The Central and Eastern European (CEE) market is on track to reach $42 million (€39.3m) in free ad-supported streaming TV (FAST) revenues by 2028 according to new research from Omdia. CEE joins a buoyant market currently dominated by the US, with rapid expansion from the UK, Canada, and Australia expected over the next four years. […]

SkyShowtime‘s next set of launches will see the streaming service’s biggest expansion to date, incorporating eight new markets across Central and Eastern Europe. On February 14th, SkyShowtime will bring its offering to customers across Albania, Czechia, Hungary, Kosovo, North Macedonia, Poland, Romania and Slovakia. This multi-territory roll-out will bring the number of live markets for […]

Pay-TV revenues and subscriber numbers will continue to exceed those for online services in CEE over the next five years, according to research firm Omdia. The findings were shared in a presentation at NEM Zagreb by Omdia’s senior research director for media & entertainment, Maria Rua Aguete, who revealed that pay-TV revenue is predicted to […]

Streaming service SkyShowtime will launch on December 14th in Bosnia & Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Montenegro, Serbia and Slovenia, bringing its offering of exclusive and iconic entertainment to Central & Eastern European homes for the first time.  The launches follow SkyShowtime’s arrival into Denmark, Finland, Norway, and Sweden, in September, and the Netherlands and Portugal in […]

This year is marking a significant milestone for the OTT ecosystem in Central Europe. An estimated 5 million new paid subscriptions on VoD services will be activated during 2022, forecasts Dataxis. This uptake is largely attributed to the launch of two major services in the region this summer: HBO Max, which replaces HBO Go, and […]

All-reality SVoD service, hayu, from NBCUniversal International – will launch in multiple Central and Eastern European countries in Q4. This builds on the ongoing success of the service in other European markets and will bring the number of territories for the streaming service to over 40. Launching direct-to-consumer (DTC) on a full array of devices […]

Following his appointment as General Manager Warner Bros Discovery CEE, Baltics, Middle East, Mediterranean and Turkey (CEE MENAT) in June, Jamie Cooke has announced his leadership team that will drive the future of the business in the regions. Cooke commented: “I have spent the last few weeks getting to know the key leaders across the […]

TVP, Polish national broadcaster, has chosen Redge Media as Service Delivery Platform. The leading SDP in the CEE region will power the leading video streaming service in Poland. The new platform will integrate all streaming services within a single environment. The comprehensive SDP consists of DAM (Digital Asset Manager), CMS (Content Management System) and integrated […]

2022 is set to be a decisive year for streaming platforms’ market expansion across Europe, with an especially busy launch calendar in Central and Eastern European markets, reports Dataxis. On March 8th, HBO rolled out its new streaming service HBO Max across Central Europe, where the broadcaster was already well implanted since the launch of […]

Netflix has revealed plans for a new Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) hub in Warsaw, Poland – and has laid out its production plans for the region. Larry Tanz, Vice President Series, EMEA at Netflix, said in a blog post: “It’s been seven years since we started the Netflix journey in Central and Eastern Europe […]