Poland’s Telewizja Polsat has completed the acquisition of Polskie Media, the broadcaster of the channels TV4 and TV6, for a combined fee of PLN99 million (€23.1 million).
TVP strikes cable deal
The Polish public broadcaster TVP’s third and regional channels TVP Info and TVP Regionalna are now effectively being distributed by all the country’s cable operators.
Poland dishes out PPV fines
Poland’s competition authority (UOKiK) has imposed fines totaling over PLN3.6 million (€843,000) for the fixing of pay-per-view transmissions in the country.
Multimedia grows digital business
Poland’s second largest cable operator Multimedia Polska had revenues of PLN63.3 million from its digital TV business in the first half, a 36% increase on the same period last year.
Mixed picture for Cyfrowy Polsat
Poland’s Cyfrowy Polsat ended the second quarter with 3,545,582 pay-TV subscribers, a total little changed on the same period last year.
Mixed picture for 4fun.Media
The Polish music TV channel operator 4fun Media has posted first half revenues of PLN16,297,000 (€3,850,440), or 5% more than in the corresponding period last year.
TVP increases profit
The Polish public broadcaster TVP has posted a pre-tax profit of PLN16.4 million (€3.9 million) for the first seven months of this year.
UPC declares Polish “digital revolution”
Poland’s leading cable operator UPC Polska has unscrambled 35 TV channels, three of them in HD, in what it describes as a “digital revolution”.
Multimedia adds HD channels
Poland’s second largest cable operator Multimedia Polska has added two more HD channels to its offer, bringing the total to 41.
NC+: the first figures
The new Polish DTH platform nc+, formed by the merger of n and Cyfra+ in March this year, ended the first half with 2.3 million post-paid subscribers.