Poland’s Office of Electronic Communications (UKE) has fined the incumbent telco TPSA PLN5 million (€1.3 million) for failing to provide accurate information on leased lines.
Superstacja sale in jeopardy
The sale of the Polish entertainment-based cable and satellite channel Superstacja looks increasingly in doubt.
Elion gains IPTV subscribers
Estonia’s Elion ended Q3 with 75,400 subscribers to its IPTV service DigiTV, or 11% more than three months earlier.
Global crisis hits Russian TV
Russia’s TV industry is starting to feel the effects of the global financial crisis.
Russian DTH take-up soars
The Russian DTH platform Tricolor TV has tripled its subscriber total in the first 10 months of this year.
Barrandov secures DTT distribution
The soon-to-be-launched Czech digital channel TV Barrandov has signed an important distribution deal.
TVP strengthens internet presence
The Polish public broadcaster TVP has launched a new multimedia portal.
Russia moves against internet piracy
The Russian public broadcaster VGTRK has moved to counter piracy of its programming.
Sickinghe joins CME board
Central European Media Enterprises (CME) has appointed Duco Sickinghe to its board of directors.
CME completes Ukrainian buy-out
CME has completed the acquisition of the Ukrainian national commercial broadcaster Studio 1+1, securing the 10% of shares it did not already own for $109.1 million (€82.4 million) in cash.