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Digi records strong growth for 2022

Romania-based international cable and pay TV outfit Digi saw its revenue, earnings and subscriber total all rise significantly last year, with the company seeing its base of revenue-generating units grow by 15.4% to over 20.8 million. Group revenues were up by 18.3% compared to the previous year, reaching €1.5 billion. Adjusted EBITDA saw an increase of […]

BBC First launches on Digi Romania

  The BBC’s commercial arm BBC Studios has secured a berth for drama channel BBC First with Romanian service provider Digi in its home market. The deal marks the first time the British drama channel has been available in the Romanian market. Factual channel BBC Earth is  already available on Digi. Both channels are available […]

Digi sees solid growth at home and abroad

Romanian service provider Digi/RCS&RDS grew its domestic pay TV and broadband base at a respectable rate in the year to June, but its strongest growth surge came from new market Spain, where it operates mobile services in competition with local players. Digi had 5.27 million pay TV customers in Romania at the end of June, […]

Digi to enter Belgian market with plan for fourth 5G operator

Romania-based multi-play service provider Digi is expanding its international presence further with a new mobile joint venture in Belgium. Digi, which has established itself as a price-competitive disruptor in Spain and Italy, has, through its RCS&RDS Romanian cable subsidiary, teamed up with business-to-business telecom player Citymesh, owned by IT group Cegeka, to win mobile spectrum […]

RCS&RDS faces fresh probe as it defends its ground

Romania’s competition watchdog has launched an investigation into leading cable operator RCS&RDS/Digi over possible abuse of a dominant position, according to local reports. The move is the latest against the cable operator, which has called out allegations aired in the media and in the Romanian parliament and calls for regulatory action against it. The competition […]

Digi sees strong growth in subscribers and top line

Romania-based services provider Digi has posted strong Q1 financial results on the back of strong growth in subscriber numbers. The group saw its revenue-generating unit total rise by 2.5 million units in the quarter to 18.7 million. In Romania Digi has 14.4 million, RGU’s 9.5% up year-on-year, lifted by strong mobile and broadband growth. In […]

Digi completes sale of Hungarian unit

Romania-based international service provider Digi has completed the sale of its Hungarian subsidiary to local information technology and service provider outfit 4iG. The agreement, which saw 4iG acquire Digi Hungary for €625 million, will give the former a company with about 1.1 million subscribers and 2.5 million revenue-generating units. Digi has a 283.3% share of […]

Digi sees strong growth across Romania and Spain

Romania-based international pay TV, broadband and mobile service provider Digi counted close to 20 million revenue-generating units at the end of Q3 and saw its revenues jump by 12% year-on-year. Digi said its global RGU total rose by 12% year-on-year in the third quarter to end with 19.9 million overall. Digi’s overall revenues also increased […]

Digi boosted by growth in Romania and Spain

Romania-based service provider Digi saw its pay TV base in Romania grow by 15% to five million in the year to June, while the company’s entry into Spain as a challenger brand delivered its engine of revenue growth on the back of strong subscriber acquisitions. In its domestic market, the operator saw revenue growth of […]

RCS & RDS/Digi launches dynamic ad insertion

Romanian and central and eastern European region service provider RCS & RDS has teamed up with Google to launch dynamic ad insertion for its digital platforms Digi24, Digi Sport and Digi Online. The operator is introducing dynamic ad insertion across the applications and websites of the digital properties in what it says is a first […]

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