Following weeks of speculation, the sale of Bulgaria’s leading TV station bTV to CME has finally been confirmed.
First mover status
MTG’s acquisition of a stake in the DTH platform Raduga should come as no surprise. When it comes to Russia, the company has always been something of a pioneer.
Switching off
Russia and the CIS countries are operating to a different digitisation timetable to the rest of Central and Eastern Europe, with ASO in almost all set for 2015. However, even […]
A defiant market
Hungary has been exceptionally hard hit by the global economic crisis and is, according to the EBRD, unlikely to come out of recession until next year.
Goodbye Kiev
There’s been air of inevitability about CME’s exit from Ukraine for a number of months despite repeated claims it was committed to the country.
The enigma
What on earth has happened to the Polish public broadcaster TVP’s DTH platform, launched amid great fanfare only last September?
A tougher year
Poland’s DTH sector has started the New Year in bullish mood, buoyed by the success of its leading platforms in 2009.
A narrow escape
2009 will be remembered first and foremost as a year in which our worst fears were not realised.
Double Dolce
The launch of Romtelecom’s IPTV service could prove to be one of the most important developments in Romania’s TV industry for quite some time.
The numbers game
Could we be about to enter a period of consolidation in Poland’s cable industry that will result in the disappearance of some of its leading players?