Telekom Austria has completed the acquisition of Croatia’s leading cable operator B.net through its local subsidiary Vipnet.
Ukrainian Datagroup focuses on TV
The Ukrainian telco Datagroup has selected Germany’s Astro-Strobel as an equipment supplier for its TV services.
Serbian station looks to expand
The Serbian station Prva Srpska Televizija (Prva TV) plans to buy Pro TV in Podgorica, the capital of neighbouring Montenegro.
Romtelecom adds Chello channels
Chello Central Europe has launched TV Paprika, JimJam and MGM Channel on Romtelecom’s Dolce platform in Romania.
Polish pay-TV nears saturation
2011 is likely to be the last year of significant growth for the pay-TV market in Poland, which is now close to saturation.
Polish mobile TV operator seeks partners
The Polish company NFI Magna Polonia is still looking for partners to help run its mobile TV service, according to Jaroslaw Mikos, the company’s new president.
Croatian incumbent trials LTE
The Croatian incumbent telco T-HT has begun a LTE trial involving around 100 selected private and business customers in the cities of Zagreb, Rijeka and Split.
Mixed fortunes for CTC Media
The Russian commercial broadcaster CTC Media took full advantage of the recovery in the TV ad market in the second quarter, though the audience shares of its channels were either […]
Hungarian broadband nears 2m mark
Hungary ended June with an estimated 1,982,000 fixed access broadband subscriptions, according to data supplied by the country’s regulatory body NMHH.
Czech TV eyes advertising changes
The Czech Senate has amended the restrictions on advertising on CT2 and CT4, two of the public broadcaster’s four channels.