The Lithuanian incumbent telco TEO LT ended June with 47,900 subscribers to its IPTV service Interactive GALA, or 7,600 more than at the start of the year.
Romania unveils digital strategy
Romania’s Ministry of Communications has produced a strategic plan for the transition to digital broadcasting.
Ukrainian market consolidates
Ukraine’s Inter Media Group has acquired a 40% stake in the TV station NTN for an undisclosed fee.
Polsat outlines crisis strategy
The Polish commercial broadcaster Polsat is still preparing to launch film, children’s and youth thematic channels despite the current economic crisis, according to its owner Zygmunt Solorz-Zak.
Crisis forces early Teletext closure
Associated Newspapers has announced the closure of its analogue Teletext service in January 2010, bringing an end to one of the UK’s most popular and profitable TV services.
500m downloads for PlayStation Network
Sony’s PlayStation Network is becoming a major over-the-top provider of content.
NetCologne: consumers shouldn’t pay for digitalisation
German consumers shouldn’t have to pay for digital signals which they now receive for free in analogue, according to Werner Hanf, MD of the local Cologne cable operator NetCologne.
CS Link to change CA system
The Czech DTH platform CS Link plans to start trialling Irdeto conditional access later this year, according to Daniel Klicka, the director of Media Vision.
Free IPTV for Vodafone Casa customers
Vodafone Portugal has launched an IPTV service, Vodafone Casa TV, offering over 100 channels in direct competition with other platforms including Cabovisão, MEO and ZON TV Cabo.
AEPOC: Pirate Party election is wake-up call
AEPOC President Jean Grenier has described the recent election in Sweden of the Pirate Party into the European Parliament as a wake-up call for national governments.