The dispute between the Russian commercial broadcaster CTC Media and its former president Alexander E. Rodnyansky may be nearing a resolution.
UPC Poland introduces video-on-demand
UPC has introduced a video-on-demand (VOD) service in Poland. Offering around 200 titles to all digital subscribers irrespective of their programme package and decoder, it is initially being made available […]
Russian ad market comes under spotlight
Gazprom Media has accused Russia’s leading ad sales house Video International (VI) of unfair competition.
Albanian ASC renews Eutelsat contract
Albanian Satellite Communications (ASC) has renewed existing capacity on Eutelsat’s W2 for its DTH platform Tring TV.
Cable Direct secures Romanian ad deal
Cable Direct is to become the exclusive ad sales representative for VH1 in Romania from the beginning of 2010.
EQT and UPC eye Polish cable expansion
The Swedish investment group EQT V is looking into the possibility of investing in at least two of Poland’s four leading cable operators.
EC to probe Latvian DTT award
The European Commission is to look into a complaint by the leading Latvian cable operator Baltkom that a DTT licence was awarded unfairly to the incumbent telco Lattelecom.
Russian launch for C Music TV
The classical, cinematic and chillout music video channel C Music TV has made its debut in Russia. Represented by Thema, it is being offered by the Moscow-based cable operator Akado […]
Hungarian broadband market grows
Data published by Hungary’s National Communications Council (NHH) shows that the country ended October with 1.724 million fixed line broadband subscriptions.
Pay-TV grows in Russia
Russia had 13.6 million homes receiving pay-TV as of the end of this June, or 15% more than six months earlier, according to data produced by J’son and Partners Consulting […]