Modern Times Group (MTG) has extended the exclusive TV broadcasting rights to the Barclays Premier League in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania on all platforms for this and the following two seasons.
Major changes in Baltics for MTG
MTG’s Viasat Broadcasting is implementing a number of changes to its Baltic management and at the same time expanding the production company Paprika Latino into the region.
Major change for Estonian cable
East Capital Explorer has agreed to buy a 51% stake in the leading Estonian cable operator Starman from a consortium led by Bankroft Private Equity for approximately €24 million.
Levira chooses new director
Estonia’s Levira has appointed Tarmo Osman as its new director of the Network Services Division.
Estonian cable deals mooted
Growing competition from mobile companies in Estonia is fuelling speculation about possible changes of ownership at Starman and STV, the country’s two largest cable operators.
Cubiware secures Estonian deal
Estonia’s leading cable operator Starman has signed an agreement for the deployment of Cubiware middleware to subscriber set-top boxes.
France 24 comes to DTT in Estonia
France 24 has concluded a distribution agreement with Estonian operator Levira and is now available on DTT throughout the country.
Estonia makes DVB-T2 move
Levira and the Estonian public broadcaster ERR have signed a cooperation agreement to begin transmitting the channel ETV in DVB-T2.
New exec joins Levira
Estonia’s Levira has appointed Raul Aav as a developer of its play-out centre.
Elion provides compensation
The Estonian IPTV operator Elion has announced a compensation offer to its nutiTV subscribers following a large-scale power failure linked to central data storage earlier this week.