{"id":6529,"date":"2016-03-01T09:02:17","date_gmt":"2016-03-01T14:02:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/mtg-offloads-ukraine-businesses\/"},"modified":"2016-03-01T13:42:32","modified_gmt":"2016-03-01T18:42:32","slug":"mtg-offloads-ukraine-businesses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/2016\/03\/01\/mtg-offloads-ukraine-businesses\/","title":{"rendered":"MTG Offloads Ukrainian Business"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>STOCKHOLM: Modern Times Group (MTG) is selling off its Ukrainian pay-TV business to 1+1 Media Group as part of its &#8220;ongoing strategic portfolio review.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The Viasat Ukraine business delivers packages of up to 110 channels on its DTH platform. 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