Popular Turkish series are gradually losing out to content from the former Yugoslavia region, says Daliborka Šiljegović-Gajić, programme manager at Republika Srpska’s RTV BN

Slovakia’s TV Markíza is focusing its content strategy on local, long-running productions and on developing its SVoD platform Voyo, says CEO Peter Gazik.

Outsourcing to independent producers and supporting Czech cinematography are key elements of Prima Group’s strategy, says its CEO Marek Singer.

To offset a decline in content consumption and advertising revenue due to the war in Ukraine, 1+1 Media has turned to FAST to seek new revenues abroad, says its head of international distribution Oleksandr Remezovsky.

Complete content ownership is one of the keys to kids brand ducktv’s success, says Iza Piotrowska, director of affiliate sales and business development at Slovakia’s Mega Max Media.

Bulgarian public broadcaster BNT is about to launch an OTT platform that its director general Emil Koshlukov believes will be a “gamechanger.”

Helping clients to monetise their content is a cornerstone of Czech company Tivio Studio’s strategy, explains co-founder and CEO Ladislav Navrátil.

Although a merger with Latvijas Radio will help Latvian public service broadcasting, major challenges still lie ahead, says Ivars Priede, chairman of the board at LTV. 

Georgian pubcaster GPB has embraced change and the digital age as it works to remain “trusted and balanced” in a polarised media landscape, says director general Tinatin Berdzenishvili.

Improving its financial position is a priority for public broadcaster RTV Slovenija, according to its new president Natalija Gorščak.