The Czech national commercial station TV Nova has announced its best viewing figures of the year so far. In the week ending April 1 it had an audience share of 45.67% amongst viewers aged 15-54 and 42.31% of those aged 15+. In primetime, the figure rose to 51.11% in the 15-54 group. Data published by […]
CEE ad market set to grow
ZenithOptimedia has identified Central and Eastern Europe as one of two regions containing the world’s fastest growing ad markets. It expects Moldova’s ad market to expand by 185.7% between 2005-9, while those in Romania, Russia and Slovakia will grow by 160.4%, 143.2% and 106.4% respectively. The value of the ad market in Central and Europe, […]
Polish TVP heads the pack
According to data produced by AGB Nielsen Media Research, the public broadcaster TVP was the most watched station in Poland in Q1 2007. Its first national channel TVP1 commanded an audience share of 24.38% among viewers aged 4+ and 21.34% of those in the 16-49 age group, while TVP2 claimed 18.85% and 17.56% respectively. However, […]
Polish football in HD
The Polish DTH platform n is to transmit its first-ever local football match in HD this Tuesday (April 3). A Polish cup tie between Lech Poznan and Korona Kielce, it will appear on the proprietary channel Nsport and will be followed by a further transmission a week later. N, which is owned by ITI Group, […]
Gearing up. Chris Dziadul looks at digital rollout across CEE
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 […]
More film channels for Poland
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 […]
Czech CT prepares for VOD
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 […]
UK’s WightCable North opts for NDS
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 […]
Bulgarian BTC attracts more interest
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 […]
Successful year for Poland’s ITI
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 […]