The Polish DTH platform Cyfra+ has announced that it now has one million subscribers. Reviewing the year to date, it says it has added 12 new channels, built on its […]
Lithuania backs BelSat TV
Lithuania has announced its participation in BelSat TV, a new independent channel aimed at neighbouring Belarus. Backed principally by the Polish public broadcaster TVP and the NGO The Freedom and […]
Bulgaria acts on EC criticism
Bulgaria has appointed Vesselin Bozhkov as the new head of its Communication Regulation Commission (CRC). The move is seen as an immediate response to this week’s comments by the EC, […]
Change mooted for Prof-Media
The Russian diversified media holding Prof-Media is likely to see a change of ownership by next April. Local reports indicate Vladimir Potanin will become the sole owner of Pro-Media following […]
Platform n boosts its offer
As previously reported in Broadband TV News, the NBC Universal channels Universal Channel and Sci Fi are to enter the Polish market. They will finally make their debuts on the […]
Moscow IPTV take-up grows
Comstar-Direct, the leading provider of broadband services in Moscow, ended Q3 with 452,600 residential subscribers. Of these, 106,000 were double play, also receiving its IPTV service. Twelve months earlier, the […]
WiMax triple play for Bulgaria
The Bulgarian new generation telco Max Telecom says it has launched a WiMax-delivered service that will offer a 40-channel TV package, high-speed Internet access and VoIP. A relative newcomer in […]
Polish telco plans major expansion
The Polish alternative telco Spray is reported to be planning to spend PLN100 million (€27.3 million) on upgrading its infrastructure in 2008-9. Already a triple play company with some 20,000 […]
Tricolor expands to Siberia
The Russian MPEG-4-delivered DTH platform Tricolor TV has announced that it will extend its coverage to Siberia from December 10 this year. By doing so, it should each a further […]
Czech set-top figure grows
There were 289,000 set-top boxes used to receive digital terrestrial TV services in the Czech Republic as of this August, according to local reports. Analogue signals were switched off in […]