Poland’s second largest cable operator Multimedia Polska has issued seven-year bonds with a total value of PLN1.038 billion (€249.75 million). The issue was organised by Bank Pekao, jointly with Raiffeisen Bank Poland, with the advisor being UniCredit CAIB Poland. The bonds have been acquired by domestic institutional investors, including [...]
Although Spain’s leading cable operator Ono lost 19,000 TV subscribers in the first quarter of this year, it believes TiVo is a “clear ARPU enhancer, but more importantly, an efficient loyalty tool as showcased by the low levels of churn experienced in this service.” As a result, it expects the [...]
The Russian cable operator ER Telecom has entered into an agreement with the OTT provider ivi.ru. Under it, ER Telecom’s Dom.ru subscribers will be given unlimited access over 30 days to the ivi+ catalogue for a special price of R10 (€0.25) rather than the usual R299. The catalogue features more [...]
UPC has added four more HD channels to its digital TV line-up in the Czech Republic. Subscribers can now receive Golf Channel HD in the cableco’s Komfort package, with the service joining three other sports channels – Nova Sport HD, Eurosport HD and Eurosport 2 HD – in the format. [...]
Liberty Global (LGI) has raised its stake in Dutch cable operator Ziggo to 15%, according to a filing with the Dutch stock market regulator AFM. Cinven and Warburg Pincus sold their remaining 17% stake in Ziggo for €25.75 ($33.54) a share. Liberty Global is the largest shareholder in the company, [...]
Illegal operators now account for 10% of the telecom market in Latvia, according to Izzi, the country’s second largest cable operator. In total, the ‘grey’ market now has around 100,000 customers. Commenting on the figures, board member Sandra Kraujina said that the state is losing out in unpaid tax, and [...]
The Russian cable operator ER Telecom ended the first quarter with 5.4 million subscribers, or 28% more than a year earlier. According to preliminary results published by the company, its revenues in the quarter amounted to R4.4 billion (€107.8 million) and were 14% higher than in Q4 2012. EBITDA in [...]
During the presentation of the Q1, 2013 figures Belgian cable operator Telenet said that 76% of its connected homes now take digital TV and 42% subscribe to triple play. The penetration rate is now 73% with 2,106,200 homes connected out of 2,875,100 homes passed. The cabler said its net loss [...]
