“Betzalel Kenigsztein, the current general manager of UPC Hungary has been appointed head of UPC operations in Central and Eastern Europe starting August 15 august. In the new position, Kenigsztein will report to Diederik Karsten, vice-president Liberty Global for UPC’s European operations and will be in charge of operations in Poland, Hungary, Romania, Czech Republic, and Slovakia, as well as DTH (satellite TV) activities in the region,” UPC Romania said in a press release Sunday.
Betzalel has over 25 years experience in the cable industry. In 2004 Betzalel joined the company as technical manager of UPC Netherlands and has been chief of UPC Hungary since 2009. Before UPC, Betzalel had several top management positions in the cable industry in Israel.
Pascu took over as general manager of UPC Romania in 2011 after three years as the company’s chief financial officer. Before UPC Romania, Pascu was a manager with CAIB Romania, one of the main investment banks in Central Europe. She previously held management positions with U.S. cable telecom company Metromedia International in Romania and the UK, and KPMG.
UPC has been present on the Romanian market since 1992 and is one of the largest cable companies in the country, offering cable and satellite TV, internet and digital hard-line telephony services. The operator has 1.15 million clients in Romania.
UPC Romania had revenues of $68.9 million in the first half of the year, up 4%. UPC Romania is affiliated to UPC Broadband, the European division of U.S. group Liberty Global, one of the largest cable companies in the world.