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11 May 2023

A1 Bulgaria and Slovenia opt for TARA Systems

A1 Group and TARA Systems have expanded their cooperation to include player exchanges at A1 Bulgaria and A1 Slovenia. The effort is aimed at extending the significant user experience enhancements from TARA’s new Inaris Media Player in Austria to other A1 Group countries. In A1 Slovenia’s network, the player had to accommodate IP access via 5G mobile networks, which differs from A1 Austria’s setup. Meanwhile, the challenge for A1 Bulgaria was to integrate the Inaris Media Player into an existing hybrid OTT/DVB-C product. Throughout the integration process and testing phase, TARA’s monitoring and analytics system closely supervised all activities. According to TARA, the field launch was successfully completed in March.
11 May 2023

Canal+ launches Czech/Slovak streaming platform

Canal+ Group has reinforced its presence in the Czech Republic and Slovakia by launching a new streaming platform under the Canal+ brand. After the introduction of the Canal+ Sport channel in August 2022 to host the exclusive rights of English Premier League matches and Canal+ Action just recently in the two countries, Canal+ is now offering content within its digital platform, mixing European films and series, international blockbusters, local productions, or content related to the Premier League. The service will also offer access to seven linear channels produced by Canal+ (including Canal+ Sport), thus positioning itself as a unique offer mixing linear content and SVOD, and a strong alternative to the pay-TV offers already available on the Czech and Slovak [...]
29 Mar 2023

Czech pay-TV still lagging behind Slovakia

There are a third fewer viewers with pay-TV in the Czech Republic than in neighbouring Slovakia. According to Atmedia, while the figure in the former among those aged 15-69 stood at 57% in the second half of 2022, it was 95% in the latter. Commenting on the figures, Pavel Müller, head of research and marketing at Atmedia, said: “A significant part of Czech viewers do not pay for watching television and only watch free-to-air stations available on digital terrestrial broadcasting. There are many such television stations in the Czech Republic, and their number is also growing due to the transition to DVB-T2. The latest example is the TV channel Spektrum Home, which started broadcasting in one of the digital multiplexes [...]