Amelia Lukasiak has been appointed the temporary president of the Polish regional station TV Puls. She replaces Farell Meisel, a US citizen and representative of Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp., which has been a shareholder in TV Puls for just over a year. Meisel has been president of TV Puls for two months and according to […]
New structure for Comstar
Sistema-backed Comstar UTS has established a new, seven-member executive body. Known as the management board, it is headed by Sergey Pridantsev, who has been appointed its president and CEO. Comstar UTS offers a range of voice, data, Internet, pay-TV and other value added services in Moscow. It also provides a range of communications services in […]
NDS integrates CA on MediaFLO platform
NDS has announced plans to integrate its Simulcrypt Synchronizer (SCS) technology into Qualcomm’s MediaFLO multiplexer software reference platform. The system will allow more than one conditional access system to run on the proprietary mobile TV and data system. The agreement means that NDS SCS software will now be integrated into the reference platform. Unlike the […]
Successful year for Cypriot PrimeTel
The Cypriot electronic communications and IT technology PrimeTel’s triple play service has secured 8,000 domestic subscribers in its first year of operation. PrimeTel is the first private company in Cyprus to offer a triple play service and only one to do so on a bundled basis. It consists of three packages – PrimeHome, PrimeADSL2+ and […]
Dori Media to run HOT movie channels
Dori Media Group has won a $67.5 million programme supply agreement with the Israeli cable platform HOT. Subsidiary Dori Media Spike will produce and operate HOT’s premium movie channels for three years from January 1, 2008. Dori Media president and CEO Nadav Palti described the agreement as a significant landmark for the company. “The Group […]
Brazilian deals draw nearer
Two major deals involving European investments in Brazil are in the offing. In Italy, it is reported that Telecom Italia is likely to sell its stake in Brasil Telecom – held through a 38% shareholding in Solpart, a company that owns 51% of the telco – for $515 million (€373.8 million) later this week. Meanwhile […]
GAA final kicks off Irish HD trial
The first terrestrial HD tests have taken place in Ireland as part of the ongoing DTT pilot. Communications minister Eamon Ryan launched the broadcast that took place at the Leinster GAA Football final at Croke Park on Sunday (July 15). “This is a very exciting time for broadcasting in Ireland. We have to adapt and […]
More channels for Croatian HRT
The Croatian public broadcaster HRT plans to launch two thematic channels at the beginning of next year. According to local reports, they will be known as HTV3 and HTV News and financed by both advertising and distribution fees received from cable operators. HRT previously operated a channel named HTV3 but had to relinquish its terrestrial […]
BeTV finally making money
The Walloon pay-TV operator Be TV has just turned its first ever profit. In the first six months of 2007 the company made a net profit of €2.145 million, and an EBITDA of €4.125 million, BeTV’s CEO Daniel Weekers told the French language Belgian press in an interview. He did not divulge any revenue figures, […]
Boost for Polish travel channel
Poland’s leading DTH platform Cyfrowy Polsat has signed an agreement with PTV Productions for carriage of the travel channel Podróze TV. Podróze TV (‘Travels’ TV) made its debut in 2004 and was initially backed by the local travel companies Triada, TUI and Ecco Holiday. Its current owner PTV Productions lists Capital Partners (55%) and Triada […]