The Russian broadcast company CTC Media, which is backed by Sweden’s MTG, has posted a operating revenue of $84.1 million (€58.4 million) for Q3 2007, or 33% more than in […]
Oger eyes Romanian Telemobil
Saudi Oger is planning to take over the Romanian company Telemobil. According to local reports, it may buy the 45.6% in the company currently held by the US’s Qualcomm for […]
INEA triples digital sub total
The Polish regional cable operation INEA has announced that its digital TV subscriber total now stands at 21,500, or three times the number a year ago. At the same time, […]
New head for BTC
The Bulgarian incumbent telco BTC has appointed Bernard Moscheni as its new CEO. Most recently at the Belgian telco Mobistar, he will take up his new post on January 1 […]
Nova Cinema wins licence
According to local reports, the Czech company CET 21 has been awarded a 12-year licence from the country’s Broadcasting Council (RRTV) for a film channel named Nova Cinema. The channel […]
Short list for Telekom Slovenije
A total of seven companies have been short-listed for the second round of bidding for a 49.13% stake in the incumbent Slovenian telco Telekom Slovenije. According to agency reports, they […]
Polsat goes for channel licences
The Polish national commercial station Polsat has confirmed it applied to the country’s National Broadcasting Council (KRRiT) earlier this month for a licence for a new info channel. At the […]
New chairman for Gazprom Media
Alexei Miller has become the chairman of the board of Russia’s Gazprom Media. Long associated with the company and its CEO for the last six years, he replaces Alexander Dybal. […]
BT inks Russian deal
BT has signed an agreement with the Russian alternative telco Golden Telecom that will give it access to the latter’s backbone network. It will allow BT to extend the scope […]
TPSA grows broadband revenues
The incumbent Polish telco TPSA ended Q3 with 1,952,000 broadband subscribers, or 43.1% of the country’s total. Its broadband revenues in the first three quarters of this year meanwhile amounted […]