Viasat World, the independent international media company, has announced that Viasat True Crime will launch on all platforms of United Group, the Southeastern European telco and media group. The channel will be available in Bulgaria, Croatia, Slovenia, Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Greece. Following the channel’s debut in Poland in 2024, Viasat True Crime went […]
United Group, the Southeastern European telco majority-owned by BC Partners, has reached an agreement to sell SBB doo Belgrade, a pay-TV, broadband and fixed telephone services provider in Serbia, to e& PPF Telecom. United Group has also agreed to sell Eon TV International (the holding company of the NetTV Plus business) and its sports broadcasting […]
Croatian public broadcaster HRT plans to lay off over 800 employees by March as part of a business consolidation plan. This aligns with their ‘New Direction’ strategy, which aims to reduce staff by 30 per cent from the current level of 2,700 by the end of 2026. The Croatian Ministry of Culture and Media supports […]
Eutelsat has been selected by United Group, the South-East European provider of telecommunications and media services, to consolidate its broadcasting activities at two of Eutelsat’s flagship video hotspots. Following an RFI to satellite operators to optimise the efficiency of its operations, United Group awarded Eutelsat the contract for its entire DTH portfolio. Under the multi-year, […]
United Group (UG), the multi-play telecommunications and media company in Southeastern Europe, has achieved record financial results for the financial year 2023. The group delivered 7 per cent growth in both revenues and EBITDAal to €2.79 billion and €988 million respectively. Adjusting for the impact of the sale of the group’s tower portfolio in August […]
Netherlands-based United Group, the telco and media operator across Southeast Europe, has announced the signing of an agreement to acquire Bulsatcom, a DTH television provider in Bulgaria. The acquisition is part of United Group’s strategy to further expand and strengthen its market presence in the country, where it already owns the Vivacom telco which it […]
United Cloud, the innovation centre of the United Group, which develops products and services for the telecommunications and media sectors, and Sentinel Holding, a specialist in open-standards open-source software, have signed a Strategic Partnership Agreement and a Master Software Development Agreement. The partners’ shared roadmap will support United Cloud’s development of innovations in open-source, open-standards […]
SPI International, a Canal+ company operating across six continents, has announced a strategic partnership with United Group, the Southeast European telco. The collaboration brings SPI International’s channels, FilmBox Premium and FilmBox Extra, to a wider audience across Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Montenegro and North Macedonia. United Group subscribers to can now watch content […]
United Group, a provider of telecommunications services and media in Southeast Europe, has appointed Quique Vivas Group Vice President Marketing, effective from December 20th. Vivas in his role will be succeeding Victoriya Boklag, who has held the position of Group Vice President Marketing and Media since 2013. Boklag will focus on her role as Group […]
Global content protection specialist Friend MTS has extended its long-standing relationship with United Media to provide anti-piracy services for Novasports channels in Greece. The Novasports linear sports channels – Novasports Prime, Novasports 1, Novasports 2 and Novasports 3 – are protected against content theft and piracy by Friend MTS’s global monitoring services. Using fingerprint-based content […]