MTG sells Ukrainian TV business
MTG has signed an agreement to sell its Ukrainian pay-TV business to Ukraine’s 1+1 Media Group (media.1plus1.ua). Completion of the transaction is subject to local market regulatory approval.Viasat Ukraine offers licensed packages of up to 110 TV channels on its satellite pay-TV platform, and also provides Ukraine’s largest telecoms operator Kyivstar with the Internet pay-TV platform for its recently launched offering of up to 130 TV channels and video on demand services. “The sale of our Ukrainian operations is part of our ongoing strategic portfolio review. The Ukrainian team have