The Croatian IPTV platform MAXtv ended Q2 with 170,591 IPTV subscribers, or 2.4 times the 71,602 it had a year earlier.
Telefónica weathers the storm
Spain’s Telefónica had a combined total of 2.4 million subscribers to its pay-TV operations at the end of June, or 19.4% more than 12 months earlier.
Football goes HD in Poland
Canal+ will start its coverage of the 2009/10 domestic football season in Poland this Friday, July 31, with the focus very much on HD transmissions.
Beltelecom sets investment goals
The Belarusian incumbent telco Beltelecom plans to invest BLR350 billion (€87.5 million) on its infrastructure this year.
Mixed results for Polish incumbent
The Polish incumbent telco Telekomunikacja Polska (TP) ended Q2 with 239,000 TV customers, or 4.4 times as many as 12 months earlier.
TVR secures more satellite capacity
Globecast has signed a deal with Eutelsat securing an additional transponder for Romania’s TVR.
Online channel for Hermitage
Russia’s State Hermitage Museum has launched an online TV channel.
Hungarian TV2 protests blackout punishment
The Hungarian national commercial station TV2 has filed a lawsuit to protest a 12-hour blackout that has been imposed on it by the National Radio and Television Board (ORTT).
Financial woes continue for CME
CME has posted disappointing Q2 results for its TV operations in the CEE region.
CME snaps up MediaPro Entertainment
CME has entered into an agreement to buy MediaPro Entertainment, one the leading producers and distributors and distributors of TV fiction in CEE, from Adrian Sarbu.