According to data produced by the research and consultancy company Market Links, the TV ad market in Bulgaria amounted to Leva350 million in 2006. BTV, the News Corp.-backed market leader, […]
Verimatrix strikes Russian deal
The Russian ISP Corvette Telecom and its wholly owned content aggregation and pay-TV service subsidiary City TV have entered into an agreement with the content security company Verimatrix. Under it, […]
TVP maintains its lead
According to data produced by TNS OBOP, TVP was by far the most popular broadcaster in Poland in January 2007, its two flagship national channels TVP1 and TVP2 claiming a […]
Mixed results for BTC
The Bulgarian incumbent telco BTC has posted a profit of Leva130.4 million (€67.2 million) for 2006, or 15% more than in the previous year. Its ADSL subscriber total at the […]
A brighter picture. Chris Dziadul looks at HD developments in CEE
Slowly but surely, HDTV is starting to appear in Central and Eastern Europe. The news that Estonia’s Elion has added Voom to its programme line-up is a highly welcome development […]
HDTV debuts in Baltics
The leading Estonian telco Elion has launched the first HDTV service in the Baltic Republics. A themed package initially consisting of the culture and entertainment channel Voom, it is being […]
Going legal in Russia
The Russian Lawyers’ Association has announced plans to launch a thematic channel dedicated to legal matters. The first such service in the country, Law TV is likely to be initially […]
UPC Hungary revamps chello
UPC has announced a major upgrade of its cable Internet service in Hungary. As from this March the 200,000 subscribers to chello will be offered a total of four packages […]
HBO Comedy goes East
HBO Comedy will make its debut in Central and Eastern Europe on February 1 when it launches on the Cyfra+ DTH platform in Poland. The service, which will be broadcast […]
TVP in the money
The Polish public broadcaster TVP has announced its highest ever earnings from advertising, with the PLN1.1 billion (€280.7 million) posted in 2006 being 6% up on the previous year’s total. […]