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, […]
UPDATE: RTL confirms Prisa sale
RTL has confirmed that it is selling its holding in Portugese media company Grupo Media Capital to Grupo Prisa in a deal that will net the Luxembourg media operator proceeds […]
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 […]
New additions record for Canal+
Canal+ topped another successful year in 2006 with the addition of 646,000 new subscribers, the highest total since 1987, relegating the previous year’s achievements in second place. Canal+ closed the […]
Rydbeck departs Eurosport Nordic for TV4
Märta Rydbeck, managing director of Eurosport’s Nordic operations, has left the company to join TV4 as its new head of distribution. Rydbeck joined Eurosport’s Paris headquarters in September 1993 with […]
French DTT continues rise
Penetration of digital terrestrial television in France reached 15.1% by the end of 2006. However, according to the report released by the transmission company TDF and NPA Conseil, only 12.4% […]
265,000 subscribers for Dutch Film1/Sport1
The Subscriber base of Dutch pay-TV channels Film1 and Sport1 has grown by 50%, to a total of 265,000 since their launch a year ago. “Together with our distributors we […]