The Polish news channel TVN24 has announced the death of Jan Wejchert, the president of ITI Group, after a short illness.
ORTT head resigns
László Majtényi, the president of the Hungarian Radio and Television Board (ORTT), has resigned in protest over a tender for two national commercial radio frequencies.
DTT boost for Hungary
Sales of DVB-T MPEG-4 compatible reception equipment in Hungary were 50% higher in September than in the previous month.
Croatian IPTV take-up grows
The Croatian incumbent telco T-HT ended Q3 with almost 190,000 subscribers to its IPTV service MAXtv. Its ADSL subscriber total meanwhile stood at 527,000, a year-on-year rise of 22.7%.
EQT buys leading Bulgarian cablecos
Bulgaria’s cable industry has been transformed overnight by the Swedish investment group, EQT V, which has acquired both 100% of Eurocom from Warburg Pincus and 70% of CableTel from Gene […]
Worries over Poland’s platform n
The Polish commercial broadcaster TVN has issued provisional results that have raised concerns about its hitherto highly successful DTH platform n.
Ukraine eyes new sports channel
Ukraine will see the launch of a new satellite-delivered sports channel named Football-Extra in the second of 2010.
New satellite pay service for Russia
Orion Express, the operator of the Russian DTH platform of the same name, has announced plans to launch a new satellite-delivered service named Continent TV.
TV lifts Polish telco gloom
The Polish incumbent telco Telekomunikacja Polska (TP) ended Q3 with 283,000 subscribers to its IPTV and DTH services.
Polsat looks to the internet
The internet is set to become a key element in the Polish commercial broadcaster Polsat’s strategy over the next few years.