Cato Halsaa, CEO of Telenor Satellite Broadcasting, has told Broadband TV News that the operator plans to further exploit the rights to 40 frequencies held at four degrees West.
A+E inks major Polish deal
The leading Polish DTH platform Cyfrowy Polsat has entered into a major agreement with A+E Networks UK and will add the latter’s History, HD and Crime & Investigation Network to […]
ER Telecom expands reach
The Russian cable operator ER Telecom has launched its digital TV service Dom.ru in Chelyabinsk.
New DTH platform for Hungary
The Hungarian incumbent telco Magyar Telekom will launch a new satellite TV platform on December 1. Known as Interactive Sat TV, it will be the first in the country to […]
Poland imposes mobile TV punishment
The Polish competition authority UOKiK has fined the country’s four mobile companies Polkomtel, Polska Telefonia Cyfrowa, PTK Centertel and P4 a total PLN113 million (€25.24 million) for operating a cartel […]
Mixed fortunes for Russian pay-TV
Russia’s pay-TV market has recovered to pre-global economic crisis levels in some respects but not in others.
CTC Media launches iPad app
Russia’s CTC Media has launched a CTC channel app uniquely designed for the iPad, as well as an updated version of its iPhone app in conjunction with the Videomore social […]
Starman gains digital subs
The leading Estonian cable operator Starman has announced that over half of its subscribers now watch digital TV services.
Mixed fortunes for Lithuanian market
Although the take-up of digital pay-TV services is growing in Lithuania, its electronic communications market as a whole is contacting.
Russia faces HD challenge
Russia needs to take action in order to speed up the transition to HD services, which, as things currently stand, could take up to 10 years.