Nagravision has announced two deals in Central and Eastern Europe as parts of the region gear up for the launch of mobile TV services.
TVP opts for MPEG-4
The Polish public broadcaster TVP is expected to switch its DTT trial in Warsaw entirely to MPEG-4 today, according to a local report.
Ups and downs for Magyar Telekom
Year-end figures published by the incumbent Hungarian telco Magyar Telekom show that it ended 2007 with 717,000 ADSL and cable broadband subscribers.
VimpelCom closes in on GT
The sale of Golden Telecom to VimpelCom, creating in the process what will be the leading telecom company in Russia, has moved a stage closer.
Russia ponders ‘farming’ channel
Russia’s likely future president Dmitry Medvedev has called for the launch of a 24-hour channel aimed solely at people working in the agricultural sector.
Ukraine prepares for DTH launch
Unconfirmed reports say that the Ukrainian DTH platform Viasat Ukraine, otherwise known as Vision TV, will finally make its debut next week.
HD debut for UPC Czech
UPC has begun to carry two HD channels on its cable network in the Czech Republic.
VimpelCom gets Golden finance
The Russian mobile operator VimpelCom has confirmed that it has secured a $3.5 billion (€2.4 billion) syndicated loan to buy the alternative carrier Golden Telecom.
UPC boosts Czech offer
The Czech DTH platform UPC Direct is about to introduce five new channels to its programme offer.
Boom time for Polish ad market
Poland’s ad market was worth PLN6.5 billion (€1.8 billion) in 2007, or 14.5% more than a year earlier.