ACC-BUCHAREST. 2010 was a difficult year for some of Romania’s leading providers of telecom services, with some posting huge losses.
Romania eyes infrastructure law
ACC-BUCHAREST. Romania’s new infrastructure law could be approved in as soon as one or two weeks, according to Valerian Vreme, minister, Ministry of Communications and Information Society (MCSI).
Bulgaria makes DTT move
Bulgaria plans to get its troubled transition to digital broadcasting back on track by holding a contest for a multiplex in 2014.
TV Nova considers DVB-T2 options
The leading Czech broadcaster TV Nova is unlikely to charge viewers to receive a HD version of its flagship channel distributed by DVB-T2.
Cyfrowy Polsat grows sub base
The Polish DTH platform operator Cyfrowy Polsat ended the third quarter with 3,506,077 subscribers, a 7% increase on the same period last year.
Croatia tugs on Telekom Austria
Telekom Austria’s August acquisition of Croatia’s largest cable operator B.net helped lift an otherwise depressed quarter in the region.
Vivendi/TVN deal details emerge
Vivendi’s Canal+ will have a five-year option to buy a majority stake in the Polish national commercial broadcaster TVN after the signing of an official agreement between the two parties.
Cyfra+ pushes 3D
The Polish DTH platform Cyfra+ has launched a Christmas offer under which subscriber are being offered a 3D set from LG and two pairs of 3DTV glasses for a nominal […]
Baltcom set to expand
The leading Latvian cable operator Baltcom has secured long-term credit of €28 million from funds linked to SEB Bank.
Broadband grows in Hungary
Hungary ended the third quarter with 2,027,000 fixed access broadband subscriptions, with xDSL (797,663) running almost neck-and-neck with cable (802,312).