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Bulgaria court confirms United Group’s Bulsatcom infrastructure deal not subject to merger notification

February 20, 2026 10.57 Europe/London By Julian Clover

Bulgaria’s Supreme Administrative Court has issued a final ruling clearing United Group’s acquisition of telecom infrastructure assets from Bulsatcom, after appeals by A1 Bulgaria, Yettel Bulgaria and CETIN Bulgaria. 

Filed Under: Central & East Europe, Newsline Tagged With: Bulsatcom Edited: 20 February 2026 10:57

Bulgaria approves United Groups takeover of Bulsatscom

February 19, 2024 11.43 Europe/London By Julian Clover

Bulgaria’s competition authority has given the all clear to the takeover of the pay-TV operator Bulsatcom by the Dutch-based United Group.

Filed Under: Central & East Europe, Editor's Choice, Newsline, Satellite, Top Story Tagged With: Bulsatcom, Commission on Protection of Competition (CPC), Nova Broadcasting Group, Vivacom Edited: 20 February 2024 13:31

United Group condemns Bulsatcom competition interference

February 2, 2024 14.07 Europe/London By Julian Clover

United Group has accused the leader of one of Bulgaria’s coalition partners of interference in its proposed acquisition of Bulsatcom.

Filed Under: Central & East Europe, Finance, Newsline, Top Story Tagged With: Bulsatcom Edited: 27 February 2024 11:05

United Group to buy Bulsatcom

November 10, 2023 10.34 Europe/London By Chris Dziadul

United Group has agreed to buy the Bulgarian operator Bulsatcom for an undisclosed fee.

Filed Under: Central & East Europe, Editor's Choice, Newsline, Top Story Tagged With: Bulgaria, Bulsatcom, United Group, Vivacom Edited: 13 November 2023 13:06

Bulsatcom opts for “Sports Module”

August 25, 2023 11.34 Europe/London By Chris Dziadul

The Bulgarian pay-TV operator Bulsatcom has decided to employ “Sports Module”, an advanced streaming platform designed exclusively for OTT and IPTV operators.

Filed Under: Central & East Europe, Newsline Tagged With: Bulgaria, Bulsatcom, Enetpulse, media press, MediaHub, Sports Module Edited: 25 August 2023 11:34

FilmBox+ integrates with Bulsatcom

July 17, 2023 11.53 Europe/London By Chris Dziadul

SPI International’s streaming service FilmBox+ has integrated with Bulsatcom in Bulgaria.

Filed Under: Central & East Europe, Newsline, Platforms, Streaming Tagged With: Bulgaria, Bulsatcom, Filmbox, SPI International Edited: 17 July 2023 11:53

Vivacom overtakes Bulsatcom in Bulgaria

June 26, 2023 12.06 Europe/London By Chris Dziadul

United Group’s Vivacom is now the leading provider of pay-TV services in Bulgaria in terms of subscriber numbers.

Filed Under: Central & East Europe, Newsline Tagged With: Bulgaria, Bulsatcom, Vivacom Edited: 26 June 2023 12:06

Bulsatcom to focus on satellite TV

March 20, 2023 12.54 Europe/London By Chris Dziadul

Bulgaria’s Bulsatcom sees itself primarily as a satellite TV operator and plans to focus on such services in the future.

Filed Under: Central & East Europe, Newsline Tagged With: Bulgaria, Bulsatcom Edited: 20 March 2023 12:54

Call for ban on United Group Bulsatcom deal

March 7, 2023 14.20 Europe/London By Chris Dziadul

PPF Group’s Yettel Bulgaria has asked the country’s Commission for Protection of Competition (CPC) to ban the sale of Bulsatcom key assets to Slovenia Broadband, a wholly owned subsidiary of […]

Filed Under: Central & East Europe, Newsline, Top Story Tagged With: Bulgaria, Bulsatcom, PPF Group, United Group, Yettel Bulgaria Edited: 20 March 2023 10:59

Spas Rusev buys Bulsatcom

September 28, 2022 12.57 Europe/London By Chris Dziadul

Bulgaria’s leading pay-TV operator Bulsatcom has been acquired by the entrepreneur Spas Rusev for between €120-130 million.

Filed Under: Central & East Europe, Editor's Choice, Newsline, Top Story Tagged With: Bulgaria, Bulsatcom, Spas Rusev Edited: 29 September 2022 12:13

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