Business
Poland’s president vetoes controversial media law
Lex-TVN law could have forced Discovery to sell Poland's most-watched news network
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Business
Discovery: Polish legislation undermines democracy, freedom of the press
Controversial law could force Discovery to sell Poland's most-watched news network
Business
Poland’s TVN24 obtains Dutch licence to keep it on air
New licence would allow the broadcaster to stay on air under European Union rules
Business
Polish government votes to ban foreign media ownership
Law could force Discovery to sell its Polish operation, TVN, which owns TVN24, the country’s largest independent news network
Business
NENT Group extends EPL rights territories
Deal runs from 2022 to 2028, and is addition to the company's rights deals in Sweden, Denmark, Finland and Norway
Business
Huge European football broadcast rights package unveiled
Package includes the top domestic leagues in Denmark, Switzerland, Norway, Poland, Northern Ireland, Slovakia, Iceland, Latvia and Kazakhstan
Media Delivery
Sony returns to video streaming, but only in Poland
New video service will be available to subscribers across PlayStation 4 and 5 devices for the next year
Business
Grass Valley to build new Centre of Excellence in Poland
Company has undergone a strategic review which it says identified a "pressing need for technology vendors to adapt to a shift in customer buying...
Business
Viaplay set for international push
Streamer will launch in Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland and the United States in 2021
Media Delivery
Fox News International expands European streaming footprint
D2C platform is providing content from Fox News Channel and Fox Business to 15 countries
Audio
New Polish TV channel features Dolby’s AC-4 next-gen audio
Three-month trial is part of the Poland’s move to the DVB-T2 standard, giving TVP (Teleizja Polska) the opportunity to operate the next-generation Dolby AC-4...
Media Consumption
Eastern Europe predicted to add 16 million SVoD subs by 2025
Subscriptions predicted to more than double from the 10.26 million recorded by end-2019
Data Centre
Eastern European OTT revenues to triple in five years
Expected to reach $3.58 billion in 2025
Production & Post
TVN24 adds 4K/UHD capabilities with Sony PXW-Z750 camcorders
New cameras feature high sensitivity and vivid colour reproduction
News
TVBEverywhere
Insight TV goes East and West in Poland
Available in 4K UHD HDR with Polish audio on Astra at 19.2 degrees East
TVBEverywhere
Discovery announces Polish streaming service joint venture
Working with Cyfrowy Polsat on the new AVoD platform
Production & Post
BroaMan provides point-to-point fibre solution for TVP
MUX22 offers automatic redundancy
Production & Post
Netflix creates Shepperton production hub
The company employed over 25,000 cast, crew and extras across Britain in the last year
TVBEverywhere
Nickelodeon Play app launches in Poland and Bulgaria
Certain episodes will premiere on the app ahead of broadcast on the Nickelodeon linear channel
Business
Eleven Sports wins Copa del Rey final rights
Secured rights for Belgium, Luxembourg, Portugal, Poland and Taiwan
Content
QYOU Media brings eight news shows to player.pl
Q Polska is turning four of Poland’s top YouTube channels into dedicated shows
Business
Viacom expands Paramount SVoD offering in Poland
Paramount Play launches on Cyfrowy Polsat IPLA and Orange Poland
Business
Eleven Sports extends F1 rights agreement in Poland
Sport platform will sub-license highlights to Polsat
Audio
Shure creates Western Europe sales region
Appoints Nik Gledic, Rob Smith and Tuomo Tolonen as sales leaders
Data Centre
SVoD Stackers on the rise across Europe
New research finds more than half of SVoD homes are SVoD Stackers
TVBEverywhere
Eleven Sports to live stream Bundesliga match on Facebook in Poland and Portugal
Borussia Dortmund face Borussia Mönchengladbach this Friday
TVBEverywhere
Viacom to launch Paramount SVoD in Poland
Paramount Play will be the first Viacom SVoD in the CEE region
Content
A+E Networks announces first global event for Crime+Investigation
Twisted Faith will be a seven day block of programming airing in 100 territories globally
TVBEverywhere
UPC takes Epic Drama for Poland, Romania and Hungary
Channel now carried by over 60 operators in Central and Eastern Europe
Business
Eutelsat renews partnership with Polish broadcaster TVN
Contract consolidates TVN’s 23 channels on HOTBIRD
Technology
nc+ selects Axon to deliver Poland’s first 4K sports broadcast
Roll-out of the service kicked off with a live broadcast of the Champions League football match between Borussia Dortmund and Tottenham Hotspur
Content
A+E Networks expands H2 distribution in Poland and Croatia
Channel is now available in over 600,000 new homes across the two countries following deals with Vectra and Hrvatski Telekom
Business
Pay-TV prices in OECD countries driven down by promotional activity
Report also shows significant differences in pay-TV prices even between providers in the same country
Business
Polsat, Teleclub awarded Champions League rights
Both deals have been set for three years, beginning with the 2018/19 season
TVBEverywhere
EVIO Polska chooses ABOX42
EVIO Polska, a Polish fibre TV service provider, has chosen the ABOX42 M-Series SmartSTB platform for its new service Telewizja Swiatlowodowa, which will be...
News