TeliaSonera has put in bids to buy out the stakes in the Estonia and Lithuanian incumbent telcos Eesti Telekom and TEO LT it does not already own.
Must-carry storm looms in Lithuania
Controversy is mounting in Lithuania over a proposed new law covering must-carry.
Akado adds weather channel
The Russian cable operator Akado has added a new weather channel named First METEO to its offer.
Landmark for Latvian IPTV
Lattelecom Interactive TV, the IPTV service operated by the TeliaSonera-backed incumbent Latvian telecom, has officially reached the 30,000- subscriber mark.
Cyfrowy Polsat eyes triple play
Poland’s leading DTH platform Cyfrowy Polsat is likely to be offering a triple play service at the beginning of 2010.
Vectra outlines future plans
Poland’s second largest cable operator Vectra will introduce a new HD receiver with a 320 GB hard disk this November.
UPC Romania revenues fall
UPC Romania saw its revenues fall by 19% year-on-year in the first half of 2009.
More sport from NTV-Plus
The Russian DTH platform NTV-Plus will launch a new proprietary sports channel on September 1.
Cyfrowy Polsat profits slip
The leading Polish DTH platform Cyfrowy Polsat ended Q2 with 2,844,106 subscribers, or 24.3% more than 12 months earlier.
More channels for Polsat
The Polish national commercial broadcaster Polsat will launch two new thematic channels, one of which will be in HD, this September.