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ATM looks for more funding

March 26, 2007 02.40 Europe/London By Chris Dziadul

Poland’s leading independent production company ATM Grupa has announced plans for a second IPO. Likely to place at the end of June or early July, it could raise up to PLN185 million (€48.1 million). ATM Grupa’s plans for the next two years include the construction of a new PLN20 million TV studio in Warsaw and […]

Filed Under: Central & East Europe, Finance, Newsline, TV Edited: 26 March 2007 02:41

Ukrtelecom looks for windfall

March 24, 2007 07.47 Europe/London By Chris Dziadul

The incumbent Ukrainian telco Ukrtelecom has revealed that it expects to raise at least $1.6 billion (€1.2 billion) through the sale of a 37.86% stake in the company on the London Stock Exchange later this year. The floatation will follow the sale of a further 5% of shares locally, likely to earn Ukrtelecom a further […]

Filed Under: Central & East Europe, Finance, Newsline Edited: 24 March 2007 07:47

Tough times.Chris Dziadul looks at Romtelecom

March 23, 2007 08.33 Europe/London By Chris Dziadul

Romtelecom’s latest results only serve to highlight the increasingly competitive nature of the Romanian electronic communications marketplace. The telco, which is owned by its Greek counterpart OTE (54.01%) and Romanian Ministry of Communications and Information Technology – MCTI (45.99%), has undoubtedly had its work cut out following full market liberalisation. Today, it finds itself operating […]

Filed Under: Central & East Europe, Chris Dziadul Reports Edited: 23 March 2007 08:34

Mixed picture for Romtelecom

March 23, 2007 06.51 Europe/London By Chris Dziadul

The incumbent Romanian telco Romtelecom has reported a generally disappointing set of financial results for 2006. While its revenues were down by 3.8% to €894.8 million, EDITDA was, at €338.3 million, roughly the same as the previous year’s €341.5 million. It net income in 2006 was €55.2 million, as opposed to €84.8 million in 2005. […]

Filed Under: Central & East Europe, Finance, Newsline Edited: 23 March 2007 06:51

Super docu channel for Iberia

March 22, 2007 10.37 Europe/London By Chris Dziadul

Sogecable and chellomedia’s Multicanal have announced an agreement under which the latter will acquire the assets of the documentary channel Documania. Multicanal will then go on re-launch its own documentary channel Odisea in April, offering a much wider variety of programming than at present. Both Documenia and Odisea are long-established services, having been launched 14 […]

Filed Under: Newsline, TV Edited: 22 March 2007 10:37

RTL Group on the up

March 22, 2007 10.26 Europe/London By Chris Dziadul

Bertelsmann’s RTL Group saw its revenues rise by 10.3% to €5.6 billion in 2006, while operating EBIT was up by 10.4% to €835 million. Bertelsmann itself saw its revenues increase by 7.9% to €19.3 billion and net income more than double to €2.4 billion. In Germany, Vox was RTL’s only channel to increase its audience […]

Filed Under: Finance, Newsline Edited: 22 March 2007 10:26

Hungary prepares for digital licences

March 22, 2007 09.45 Europe/London By Chris Dziadul

Daniel Pataki, the president of the National Communications Authority of Hungary (NHH), has said that the country will start to sell digital TV licences next year. However, this will only happen if legislation governing digital frequencies is passed by its parliament beforehand. Hungary currently operates only a limited DTT service in Budapest and Kabhegy and […]

Filed Under: Central & East Europe, Newsline, Terrestrial Edited: 22 March 2007 09:45

4Fun extends coverage

March 22, 2007 07.32 Europe/London By Chris Dziadul

According to local reports, 4Fun Media, the owner of the Polish participation channel 4Fun TV, has signed an agreement with Vingo TV, a UK-based company owned by Timeshift Media. It will see the channel extend its coverage via Eutelsat’s Hot Bird 4 to such markets as the UK and Ireland, which have large Polish communities. […]

Filed Under: Central & East Europe, Newsline Edited: 22 March 2007 07:32

Multimedia/TPSA ink deal

March 22, 2007 07.30 Europe/London By Chris Dziadul

The Polish MSO Multimedia Polska is reported to have signed a fixed line telephony interconnection agreement with the country’s incumbent telco TPSA. It will come into effect on July 1 and be valid indefinitely. Multimedia Polska is Poland’s third largest cable operator, claiming 575,000 subscribers as of the end of last year.

Filed Under: Cable, Central & East Europe, Newsline Edited: 22 March 2007 07:30

CT looks for earlier mux launch

March 21, 2007 17.03 Europe/London By Chris Dziadul

The Czech public broadcaster CT has asked the country’s Telecom Office (CTU) if it can bring the launch of its DTT multiplex forward to later this year. The roll out of DTT services began in the Czech Republic in Q4 2005 and they are currently available – albeit in limited form – in Prague, Brno, […]

Filed Under: Central & East Europe, Newsline, Terrestrial Edited: 22 March 2007 07:46

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