The Ministry of Information in Belarus has excluded Euronews from the country.
Orange Polska enters fibre JV
The Polish incumbent Orange Polska and APG, acting on behalf of its Dutch pension fund clients, have signed an agreement to create a 50/50 joint venture.
Netflix orders Russian content
Netflix has begun to order content from Russian producers for the first time.
Inter makes HD switch
Ukraine’s Inter Media Group has simultaneously started broadcasting all its proprietary channels in HD.
CEE first for RCS&RDS
Romania’s RCS&RDS has become the first company in Central and Eastern Europe to adopt the Dynamic Ad Insertion (DAI) format for its digital platforms, working in partnership with Google.
EBU voices Czech TV concerns
The EBU president Delphine Ernotte Cunci and DG Noel Curran have written to Czech Parliamentarians to urge them to protect the independence of the public broadcaster Ceska Televize (CT).
OTT surge for NTV-Plus
The Russian DTH operator NTV-Plus ended Q1 with over 186,000 subscribers to its OTT service NTV-Plus TV.
Megogo adds 4K movie content
The online video and TV services provider Megogo has expanded its offer to include 4K films.
Russian channels lose Latvian appeal
Latvia’s Administrative District Court has dismissed the application of Olava Cera, the authorised representative of Renovo Media and NTV, for interim relief for the distribution of 16 Russian language channels in the country.
Telekom Srbija and Telenor face legal action
The United Group subsidiaries SBB and United Media have filed criminal charges against Telekom Srbija and Telenor Serbia for allegedly committing a criminal offence by concluding a restrictive agreement.