The Polish public broadcaster TVP has announced its highest ever earnings from advertising, with the PLN1.1 billion (€280.7 million) posted in 2006 being 6% up on the previous year’s total. […]
Russia considers new ad law
According to local reports, Russia is preparing a draft law on advertising that will bring the country into line with the European Convention on Transfrontier Television. If enacted, it will […]
Optibase completes Latvian IPTV installation
Optibase has completed the installation of what is the first turnkey MPEG-4 IPTV solution in the Baltic Republics for Lattelecom, the incumbent Latvian telco. It will allow the telco, which […]
NDS inks Turkish deal
Turkey’s Dogan TV has signed an agreement to deploy a wide range of technologies and applications supplied by NDS. They will help the broadcaster, which is owned by the media […]
HD boost for Czech Republic
The Czech Broadcasting Council (RRTV) has awarded a licence to what will be the country’s first HDTV channel. Known as Nonstop Kino HD, it will be operated by a company […]
Yin and Yang. Chris Dziadul analyses two contrasting markets
Near neighbours Romania and Slovakia are in many respects at opposite ends of the region’s TV industry spectrum. While the former is generally acknowledged to be a dynamic market attractive […]
Magyar Telekom secures Mobilpress
Magyar Telekom has been given the green light by the competition authority in Hungary to acquire Mobilpress, one of the country’s leading mobile content producers and aggregators. Last December the […]
Ringier in/ Novator out of Balkans
Ringier AG is about to buy a 25% stake in Kanal D Romania, a new entertainment-based cable and satellite channel due to launch in the country on February 18. Kanal […]
Cyfra+/Sharp promote HD
The Polish DTH platform Cyfra+ has signed an agreement with Sharp that will allow both new and existing subscribers to buy 32-52-inch LCD HD sets at a discount. In a […]
Boost for News Corp. in Poland
The News Corp.-backed Polish broadcaster TV Puls has succeeded in having the terms of its licence changed by the country’s National Broadcasting Council (KRRiT). As a result, it will lose […]