 Europe/London By Chris Dziadul

Local reports indicate that the US companies TPG and Warburg Pincus have joined forces to put in a bid for Bulgaria’s incumbent telco BTC. Although Mid-Europa Partners, Turk Telekom and the Turkish mobile operator Turkcell are also known to be interested, doubts have been raised as to whether the US’s Providence Equity Partners still remain […]

Filed Under: Central & East Europe, Newsline Edited: 29 March 2007 06:44

Successful year for Poland’s ITI

March 29, 2007 06.28 Europe/London By Chris Dziadul

Poland’s ITI Group has posted better than expected results for 2006. Its consolidated revenues in the year amounted to €355.6 million, as opposed to €264.6 million in 2005, while the operational profit was up from €59.6 million to €115.5 million. Its net consolidated profit meanwhile rose from €23.6 million to €72.1 million. Although ITI Group […]

Filed Under: Central & East Europe, Finance, Newsline Edited: 29 March 2007 07:24

Liberty unveils digital plans

March 28, 2007 05.53 Europe/London By Chris Dziadul

According to local reports, Liberty Global has announced its UPC operations in Poland and Hungary will start rolling out digital TV services from 2008. They are likely to include HDTV, a PVR product and virtual VOD libraries, with reception equipment supplied by Philips and Thomson. Separately, a draft law to be presented in Poland next […]

Filed Under: Cable, Central & East Europe, Newsline Edited: 28 March 2007 05:53

Sistema seeks greater say

March 28, 2007 05.34 Europe/London By Chris Dziadul

According to local reports, Sistema has called for the rights of minority shareholders at Russia’s leading telco Svyazinvest to be extended. Sistema’s Comstar acquired 25% plus one share in Svyazinvest for $1.3 billion (€974.7 million) in Q4 2006 and it was widely assumed this would allow it a greater say over the telco’s operational strategy, […]

Filed Under: Central & East Europe, Newsline Edited: 28 March 2007 05:35

BTC ready for triple play

March 28, 2007 05.09 Europe/London By Chris Dziadul

The incumbent Bulgarian telco BTC has announced the completion of a Next Generation Transport Network (NGTN) employing Cisco technology that will allow it to offer triple play services. BTC ended 2006 with over 90,000 ADSL subscribers, and its fixed line and Internet customer total now stands at 2.5 million. All told, the company spent BGN345 […]

Filed Under: Cable, Central & East Europe, Newsline Edited: 28 March 2007 05:10

UPC Czech ups the ante

March 27, 2007 09.32 Europe/London By Chris Dziadul

UPC plans an almost four-fold increase in the Internet access speeds it offers in the Czech Republic from the beginning of April. As a result, they will now start at 2Mbit/s, allowing the company to compete more effectively with ADSL providers such as Telefonica O2. The combined UPC/Karneval operation currently has 200,000 Internet customers, while […]

Filed Under: Cable, Central & East Europe, Newsline Edited: 27 March 2007 11:34

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