Orange Romania has asked permission to broadcast 13 television programs via satellite, among which the television channels operated by Pro TV and Trinitas TV, according to the documents submitted to the watchdog.
CNA is expected to analyze Orange Romania’s request in one of its future meetings. Should the operator get green light from the watchdog, it will be able to actually enter the local DTH TV services market currently dominated by RCS&RDS, Romtelecom and UPC Romania.
In March this year, Ziarul Financiar announced that Orange Romania had signed a deal with SES Astra to launch DTH TV services. Luxembourg-based SES Astra is one of the world’s largest satellite communication providers and also operates in Romania.
Orange Romania, controlled by France Telecom group, is the largest telecom operator on the local market by number of clients and turnover.