Towercom to assist Serbian digitisation

Towercom is to play a role in Serbia’s transition to digital broadcasting.

Quoting the Slovak transmission company,Parabola reports that, along with the consulting form Aspiro, it is advising its Serbian counterpart ETV on the transition.

Serbia will be employing the DVB-T2 standard and has set June 17, 2015 as its ASO date.

The transition will in part be funded by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), which will provide €24 million

Towercom sale on the horizon

The Slovak terrestrial and satellite transmission company Towercom is understood to be for sale.

Quoting a source familiar with the situation, Trend.sk and Parabola report that there are several interested parties and it is currently waiting for official bids.

TMT Finance last month identified Alinda Capital Partners, Ceske Radiokomunikace (CRa) and Infracapital patricia as having an interest in Towercom and that talks were at an advanced stage.

Although Towercom’s interests are currently focused on Slovakia, it used to own the Czech/Slovak DTH platform Skylink befire selling it to the Luxembourg-based M7 Group in 2011.