MGM Channel Expands Presence in Eastern Europe

LOS ANGELES, September 3:
MGM Networks has clocked up a range of new carriage deals in Eastern Europe,
bringing the MGM Channel to Serbia, Macedonia and Albania.

The new deals build on the
channel’s presence in Russia, Poland, Hungary, Romania, the Czech Republic,
Slovakia and Bulgaria. The MGM Channel in Serbia has launched across numerous
platforms, including cable operators such as Kopernikus Technology and K.D.S.
Novi Sud, as well as Telekom Serbia’s IPTV offering. In Albania, the channel is
carried on the Digitalb DTH service, while in Macedonia, MGM Channel is on the
country’s largest cable operator, Cabletel.

Bruce Tuchman, the
executive VP of MGM Networks at the studio, said: “We’ve lined up well over a
dozen major cable and satellite operators across these three countries, and are
excited to have these new clients join the ranks of the vast base of top-notch
platforms that carry The MGM Channel across Eastern Europe. While only a few
markets in this region now remain untapped for us, we are very excited about
the prospects for continued rapid subscriber growth across these burgeoning
multichannel television landscapes, as well as our future expansion
opportunities.”

—By Mansha Daswani