The Polish DTH platform Cyfrowy Polsat has announced that it is switching to Kudelski’s Nagravision 3 conditional access system. Its subscribers, currently believed to number around 1.7 million, will start […]
Ownership change for Hungarian channel
The Hungarian Competition Authority (GVH) has given its approval to a deal that will see Chellomedia CEE Holdco B.V. take over the film channel Filmmúzeum. Filmmúzeum is understood to be […]
KRRiT head to stand down
Elzbieta Kruk, the president of the Polish National Broadcasting Council (KRRiT), has announced her intention to stand down from the post in the next few days. She will be a […]
Entavio model mooted for CEE
Digital TV CEE, PRAGUE. The Entavio pay-TV platform model recently adopted in Germany “could be of relevance to Central and Eastern Europe” in the opinion of Alexander Oudendijk, SVP and […]
Platform n on the right track
Digital TV CEE, PRAGUE. The Polish DTH platform n currently has 200,000 subscribers and should reach 300,000 by the end of the year. Its breakeven point of 500,000, according to […]
HBO lines up HD launches
Digital TV CEE, PRAGUE. HBO will launch a HD service in Poland in Q1 2008, followed by other markets in CEE later in the year, according to HBO Central Europe […]
CME eyes expansion
Digital TV CEE, PRAGUE. CME is currently looking for TV station investment opportunities in Russia, Poland, Hungary, Bulgaria, Serbia and Turkey, according to the company’s executive VP Marina Williams. It […]
TVP Info launch draws nearer
The long-awaited Polish public broadcaster’s new information channel TVP Info is likely to make its debut next month. However, while one source at TVP says the launch day will be […]
Gital tops 100,000-mark
The Czech company Gital has revealed that it now has 100,000 customers. Gital, along with Trade and Technology, sells cards for the reception of the Czech DTH platform CS Link. […]
4Fun gears up for IPO
Poland’s 4Fun Media has submitted the necessary documentation to hold an IPO and will, according to local sources, hold one by the end of this year. Expected to raise between […]