Advanced Television

poland

Liberty Global upgrades WiFi services in Poland, Netherlands

Nearly three million Liberty Global customers in Poland and the Netherlands are to receive a free upgrade to the Intelligent WiFi services, providing them with the fastest and most stable connections for all their devices. The upgraded services are being rolled out in partnership with the SaaS experience platform provider, Plume. Liberty Global has invested […]

August 24, 2021

Poland: Redge, RKKVC business support for start-ups

Streaming and edge computing leader Redge Technologies and Polish private venture capital fund RKKVC have come together to establish a joint cooperation to fund and develop aspiring deep-tech projects through smart money. “Supporting and nurturing talent is a big responsibility. That is why we are taking this task very seriously. Ideas and inspiration for ground-breaking […]

August 20, 2021

Poland ‘vote out’ Discovery

Poland’s lower house passed a controversial bill that could force Discovery to sell its controlling stake in TVN. The new law, if it reaches the statute book, could prevent companies from outside the European Economic Area from owning a majority in Polish media companies. The move, instigated by the nationalist Law and Justice Party, is […]

August 12, 2021

Analyst: NENT sees potential in Poland OTT market

Nordic Entertainment Group (NENT) has announced that Viaplay will launch in Poland on August 3rd. The Nordic media company initiated an ambitious international expansion plan to roll out its flagship platform in 10 new markets by the end of 2023. In their last quarterly report, notes Dataxis, they announced having gathered 27,000 new paying viewers […]

July 28, 2021

Poland: NENT signs Viaplay distribution with UPC

Nordic Entertainment Group (NENT Group) and Polish cable TV operator UPC have signed a multi-year distribution deal to bring NENT Group’s Viaplay streaming service to UPC’s customers. Viaplay will launch in Poland on August 3rd with a unique combination of Viaplay Originals, international films and series, kids content and premium live sports such as Bundesliga […]

July 28, 2021

Bank upbeat on NENT’s Viaplay propects

Analysts at Berenberg Bank have praised Nordic Entertainment Group’s (NENT) Q2 results, saying the broadcaster’s subscription numbers “which stole the show”. While the company’s Q2/2021 sales of SEK3,072 million was in line with consensus, it was the subscriber numbers which impressed. Berenberg said: “The international subscriber outlook for 2021 increased to 500,000 from 250,000 as […]

July 26, 2021

Viaplay Q2 revenues up 36% YoY

NENT Group has reported that Viaplay paying subscribers up 21 per cent YoY in Q2 to 3,287,000 with 140,000 subscribers added QoQ, of which 113,000 were Nordic subscribers and 27,000 were international subscribers. 2021 year end international Viaplay subscriber target upgraded from more than 250,000 to 500,000. The Group reported a total operating income of […]

July 22, 2021

Poland: NENT Group signs Viaplay deal with Vectra

Nordic Entertainment Group (NENT Group) and Polish cable TV operator Vectra have agreed a multi-year distribution deal that makes NENT Group’s Viaplay streaming service available to Vectra’s 1.7 million customers. Viaplay will launch in Poland on August 3rd with a combination of Viaplay Originals, international films and series, kids content and premium live sports such […]

July 21, 2021

Eleven Poland extends FA Cup rights

Eleven Poland has renewed its exclusive rights to broadcast The Emirates FA Cup until 2023/24. Eleven will also bring the FA Community Shield to Polish fans for the next three seasons. Krzysztof Świergiel, Managing Director, Eleven Poland, said: “The Emirates FA Cup is one of the most iconic competitions in football and it’s a key […]

July 16, 2021

PetrusGO – a new OTT solution on the Polish market

Insys Video Technologies has implemented a fully branded OTT solution based on InsysGO for one of the biggest local cable television in Poland – Petrus. The platform enables the subscribers to watch selected live TV channels online and gives access to the VoD library – InsysVOD Premium. PetrusGO is available for users via the website, […]

July 14, 2021