UPC is to add a further five channels to its digital cable package in the Czech Republic.
Czech digital TV market takes off
Nearly one in four homes in the Czech Republic now watch digital TV services.
Bulgarian IPTV set to expand
MEDIAMIXX ’08 – ALBENA. Vestitel, the only fully operational IPTV service in Bulgaria, is to expand its activities beyond the capital, Sofia, to the cities of Burgas and Tarnovo in […]
UPC denies Romanian mobile interest
UPC Romania has no intention of applying for a mobile telephony licence, according to its CEO Jack Mikaloff.
Intelsat inks Russian HD deal
Intelsat has signed a multi-year agreement with Ricor TV for the distribution of interactive HD services in Russia.
Comstar pay-TV take-up grows
Comstar UTS ended Q1 with 750,000 residential broadband internet subscribers in Moscow, of whom 134,000 received triple play services. Its regional residential broadband internet subscriber base meanwhile stood at 40,000, […]
Breakfast in Bucharest
Romania’s TV industry has come a remarkably long way since the country returned to democracy following the overthrow of the Ceausescu regime nearly two decades ago.
VimpelCom snaps up Corbina
The Russian mobile operator VimpelCom has announced that it has acquired the 49% of the alternative carrier Corbina Telecom it does not already own for around $404 million (€260.2 million).
Debut for Bulgarian data net
The Bulgarian alternative telco Neterra is set to launch what will be the largest Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexing (DWDM) network in the Balkan region later this month.
Poland looks to HD DTT
Poland should include HD channels in its future DTT platform, according to its two industry regulators KRRiT and UKE.