The Polish cable operator Multimedia Polska has announced that it will launch VOD and HDTV services in the first half of this year. It will then go on to also […]
Chris Dziadul Reports: An uneasy mix
Politics and the media have always been closely intertwined in Central and Eastern Europe, both before and since the end of the Cold War. Recently, however, their relationship has recently […]
TV Nova success continues
TV Nova has firmly established itself as CME’s best performing operation in Central and Eastern Europe. Latest results published by CME show that its net income in Q4 2006 amounted […]
BTC sale draws nearer
According to local reports, second bids for a majority stake in the incumbent Bulgarian telco BTC are to be submitted by March 23. Among those interested in buying the stake, […]
Czech digital transition continues
According to Pavel Dvorak, the head of the Czech Telecom Office (CTU), between 400,000-600,000 people, equivalent to 5-7% of the population, will no longer be able to receive analogue TV […]
SBB reduces charges
Serbia’s leading cable operator SBB is reported to have reduced its Internet access charges by an average of 30%. SBB launched the service, which currently has 50,000 subscribers, in 2003, […]
TVN24 maintains audience lead
According to data produced by TNS OBOP, the most watched thematic channel in Poland in February was the news-based TVN24, claiming 2.86% of all viewers aged 4+. Second placed Mini […]
New SiOL triple play service
The Slovenije Telekom subsidiary SiOL has launched a new advanced triple play offer. Employing Thomson’s SmartVision video services platform, it includes such features as network personal video recording, VOD and […]
Boom time for Polish Internet
According to a report by CR Media Consulting, the ad market in Poland is set to grow by 8.5-9.5% a year between 2007-9, or slightly less than the 9.9% recorded […]
Changes start at TV Joj
Milan Knazko is to stand down as general director of the Slovak national commercial station TV Joj after four years in the post. Earlier this year TV Joj, which commands […]