Viacom International Media Networks (VIMN) has appointed Simone Fenu senior director of licensing and consumer products for Italy and Greece, effective immediately.
OTE raises €500m
Greece’s OTE has raised €500 million from international debt capital markets via a seven-year bond issuance.
Telekom Romania continues to struggle
OTE-backed Telekom Romania saw its TV subscriber base contract by 5.7% in the year to June 30.
Novasports extends Euroleague contract
Novasports has signed a three-year contract extension for the broadcasting rights to Turkish Airlines Euroleague and 7Days EuroCup games in Greece and Cyprus.
Insight TV debuts in Greece and Cyprus
Insight TV’s HD channel has launched in Greece on Nova.
Telekom Romania dampens OTE performance
Telekom Romania had total revenues of €216.6 million in Q1, down 4.4% on the corresponding period last year.
Mixed fortunes for Greece’s Forthnet
Forthnet’s pay-TV subscriber total remained almost unchanged in 2018, with the company ending the year with 477,641 in Greece and Cyprus, or 0.1% fewer than a year earlier.
Viacom launches Nick+ on Greece’s Cosmote TV
Viacom International Media Networks is launching Nick+ on Greece’s pay TV platform, Cosmote TV.
BBC Studios inks Cosmote TV SVOD deal
BBC Studios and Greece’s Cosmote TV have agreed on the license of over 250 hours of premium BBC factual content on the latter’s on demand service.
Challenging times for Telekom Romania
Telekom Romania saw a 9% year-on-year fall in its revenues in Q4 2018.