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TV content boosts A1 Telekom Austria
The “increased significance of TV content” helped boost A1 Telekom Austria’s performance in 2018, along…
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OTE sells Telekom Albania
Deutsche Telekom-backed Greek telco OTE has struck a deal to sell its entire stake in…
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MTG enters new Nova sale talks, secures financing
MTG has entered discussions with other potential buyers for Nova Broadcasting Group, after Bulgaria’s competition…
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Viasat World launches Epic Drama channel on Vivacom TV
Viasat World has launched its Epic Drama channel on Vivacom TV in Bulgaria, with the…
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Bulgaria’s Vivacom sees IPTV growth
Bulgarian service provider Vivacom saw strong growth for its IPTV offering in the year to…
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Bulgarian watchdog says no to MTG’s Nova sale
Bulgaria’s competition regulator, the Commission on Protection of Competition has blocked the sale of Modern…
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Telekom Austria rebrands Bulgarian unit as A1
A1 Telekom Austria Group has rebranded its Bulgarian subsidiary Mtel to A1 Bulgaria. The move…
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A1 Telekom Austria sees pay TV grow but fixed-line business declines
A1 Telekom Austria saw its domestic and international fixed-line base decline in the first quarter,…
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Telenor sells CEE operations to O2 and Nova Group owner PPF
Telenor has agreed to sell its central and eastern European assets to private equity outfit…
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Vivacom sees IPTV success
Bulgarian telco Vivacom grew its TV base by 9% last year to end 2017 with…
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MTG sells Bulgaria’s Nova Group
MTG has sold its 95% shareholding in Nova Broadcasting Group in Bulgaria in a deal…
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Europol and AAPA shut down illegal streaming network
Europol and the Audiovisual Anti-Piracy Alliance (AAPA) have helped to dismantle an illegal IPTV streaming…
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HBO takes Go direct-to-consumer in seven more CEE countries
HBO is expanding direct-to-consumer distribution of its TV everywhere service to seven more countries in…
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Telekom Austria to rebrand all its operations under A1 marque
Telekom Austria is to use its domestic market A1 brand across all its operations in…
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Vivacom grows IPTV base
Bulgarian service provider Vivacom grew its IPTV subscriber base to 426,000 at the end of…
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Telekom Austria sees TV boost
Telekom Austria saw its overall revenue-generating unit numbers boosted by TV during the second quarter,…
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Spanish police, Europol take down huge illicit Premier League IPTV service
Spanish police and Europol have shut down what is being described as one of Europe’s…
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TV Connect 2017: Bulgaria’s Unicoms taps Conax and Appear TV for white label OTT
Bulgarian service provider Unicoms Services has tapped Kudelski-owned conditional access provider Conax and video processing…
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Vivacom hails IPTV success
Bulgarian telecom service provider Vivacom reported 410,000 pay TV customers at the end of 2016,…
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Telekom Austria sees TV progress
Telekom Austria grew its domestic and international TV base in the fourth quarter and full…
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TV helps Telekom Austria offset falling voice revenue
Broadband and TV growth in Austria – and in Croatia– helped Telekom Austria partly compensate…
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Nova TV testing interest in premium sports OTT
Bulgarian broadcaster Nova TV is attempting to gauge consumer interest in premium OTT TV via…
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AMC agrees Croatia, Bulgaria deals with Telekom Austria
AMC is extending its reach in Croatia and Bulgaria thanks to a deal between AMC…
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Consortium buyout of Bulgaria’s Vivacom complete
A consortium led by Bulgarian businessman Spas Roussev has completed its 100% buyout of Bulgarian Communications…
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Telekom Austria sees solid pay TV growth
Pay TV continued to pay dividends for Telekom Austria in the second quarter, with solid…
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Telekom Austria sees strong TV growth
Telekom Austria achieved strong TV subscriber growth in the year to March, with growth across…
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Fight Channel Bulgarian launch
Fight Channel Group has launched Fight Channel World HD on the Extended Basic tier of…
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Vice Media pushes into eastern Europe with Antenna Group
Vice Media has teamed up with Greece’s Antenna Group to expand further in central and…
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Telekom Austria sees TV growth
Telekom Austria saw its domestic TV base rise to 269,400 at the end of 2015,…
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MTG turns in solid result despite Russian reversal
Modern Times Group has delivered fourth quarter profits in line with analyst forecasts after a…