Istil Telekom Ukraine plans to invest $50 million (€35.9 million) in the new Ukrainian DTH platform Xtra TV.
Polish telco gains DTH subscribers
The Polish incumbent telco Telekomunikacja Polska (TPSA) ended the third quarter with 615,000 subscribers to its TV services.
Czech O2TV rings in the changes
The leading Czech IPTV platform O2TV will add nine more channels and revamp its VOD offer at the beginning of next month.
CME on the up
CME has reported a generally encouraging set of results for its operations in Central and Eastern Europe, which include commercial TV stations in six markets.
CTC Media launches new portal
The Modern Times Group (MTG)-backed Russian broadcaster CTC Media has launched a women’s portal under the Domashny channel brand name.
Romanian news channel confusion
A dispute is brewing in Romania between the news stations RTV and Realitatea TV, the former of which is controlled by Sebastian Ghita, a previous manager of Realitatea.
Russian cableco set to buy Komkor
The Moscow City Government plans to sell its remaining 9.87% stake in Komkor, the operator of one of the largest fibre-optic networks in the Russian capital.
Major shake-up for Polish market
Zygmunt Solorz-Zak has effectively been given the go-ahead to create what would be the largest media and telco conglomerate in Poland.
KidsCo debuts in Belarus
KidsCo has launched in Belarus after having signed an agreement with the Minsk-based IPTV operator Cosmos TV.
NTV-Plus seeks more subscribers
Russia’s longest established DTH platform NTV-Plus is to start offering reception equipment free of charge to some of its subscribers in order to increase take-up of the service.